urn:uuid:4592EA24-2A2A-42E5-88FC-E7C6DC633F04 Thurs, 16 Feb 2012 20:22:00 EST Guest Speakers urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST Mr. Coren gave an overview of the modern arguments against the Church. These are arguments that faithful Catholics encounter daily, but which the Church has encountered from the first centuries. Mr. Coren deftly put those arguments - prejudices, really - into the dustbin where they belong. Candidly admitting that members of the Church are themselves sinful and prone to error, he made the case that the Church herself remains the beacon of reason and sanctity in a world of historical amnesia and intellectual credulity. (divided into 3 recordings) urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:30:00 EST Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:30:00 EST Forgiveness of Sins, Resurrection of the Body, Life Everlasting. - How is forgiveness connected to love? - How are the spirit and body related? - How can we deserve to have an eternal reward or punishment for some temporary action? urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:30:00 EST Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:30:00 EST Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, Communion of Saints. - How can we make sense of the Holy Spirit and the Trinity? - Why do we need a human Church? - How is communion as family affair? Communion or fusion, persons and not pudding? What does it mean to love? urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST Jesus Christ. - What difference does Jesus make? - How could God become a man? - How can something infinite become finite? - What is so different about Christianity? urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST Creation, Heaven and Earth. Angels, Man and the fall. - What is so unique about creating out of nothing? - Why is there something rather than nothing? - What connects heaven and earth? - Why are we here? - Why is there evil in the world? urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST God the Father. - How can God be our Father? What does it mean to be a child of God? What does it mean to be Human? What does it mean to be a part of a family? urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST Wed, 3 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST I believe. - What does "I" mean? - What is truth? - Can the existence of God be demonstrated with reason or is faith necessary? - What can we learn from the Eastern Religions? - How is Carl Jung at odds with Catholicism? What's wrong with the New Age Movement: Enneagrams, Astrology or Yoga? - Does Atheism, Relativism, and Gnosticism make sense? urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:30:00 EST Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:30:00 EST "Know thyself" or "I" Background and Introduction to series. The slides for this series can be accessed at http://www.basilica.org/pages/adultfaith.php urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST In an engaging manner, Dr. Hunter offered his personal observations. He himself came from an evangelical Protestantism that considered Catholicism an abomination. Dr. Hunter passed from this through Anglicanism to an acceptance, at 61, of the Catholic Faith. As with every person entering into full communion with the Catholic Church, culture shock awaited Dr. Hunter. In this talk, he gives his listeners an opportunity to hear something of what faced him as he made the transition into the life of his local parish. urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Tues, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST Tues, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST This was part of the Theology on Tap lecture series. It dealt with Fideism, Modernism, Postmodernism and Catholicism. Mr. Bastien shows how each of them has developed on the basis of a particular understanding of the role of faith and reason in the quest for truth. More specifically, he argued that these worldviews are mutually exclusive and that each of us is bound to make a choice between Mohammed, Descartes, Nietzsche and Benedict XVI. urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST Dr. William Sweet is Professor of Philosophy at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He spoke on reviewing the aim and purpose of education, as understood by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, making reference to papal documents as well as the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Church's Code of Canon Law. He stressed that the present difficulties in institutions of Catholic education developed over many years and they will not be quickly nor easily corrected. He also stressed that improvement will require concerted work from parents, educators, and clergy working toward a common vision of the whole human person. urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST How being Catholic is about restoring civilization. Journalist, David Warren developed the theme that all true culture is animated by the Catholic Faith, for the simple reason that the Catholic Faith is the truth about reality. The Church teaches the Truth and this Truth has acted in human life even before the Incarnation, for God is One. From the instant of the "Big Bang" until now, as Mr. Warren noted, history is understood by "asserting that the Catholic Christian account, of God, man, and the universe, is the correct one, and that the guiding principle of heroic action, which is never to deny Christ, should be obeyed." urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:30:00 EST Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:30:00 EST As G.K. Chesterton once said 'only live fish can swim against the current.' (or go against the flow). The world is clearly going in a different direction than the Church and God in an increasingly fast way. After going the wrong way for so long, my eyes eventually opened over the course of several years of searching and finding what the heart truly desires. urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST Descent Of Man. Atheism as irrational and dehumanizing. urn:uuid:3053C842-33FC-47C6-B710-D823C98292A7 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST Elevation Of Man. Faith and God, a family affair.