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Catholic Forum
Hosted by Jim Thorndill · ENGLISH
Catholic Forum provides information about the Catholic Faith, including true stories of converts and people returning to the Catholic Church.
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Practicing Catholicism in America: A Fragile Freedom
Jul 8, 201600:30:00Tap to summarizeWe return to Aquinas College to review with Dr. John Pinheiro some of the difficulties Catholics have faced in practicing their faith throughout the history of the colonization and development of the United States. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →Pursuing Morality in Legality: Catholic Lawyers
Jul 8, 201600:28:59Tap to summarizeRepresentatives of the Catholic Lawyers Association of West Michigan discuss the mission of their organization and discuss the unique challenges of navigating current legal trends when holding a Catholic world view. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →Working Out Faith through Works: A Series of Close Calls Leads to a Closer Calling
Jun 23, 201600:30:02Tap to summarizeOur guest discusses how survival of a series of life-threatening incidents convinced him that his life had a purpose and how he has since pursued that purpose through service within and and outside of the Catholic Church. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →Heeding a Father's Call: An Ecumenical Return to the Church
Jun 16, 201600:29:58Tap to summarizeOur guest recounts how he drifted away from the Catholicism of his youth and how his father's concern for him eventually called him back. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →Embracing the "N" in NFP
Jun 10, 201600:29:46Tap to summarizeA young couple explains how they came to embrace the principles which the Church applies to birth control and procreation, becoming practitioners and then instructors of the methods of Natural Family Planning and facing reproductive challenges of their own. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →Absent No Longer
May 15, 201600:29:56Tap to summarizeAs he was growing up, our guest came to think of God as an "absentee landlord". He describes how after 20 years of addiction, he became aware of God's presence and personal care and forgiveness. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →The Development of Liturgical Music
May 15, 201600:27:29Tap to summarizeWe're joined by Dr. Daniel Page, who helps us consider the use of song in the Mass throughout the history of the Church. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →Ex Corde Ecclessiae: Calling Catholic Colleges Back to the Heart of the Church
Apr 24, 201600:29:59Tap to summarizeWhile some Catholic universities continue to create scandal and controversy by extending honors and speaking invitations to pro-abortion politicians and such, we visited Aquinas College and spoke with President Dr. Juan Olivarez and professors Dr. John Pinheiro and Dr. Robert Marko about the quiet majority of Catholic colleges finding renewal in their Catholic identity through Pope John Paul II's exhortation, Ex Corde Ecclessiae. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →Rebuilding the Foundations of Catechesis
Apr 23, 201600:29:54Tap to summarizeThe founders of Catechetical Foundations discuss their desire to minister to the Church and, through it, to the world, by strengthening the skills and understanding of catechists and the general laity. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
Transcribe →The Limits of Omnipotence
Mar 31, 201600:29:57Tap to summarizeWith our guest, theology professor Dr. Dennis Marshall, we explore the characteristic of God known as omnipotence and consider the role of human free will within its context. To learn more about our work, visit our web site, catholicforuminc.org, or share our page on Facebook (facebook.com/catholicforuminc).
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