Part 2 of a two-part talk given at Christ the King Catholic Church on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, by Sr. John Dominic, O.P., Principal of the Spiritus Sanctus Academy on Joy Road in Ann Arbor and one of the foundresses of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Sr. John Dominic speaks about a program developed at Spiritus Sanctus Academy designed to integrate living a virtuous life into faith formation. For more information about the program, go to www.educationinvirtue.com.

If you are interested in taking this course as part of the process for Diocese of Lansing Catechist Certification, please contact the Christ the King Religious Education secretary, Maryn Hasey, at [email protected].

Key words: virtue, faith, disciples

Part 1 of a two-part talk given at Christ the King Catholic Church on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, by Sr. John Dominic, O.P., Principal of the Spiritus Sanctus Academy on Joy Road in Ann Arbor and one of the foundresses of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Sr. John Dominic speaks about a program developed at Spiritus Sanctus Academy designed to integrate living a virtuous life into faith formation. For more information about the program, go to www.educationinvirtue.com.

If you are interested in taking this course as part of the process for Diocese of Lansing Catechist Certification, please contact the Christ the King Religious Education secretary, Maryn Hasey, at [email protected].

Key words: virtue, faith, disciples

October 20, 2013

The next Life Night in the semester on the Church focused on the necessity of the Church for salvation and the concept of Ecumenism. The teens heard a (longer than normal) talk given by Brad Schmidt, and explored the concept further in Scripture with their small groups.

Part 2 of a talk given on Saturday, September 28, 2013, by Professor Barbara Morgan. This talk is one of a multi-part series of talks on Doctrine, given at Christ the King Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

If you are interested in taking this series as part of the process for Diocese of Lansing Catechist Certification, please contact Barbara Morgan's secretary, Maryn Hasey, at [email protected].

Key words: doctrine, Mass, Liturgy, Eucharist, Paschal Mystery

Part 1 of a talk given on Saturday, September 28, 2013, by Professor Barbara Morgan. This talk is one of a multi-part series of talks on Doctrine, given at Christ the King Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

If you are interested in taking this series as part of the process for Diocese of Lansing Catechist Certification, please contact Barbara Morgan's secretary, Maryn Hasey, at [email protected].

Key words: doctrine, Mass, Liturgy, Eucharist, Paschal Mystery

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, October 12, 2013, the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. In today's first reading, Naaman is healed of leprosy through Elisha's intercession. Throughout history, the Lord has raised up intercessors for us, especially the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Key words: prayer, intercession, Mary

Talk by Gary Court on Thursday, October 10, 2013, Week One of the three-week Love and Logic(R) presentation at Christ the King facilitated by Therese Cirner. For more information, go to www.loveandlogic.com.

Key words: parenting, children

October 13, 2013 was our first "Issue Night" of the year. Issue nights take a break from our semester curriculum to address a topic that is pressing in the lives of the teens.

This night focused on the basics of the dignity of the human person, particularly in how we relate to one another. This talk was given by Mary Zahm, Bethany Bonenfant and Melisa Carnacchi.

Following the talk, the teens broke into their small groups to explore the dignity of the human person in Sacred Scripture and discuss how it applies to their lives right now.

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, October 6, 2013, the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Jesus invites us to a deep, personal friendship with Him, which is essentially nourished by our prayer.

Key words: prayer, perseverance

The first talk in the Life in the Spirit Seminar, given by Jack Lynch on Friday, October 4, 2013, at Christ the King Catholic Church as part of the Upper Room Ministry. Jack introduces the Life in the Spirit Seminar and shares some of his personal experience.

Key words: Holy Spirit, Upper Room, Life in the Spirit Seminar