Class 6: The Vision of God as expressed in the Paradiso

Dante’s Divine Comedy, published between the years 1314 and 1321, is enjoying its septuacentennial anniversary providing a richness in our Catholic faith through a spirituality that is grounded in our Marian devotion. This course will provide an overview of the Comedy, demonstrating the influence our Blessed Mother has as co-redemptrix.

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a Lay Dominican of the Queen of the Holy Rosary chapter in the Province of St. Albert the Great and serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies and Vice-President at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.

Class 5: The Nature of Spiritual Growth as expressed across the expanse of the Comedy

Dante’s Divine Comedy, published between the years 1314 and 1321, is enjoying its septuacentennial anniversary providing a richness in our Catholic faith through a spirituality that is grounded in our Marian devotion. This course will provide an overview of the Comedy, demonstrating the influence our Blessed Mother has as co-redemptrix.

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a Lay Dominican of the Queen of the Holy Rosary chapter in the Province of St. Albert the Great and serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies and Vice-President at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.

Class 4: Free Will and Love as expressed in the Purgatorio and the Paradiso

Dante’s Divine Comedy, published between the years 1314 and 1321, is enjoying its septuacentennial anniversary providing a richness in our Catholic faith through a spirituality that is grounded in our Marian devotion. This course will provide an overview of the Comedy, demonstrating the influence our Blessed Mother has as co-redemptrix.

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a Lay Dominican of the Queen of the Holy Rosary chapter in the Province of St. Albert the Great and serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies and Vice-President at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.

Class 3: Vices and Virtues on the Path to Paradise as expressed in the Purgatorio

Dante’s Divine Comedy, published between the years 1314 and 1321, is enjoying its septuacentennial anniversary providing a richness in our Catholic faith through a spirituality that is grounded in our Marian devotion. This course will provide an overview of the Comedy, demonstrating the influence our Blessed Mother has as co-redemptrix.

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a Lay Dominican of the Queen of the Holy Rosary chapter in the Province of St. Albert the Great and serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies and Vice-President at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.

Class 2: The Disintegration of Community through Human Vice as expressed in the Inferno

Dante’s Divine Comedy, published between the years 1314 and 1321, is enjoying its septuacentennial anniversary providing a richness in our Catholic faith through a spirituality that is grounded in our Marian devotion. This course will provide an overview of the Comedy, demonstrating the influence our Blessed Mother has as co-redemptrix.

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a Lay Dominican of the Queen of the Holy Rosary chapter in the Province of St. Albert the Great and serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies and Vice-President at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.

Class 1: Overview of Dante’s Cosmos and Spiritual Stagnation that can only be resolved through our relationship with the Holy Trinity and the pathway that Mary helps provide

Dante’s Divine Comedy, published between the years 1314 and 1321, is enjoying its septuacentennial anniversary providing a richness in our Catholic faith through a spirituality that is grounded in our Marian devotion. This course will provide an overview of the Comedy, demonstrating the influence our Blessed Mother has as co-redemptrix.

Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is a Lay Dominican of the Queen of the Holy Rosary chapter in the Province of St. Albert the Great and serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies and Vice-President at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, CT. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Dr. Stephanie Mahfood, and children, Alexander and Eva Ruth.

Class Five: Hymns, Tombs and Holy Mass and Sunday, Christmas and Easter

A short conclusion to this course, tying up threads on dating on major feast days. Msgr. Witt also takes some Q&A.

The eight Fathers explored in this course are quoted 170 times in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Their contribution to understanding and appreciating the saving message of Jesus Christ and the life of His Church is beyond estimate. Their lives span five centuries from the birth of Justin Martyr to the death of Gregory the Great, but their influence on us remains as strong as ever.

As a bonus, we explore early Christian burial practices and come to appreciate the importance of Sunday Mass, Easter and Christmas and why Catholics should observe each of them.

Msgr. Michael John Witt was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis in 1990. He served the Church for twenty-two years as a Christian Brother, teaching in Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee and holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Saint Louis University and a Masters-in-Divinity from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. He is professor of Church history at Kenrick-Glennon and pastor of All Saints Parish in University City. He has recorded hundreds of radio programs for Covenant Network and is currently finishing a four-volume history of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

Class Four: Augustine of Hippo and Benedict and Gregory the Great

The eight Fathers explored in this course are quoted 170 times in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Their contribution to understanding and appreciating the saving message of Jesus Christ and the life of His Church is beyond estimate. Their lives span five centuries from the birth of Justin Martyr to the death of Gregory the Great, but their influence on us remains as strong as ever.

As a bonus, we explore early Christian burial practices and come to appreciate the importance of Sunday Mass, Easter and Christmas and why Catholics should observe each of them.

Msgr. Michael John Witt was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis in 1990. He served the Church for twenty-two years as a Christian Brother, teaching in Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee and holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Saint Louis University and a Masters-in-Divinity from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. He is professor of Church history at Kenrick-Glennon and pastor of All Saints Parish in University City. He has recorded hundreds of radio programs for Covenant Network and is currently finishing a four-volume history of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

Class Three: Hippolytus and Cyprian of Carthage

The eight Fathers explored in this course are quoted 170 times in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Their contribution to understanding and appreciating the saving message of Jesus Christ and the life of His Church is beyond estimate. Their lives span five centuries from the birth of Justin Martyr to the death of Gregory the Great, but their influence on us remains as strong as ever.

As a bonus, we explore early Christian burial practices and come to appreciate the importance of Sunday Mass, Easter and Christmas and why Catholics should observe each of them.

Msgr. Michael John Witt was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis in 1990. He served the Church for twenty-two years as a Christian Brother, teaching in Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee and holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Saint Louis University and a Masters-in-Divinity from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. He is professor of Church history at Kenrick-Glennon and pastor of All Saints Parish in University City. He has recorded hundreds of radio programs for Covenant Network and is currently finishing a four-volume history of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

Class Two: Tertullian and Irenaeus of Lyon

The eight Fathers explored in this course are quoted 170 times in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Their contribution to understanding and appreciating the saving message of Jesus Christ and the life of His Church is beyond estimate. Their lives span five centuries from the birth of Justin Martyr to the death of Gregory the Great, but their influence on us remains as strong as ever.

As a bonus, we explore early Christian burial practices and come to appreciate the importance of Sunday Mass, Easter and Christmas and why Catholics should observe each of them.

Msgr. Michael John Witt was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis in 1990. He served the Church for twenty-two years as a Christian Brother, teaching in Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee and holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Saint Louis University and a Masters-in-Divinity from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. He is professor of Church history at Kenrick-Glennon and pastor of All Saints Parish in University City. He has recorded hundreds of radio programs for Covenant Network and is currently finishing a four-volume history of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.