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Seminar Topics
Mary
The Immaculate Conception and the Dignity of Man (Staples)
Understanding the Immaculate Conception is key to understanding not only God but ourselves too.
Behold Your Mother: An Evangelical Discovers the Blessed Virgin Mary (Shea)
How one Evangelical came to see Catholic Marian theology as biblical, sane, and soul satisfying.
Mary, Our Jewish Mother (Moss)
How following her example is our quickest, surest route to Christlikeness.
Mary: The New Eve and Mother of the Saints (Moss)
Travel 4,000 years from the prophecy of Genesis to our Blessed Mother, bearer of the promised Seed.
Do Catholics Worship Mary? (D'Ambrosio)
The biblical basis for Catholic devotion to Mary.
The Key to Understanding Mary (Akin)
Explanation of Marian doctrines that brings all Catholic teaching about Mary into harmony.
Are Jesus and Mary in Competition? (Burnham)
Does honor given to Mary detract from honor due to Jesus or are they playing on the same team?
Sacraments
The Eucharist: God’s Extravagant Love Revealed (Staples)
The Real Presence revealed through John 6 in its proper historical context.
Are Catholics Born Again? (D'Ambrosio)
Baptism: What does it mean and what does it have to do with a personal commitment to Jesus?
Who Needs Confession? (D'Ambrosio)
Reconciliation is not an unpleasant burden but a liberating gift from God.
The Father's Gifts (Moss)
A heart-warming and eye-opening look at all God has given us through his Church
The Passover Fulfilled (Moss)
Rosalind's journey from the Passover, through Evangelical symbolism to the reality of "My Body".
Proving the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (Burnham)
A crown jewel of the Catholic faith, this doctrine is also among the easiest to defend.
This Is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Shea)
How one Protestant, who thought Catholics practiced medieval hocus-pocus, discovers he was wrong.
Is the Mass a Sacrilege or a Sacrifice? (Burnham)
Learn to explain and defend the Catholic Church's supreme and eternal act of worship.
Getting More Out of Mass (D'Ambrosio)
Learn the many ways Christ is present in the Mass and how to tap into His life-changing power.
Are Catholics Spirit-filled? (D'Ambrosio)
Confirmation: Its role in empowering us with the gifts and joy of the Holy Spirit.
Marriage, Sex, and the Catholic Church (D'Ambrosio)
Explores the tough questions, including divorce and contraception.
Why Do We Need Priests? (D'Ambrosio)
The truth about the sacrament of Holy Orders.
Eucharistic Adoration (D'Ambrosio)
Its meaning and value plus concrete suggestions on how to make the most of our adoration time.
Healing, Suffering, and the Anointing of the Sick (D'Ambrosio)
What this sacrament has to teach us about God's healing power and the meaning of suffering.
Conversion Stories
How I Got This Way: Confessions of a Double-Jump Convert (Shea)
The story of Mark’s journey, from suburban slacker to college Evangelical to adult Catholic.
From Judaism to the Fullness of Christ (Moss)
Rosalind's inspiring journey from her Jewish heritage through Evangelical Protestantism to Catholicism.
The Passover Fulfilled (Moss)
Rosalind's journey from the Passover, through Evangelical symbolism to the reality of "My Body".
A Triumph and a Tragedy (Akin)
Jimmy recounts his spiritual journey from lukewarmness to committed Evangelical to devout Catholic.
Faith Renewal
Why be Catholic? (Akin)
The irrefutable truth that the Catholic Church is Christ's creation and how the papacy is essential to it.
Why Be Catholic? (D'Ambrosio)
Marcellino shares the reasons for his commitment to the Catholic Church.
Why So Many Rituals? (D'Ambrosio)
The commonsense and biblical basis for the Catholic use of liturgy and sacraments.
The Church-Help or Hindrance? (D'Ambrosio)
Why the Church exists and why it is indispensable.
What's So Great about Being Catholic? (Evert)
Explore the richness of the Catholic faith and have the Holy Spirit set your faith in Christ on fire.
Faith in the Midst of Unbelief (Moss)
Learn how God's "Hall of Fame" can show us how to live our faith when others have turned from God.
The Father's Gifts (Moss)
A heart-warming and eye-opening look at all God has given us through his Church
Papal Authority
The Papacy and the Fathers of the Church (Staples)
Overwhelming evidence from early Christian history on the importance of the papacy.
Infallibility Doesn't Mean Never Having to Say You're Sorry (Shea)
Does papal infallibility work anymore? This talk explains how and why the answer is "Yes!"
The Keeper of the Keys (Akin)
Old and New Testament support for the papacy and Peter's role.
Did Jesus Make Peter the Head of the Church? (Burnham)
Discover how to show that Jesus established his Church on Peter, the Rock.
The Faith in the World
Catholics and the Culture War (Staples)
How to truly confront a dysfunctional culture without the culture changing us.
Faith in the Midst of Unbelief (Moss)
Learn how God's "Hall of Fame" can show us how to live our faith when others have turned from God.
God's Will for You: How to Know It (Moss)
We all are called to holiness and to love. Discover "God's wonderful plan for your life!"
Family & Parenting
God’s Will for the Family: How to Live It (Moss)
Rosalind demonstrates how the family is not our idea, but God's.
You're a Better Parent Than You Think! (Guarendi)
You're a Better Teacher Than You Think! (Guarendi)
Restore your confidence, peace of mind, and authority as Ray exposes common child care myths.
Raising Chaste Teens (Evert)
A wealth of information to help parents fulfill perhaps their toughest role.
Back to the Family (Guarendi)
A national study of strong families reinforces traditional ideas while offering reassuring surprises.
Lessons for Life from Children (Guarendi)
With innocent yet hard-hitting lessons, kids teach us truths that leave us more grown-up and happier.
Parenting as a Means to Holiness (D'Ambrosio)
How can we become holy, not despite but through our parenting?
7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free (Lenahan)
Learn how "connecting" your family finances with your faith can lead you out of financial bondage.
Chastity
Romance Without Regret (Evert) 
Humor, emotion, and facts are powerfully combined to reveal God's life-changing message of chastity.
Raising Chaste Teens (Evert)
A wealth of information to help parents fulfill perhaps their toughest role.
The "Pure Freedom" Message (for teens) (King)
Save not just your body but also your soul by following God's plan.
Parenting the Teens We Love (for parents and teachers) (King)
Why teens choose high risk behaviors and how to help them choose holiness.
True Love (Stefanick)
Grab the undivided attention of teens with gripping stories, humor, music, and drama.
Moral Issues
Christian Moral Life (D'Ambrosio)
Virtues, vices, sin, and the role of conscience.
The Culture of Life vs. the Culture of Death (D'Ambrosio)
The Catholic respect for the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death.
Why NFP? (Evert)
Why Natural Family Planning is a blessing for your relationship, your family, your body, and your soul.
God’s Will for the Soul: How to Cherish It (Moss)
The journey from pro-choice to the timeless truths of God’s moral order -- a pro-life faith.
Other Religions and Sects
How to Answer Mormons (Burnham)
How to target and refute "core" Mormon beliefs such as the great apostasy and continuing revelation.
How to Answer Jehovah's Witnesses (Burnham)
Discover how to answer their challenges and inoculate your loved ones against their errors.
Mormonism Exposed (Akin)
An examination of Mormon belief & its incompatibility with Christianity,
Sacred Scripture, Tradition & Theology
Exploring the Bible (Akin)
A tour de force into the history of the Bible and its role in our lives.
Making Senses out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Shea)
A fascinating introduction to Scripture as the earliest Christians saw and read it
Is Sola Scriptura Scriptural? (Burnham)
Jim exposes sola scriptura error and shows that "tradition" is not always a dirty word in the Bible.
Where Did We Get the Bible? (Burnham)
Discover how trusting the Bible ultimately means trusting the infallible judgment of the Catholic Church.
By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Shea)
How one former Evangelical learned that Catholic Tradition goes hand-in-hand with biblical revelation.
Open Forum Q & A (Akin)
A face-to-face version of Jimmy's charitable exchanges heard on "Catholic Answers Live."
Theology Q & A (Evert)
A fast-paced exchange designed for students to pose their questions about the Catholic faith.
Apologetics
A Beginner's Guide to Apologetics (Burnham)
Learn the truths that kept Jim in the Church and will keep any Catholic anchored in his faith.
Beginning Apologetics and Evangelization (Evert)
Here's help for young people to "proclaim the gospel" as Jesus commanded, bringing others to Christ.
Defending the Faith (Akin)
Jimmy explains how apologetics is the biblical bedrock of catechesis, evangelism, and ecumenism.
Foundations of Christian Faith (D'Ambrosio)
You'll leave knowing that God exists, Jesus is Christ, He established the Church, the Bible is reliable.
Is Purgatory Biblical? (Burnham)
Discover how purgatory is firmly rooted in Scripture and clearly affirmed by the early Church.
The Father's Gifts (Moss)
A heart-warming and eye-opening look at all God has given us through his Church
Evangelization
Care and Feeding of the Lay Catholic Apostle (Shea)
How to be a lay apostle in the New Evangelization that all Catholics are called to do.
How to Be a Campus Radical (Shea)
How to be a real hero with a zest for life as a commited Catholic on campus.
Incarnational Evangelism (Shea)
How to bear witness to the faith with more than just words.
Salvation and Last Things
Life after Death (D'Ambrosio)
Catholic teaching on the end of the world, Jesus' return, heaven, hell, and purgatory.
The Drama of Redemption (D'Ambrosio)
Why did Jesus have to die?
God & Christ
Christ in the Old Testament (Moss)
See Christ -- the Jewish Messiah -- as the reality of every Old Testament foreshadowing.
The Triune God of Abraham (Moss)
A journey of discovery, from the God of Abraham to His revelation as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit: Giver of Life (Moss)
The Holy Spirit's ministry can make the crucial difference in our lives and in the lives of those we love.
How to Prove the Existence of God and the Divinity of Christ (Burnham)
Jim will show you that proving these foundational issues is child's play.
Who is Jesus Christ? (D'Ambrosio)
Answers to the question posed by Jesus himself: "Who do men say that I am?"
Church History - Church Fathers
The Papacy and the Fathers of the Church (Staples)
Overwhelming evidence from early Christian history on the importance of the papacy.
The Church Fathers (Burnham)
Early church leaders, witnesses to the Apostolic and post-Apostolic age, taught Catholic beliefs.
The Incorruptibility of the Catholic Church (Burnham)
Master the commonsense arguments that prove that the true Church of Christ is the Catholic Church.
Spirituality - Prayer and Practice
Personal Prayer-Pathway to Joy (D'Ambrosio)
Deepen your personal intimacy with Christ with a life of prayer that even busy people can manage.
What Difference Does Faith Make? (D'Ambrosio)
Learn the startling difference the Catholic faith can make in one's life.
God's Will for You: How to Know It (Moss)
We all are called to holiness and to love. Discover "God's wonderful plan for your life!"
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