Class Recordings

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Listen to Class God's Call, Our Response - Instructor: Deacon Mike Bickerstaff (27 min)

"If you are seeking after God, you may be sure of this: God is seeking you much more. He is the Lover, and you are His beloved. He has promised Himself to you... The longing in your soul is actually His doing..." view slides

(RCIA class recorded on August 5, 2007)

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Listen to Class Sacred Scripture, Tradition & the Magisterium - Instructor: Deacon Mike Bickerstaff (61 min)

“Sacred tradition and Sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God, committed to the Church. Holding fast to this deposit the entire holy people united with their shepherds remain always steadfast in the teachiing of the Apostles, in the common life, in the breakiing of the bread and in prayers (see Acts 2, 42, Greek text), so that holding to, practicing and professing the heritage of the faith, it becomes on the part of the bishops and faithful a single common effort.” (Dei Verbum #10.1; Vatican II; Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation)..." view slides

(RCIA class recorded on August 12, 2007)

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Listen to Class The Holy Bible - Instructor: Deacon Mike Bickerstaff (71 min)

A practical look at how to read the Bible and how it is structured..." view slides

(RCIA class recorded on August 19, 2007)

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Listen to Class The Creed and the Trinity - Instructor: Deacon Keith Kolodziej (81 min)

The Creed (What We Believe) / The Trinity

(RCIA class recorded on August 26, 2007)

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Listen to Class The Four Last Things - Instructor: Fr. Augustine Tran (83 min)

First comes death, then judgment, and then either heaven (immediately or by way of purgatory) or hell." But to understand our "end" we must first know of our "beginnings" which includes man's fall from grace... view chart

(RCIA class recorded on November 18, 2007)

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An Introduction to Catholic Moral Teaching - Instructor: Deacon Mike Bickerstaff

"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:9-10"... view slides

(RCIA class presented on February 7, 2010)

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An Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching - Instructor: Deacon Mike Bickerstaff

"Christian revelation . . . promotes deeper understanding of the laws of social living." The Church receives from the Gospel the full revelation of the truth about man. When she fulfills her mission of proclaiming the Gospel, she bears witness to man, in the name of Christ, to his dignity and his vocation to the communion of persons. She teaches him the demands of justice and peace in conformity with divine wisdom." (CCC #2419)... view slides

(RCIA class presented on February 14, 2010)

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