You do not need to come to every Sunday morning session to participate.  Come for what you are interested in learning.

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September 30, 2018-Catholicism, A Journey to the Heart of the Faith celebrating the 10 ^th anniversary of the filming of Bishop Robert Barron’s critically acclaimed DVD series; we will watch and discuss episodes from the series throughout our program year.  We begin with episode 4 to prepare us to celebrate October the month of Our Lady and the Holy Rosary. 
Episode Four: “Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast: Mary, the Mother of God” In this episode, Bishop Barron masterfully correlates the Catholic Faith’s testimony to the revelation of God in Christ with the vivid practices of reverence offered to his Mother. Mary is explained as “an on-going presence, an actor in the life of the Church.” Bishop Barron journeys to the humble remains of Mary’s house in Nazareth, to the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus and to the great Marian shrines of Lourdes and Guadalupe to explain the Church’s teachings about Mary as the Mother of God, the Immaculate Conception and the dogma of the Assumption. Bishop Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and is recognized as “one of the Church’s best messengers.” He is a prominent theologian, author, speaker, and cultural commentator.  NBC Today Show correspondent Mike Leonard is the Executive Producer of CATHOLICISM.


October 7, 2018-Family Rosary Day Celebrate with your parish family upstairs in the Trinity School cafeteria.  Students will lead the Living Rosary devotion, for the Feast of the Holy Rosary. Children will be lighting lights as we pray and listen to the recitations of the Glorious Mysteries. Prayer booklets and extra rosaries will be available.


October 14, 2018- Old Testament Study with Angela Burdge "He who is ignorant of the Old Testament is ignorant of Christ!"  So thundered no less a biblical authority than St. Jerome who, in the fourth century, went to Jerusalem to study Hebrew with the rabbis there so that he could translate the Old Testament from its original language to Latin. If you offered to read your grandchild a story and then read only the last few pages, you would be met with incredulity and probably something worse. The Bible is a continuous story. And yet, the beginning and the middle (the Old Testament) are often overlooked and even denigrated in favor of the conclusion of the story (the New Testament). In a series of sessions beginning Oct. 14 and conducted by Angela Burdge, the beginning and the middle of the story of our relationship with our God will be explored.  Angela Burdge has a Masters in scripture studies from the Pontifical College Josephinum, and has been a long time Bible study leader for our parish and others.

October 21, 2018-NO PROGRAM Columbus Marathon Day

October 28, 2018- Old Testament Study with Angela Burdge

November 4, 2018-***Location change*** upstairs in the Sixth Grade Classroom -Catholicism Episode Eight:  “A Vast Company of Witnesses: The Communion of Saints” The story of the Church is told in the examples of those men and women who dedicated their lives to knowing and serving Jesus Christ. The Catholic Faith is made visible in real human lives. Bishop Barron gives consideration to some of the Church’s greatest heroes, and demonstrates how their extraordinary examples display both the passion and creative potential of the Catholic Church.  Highlighting Katharine Drexel, Therese of Lisieux, Edith Stein, and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Bishop Barron tells the story of the Church as a vast company of witnesses who are called by Christ to be a Communion of Saints.
 
November 11, 2018- Catholicism Episode Nine:  “The Fire of His Love: Prayer and the Life of the Spirit” In this lesson, Bishop Barron explores Catholic spirituality, which is centered on prayer.  As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states:  “Prayer is the lifting up of the mind and the heart to God.”  On pilgrimage to the places where the great saints and spiritual masters lived, Bishop Barron explores the different types of prayer:  contemplation; adoration; petition; and intercession.  In telling the stories of Catholics like Thomas Merton, St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Bishop Barron demonstrates how the human person can be transformed through prayer that manifests a deep, spiritual commitment centered in Christ.

November 18, 2018- Old Testament Study with Angela Burdge

November 25, 2018-NO PROGRAM Thanksgiving Weekend

December 2, 2018- Old Testament Study with Angela Burdge

December 9, 2018-Exploring the Proto-Gospel of James-The Proto-Gospel of James, which recounts the life of Mary the Virgin and the birth of Jesus, is one of the earliest apocryphal gospels.  We’ll explore its primary themes: the roots of Christianity in the traditions of Israel, the purity and sanctity of Mary, and the divinity of the Christ child.  David Brakke is the Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity and Professor of History at Ohio State.  His last presentation at St. Christopher’s was in October 2016, The Earliest Visual Images of Jesus.

December 16, 23 and 30, 2018-NO PROGRAM Christmas time break.

January 6, 2019-Family Epiphany Day and Kings Party-Join your parish family in celebrating the end of the 40 days of Christmas in the Trinity School Cafeteria. There will be crafts for children, prayers for house blessings and sweets fit for a King. Concluding the program will be an Epiphany Play and Christmas carol sing along led by students. All families and parishioners are invited to join us and sing along!   Continuing the celebration on January 6 at 4:30 also in the cafeteria- A Lifetime of Liturgical Music   Take a musical walk down Memory Lane with Pete McClernon as he reminisces over a lifetime of singing, playing, and leading liturgical music in the Roman Catholic tradition. From the second floor of the fire house in East Northport, N.Y. to the comparatively grand liturgical spaces of suburban Columbus, Ohio: we will take a musical journey that has spanned 7 decades. Pete McClernon is the retired Director of Music at St. Brendan Parish in Hilliard. He has been involved in music ministry for over 40 years in four Catholic parishes (St. Christopher’s was one of the lucky ones) in Columbus.

January13, 2019- Old Testament Study with Angela Burdge

January 20, 2019- Catholicism Episode One:  “Amazed and Afraid:  The Revelation of God Become Man” The strange and dangerous words of Jesus of Nazareth set up a drama that will culminate in a surprising battle between two kings, and in the wake of this conflict, an empire will be defeated – and the world will be changed. Bishop Barron illuminates and explains the conviction of the Catholic Faith that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah, and the revelation of God become man.  He shows how Jesus fulfills the four tasks of the Messiah, according to the Old and New Testaments, and how the living legacy of Christ, God and Messiah, is proclaimed by the Church. Join Bishop Barron as he addresses some of the most controversial questions about the life and identity of Jesus Christ and travels through the mysterious and sacred places of the Holy Land of Israel and the eternal city of Rome.
 
January 27, 2019- Catholocism Episode Two:  “Happy are We:  The Teachings of Jesus” The revelation of Jesus as God is accompanied by a stunning invitation to a unique new way of life, explained in the teachings of Jesus.  To every generation, the words of Jesus have proven fascinating, disorienting, sometimes confounding, deeply transformative, and always unforgettable.  Bishop Barron highlights the Beatitudes, the path of non-violence and lessons of forgiveness care for the poor and our relationship with God as presented in the parables.  Jesus’ teachings are illuminated during Fr. Barron’s pilgrimages to Poland, Germany, Spain and New York City.  Commentaries at these sites also show how the Catholic Church is a living culture, which gives witness to the inviolable dignity of the human person.

February 3, 2019- Old Testament Study with Angela Burdge

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