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Class One: Overview of the early Church and Justin Martyr

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.

“Angels and Demons: Embracing the Good and Protecting from the Bad”

This course will explore our help in the angelic order to not succumb to life’s temptations and foibles.  We will look at the spiritual warfare methods we are given to overcome the wiles of the devil tactics. Our time will end with encountering the beauty of our Guardian Angels.

Biography:

Jane Guenther is the Director of the Catholic Renewal Center.  She has taught school, been a youth minister and served as a Pastoral Associate at a parish before leading the Renewal Center. She is married and has four sons and 8 grandchildren. She enjoys sailing and praising God.

“Angels and Demons: Embracing the Good and Protecting from the Bad”

This course will explore our help in the angelic order to not succumb to life’s temptations and foibles.  We will look at the spiritual warfare methods we are given to overcome the wiles of the devil tactics. Our time will end with encountering the beauty of our Guardian Angels.

Biography:

Jane Guenther is the Director of the Catholic Renewal Center.  She has taught school, been a youth minister and served as a Pastoral Associate at a parish before leading the Renewal Center. She is married and has four sons and 8 grandchildren. She enjoys sailing and praising God.

“Angels and Demons: Embracing the Good and Protecting from the Bad”

This course will explore our help in the angelic order to not succumb to life’s temptations and foibles.  We will look at the spiritual warfare methods we are given to overcome the wiles of the devil tactics. Our time will end with encountering the beauty of our Guardian Angels.

Biography:

Jane Guenther is the Director of the Catholic Renewal Center.  She has taught school, been a youth minister and served as a Pastoral Associate at a parish before leading the Renewal Center. She is married and has four sons and 8 grandchildren. She enjoys sailing and praising God.

“Angels and Demons: Embracing the Good and Protecting from the Bad”

This course will explore our help in the angelic order to not succumb to life’s temptations and foibles.  We will look at the spiritual warfare methods we are given to overcome the wiles of the devil tactics. Our time will end with encountering the beauty of our Guardian Angels.

Biography:

Jane Guenther is the Director of the Catholic Renewal Center.  She has taught school, been a youth minister and served as a Pastoral Associate at a parish before leading the Renewal Center. She is married and has four sons and 8 grandchildren. She enjoys sailing and praising God.

“Angels and Demons: Embracing the Good and Protecting from the Bad”

This course will explore our help in the angelic order to not succumb to life’s temptations and foibles.  We will look at the spiritual warfare methods we are given to overcome the wiles of the devil tactics. Our time will end with encountering the beauty of our Guardian Angels.

Biography:

Jane Guenther is the Director of the Catholic Renewal Center.  She has taught school, been a youth minister and served as a Pastoral Associate at a parish before leading the Renewal Center. She is married and has four sons and 8 grandchildren. She enjoys sailing and praising God.

This course studies the fitting­ness and purpose of the Eucharist, its Biblical sources, the Real Presence and transubstantiation, the Eucharist as Sacrifice, the fruits of the Mass, participation of the faithful in the sacrifice, and the effects of Holy Communion.

Class Outline:

Class 1. The Eucharist in Scripture: Prefigured in the Old Testament and Instituted by Christ

Class 2. The Real Presence and Transubstantiation

Class 3. The Sacrifice of the Mass; the Reformation and the Council of Trent on the Eucharist

Class 4. Our Participation in the Sacrifice of the Mass

Class 5. Holy Communion and Its Effects

 

Biography:

Lawrence Feingold is Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. He converted to Catholicism in 1989 together with his wife while engaged in realist marble sculpture in Pietrasanta, Italy. In 1999 he earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He is the author of The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion (Emmaus Academic, 2018), Faith Comes from What Is Heard: An Introduction to Fundamental Theology (Emmaus Academic, 2016); The Natural Desire to See God According to St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (2010); and The Mystery of Israel and the Church, 3 vols. (Miriam Press, 2010). ​

 

This course studies the fitting­ness and purpose of the Eucharist, its Biblical sources, the Real Presence and transubstantiation, the Eucharist as Sacrifice, the fruits of the Mass, participation of the faithful in the sacrifice, and the effects of Holy Communion.

Class Outline:

Class 1. The Eucharist in Scripture: Prefigured in the Old Testament and Instituted by Christ

Class 2. The Real Presence and Transubstantiation

Class 3. The Sacrifice of the Mass; the Reformation and the Council of Trent on the Eucharist

Class 4. Our Participation in the Sacrifice of the Mass

Class 5. Holy Communion and Its Effects

 

Biography:

Lawrence Feingold is Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. He converted to Catholicism in 1989 together with his wife while engaged in realist marble sculpture in Pietrasanta, Italy. In 1999 he earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He is the author of The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion (Emmaus Academic, 2018), Faith Comes from What Is Heard: An Introduction to Fundamental Theology (Emmaus Academic, 2016); The Natural Desire to See God According to St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (2010); and The Mystery of Israel and the Church, 3 vols. (Miriam Press, 2010). ​

 

This course studies the fitting­ness and purpose of the Eucharist, its Biblical sources, the Real Presence and transubstantiation, the Eucharist as Sacrifice, the fruits of the Mass, participation of the faithful in the sacrifice, and the effects of Holy Communion.

Class Outline:

Class 1. The Eucharist in Scripture: Prefigured in the Old Testament and Instituted by Christ

Class 2. The Real Presence and Transubstantiation

Class 3. The Sacrifice of the Mass; the Reformation and the Council of Trent on the Eucharist

Class 4. Our Participation in the Sacrifice of the Mass

Class 5. Holy Communion and Its Effects

 

Biography:

Lawrence Feingold is Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. He converted to Catholicism in 1989 together with his wife while engaged in realist marble sculpture in Pietrasanta, Italy. In 1999 he earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He is the author of The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion (Emmaus Academic, 2018), Faith Comes from What Is Heard: An Introduction to Fundamental Theology (Emmaus Academic, 2016); The Natural Desire to See God According to St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (2010); and The Mystery of Israel and the Church, 3 vols. (Miriam Press, 2010). ​

 

This course studies the fitting­ness and purpose of the Eucharist, its Biblical sources, the Real Presence and transubstantiation, the Eucharist as Sacrifice, the fruits of the Mass, participation of the faithful in the sacrifice, and the effects of Holy Communion.

Class Outline:

Class 1. The Eucharist in Scripture: Prefigured in the Old Testament and Instituted by Christ

Class 2. The Real Presence and Transubstantiation

Class 3. The Sacrifice of the Mass; the Reformation and the Council of Trent on the Eucharist

Class 4. Our Participation in the Sacrifice of the Mass

Class 5. Holy Communion and Its Effects

 

Biography:

Lawrence Feingold is Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis. He converted to Catholicism in 1989 together with his wife while engaged in realist marble sculpture in Pietrasanta, Italy. In 1999 he earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He is the author of The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion (Emmaus Academic, 2018), Faith Comes from What Is Heard: An Introduction to Fundamental Theology (Emmaus Academic, 2016); The Natural Desire to See God According to St. Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters (2010); and The Mystery of Israel and the Church, 3 vols. (Miriam Press, 2010). ​