May 7, 2025

Adult Faith Formation, May 6th -- History of the Popes, Session 8 -- The Recent Popes

 We conclude our course with an overview of the popes of the last 150 years, highlighting some of the interesting but often little known details about these recent popes. We also look at some of the statistics of the oldest popes and longest reigning popes, etc.


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Adult Faith Formation, April 29th -- The History of the Popes, Session 7 -- The Popes of the Modern Period

 After looking at the upcoming papal conclave and making comparisons to other recent conclaves, we turn to the Popes of the Reformation and Counter Reformation Period.


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Adult Faith Formation, April 22nd -- History of the Popes, Session 6 -- The Western Schism

 We continue our course on the History of the Popes, now looking to the popes during and immediately after the Western Schism.  In this class, we watched a couple videos: on how a papal election works (following the recent death of Pope Francis); and two on the history of the Western Schism.


How a papal conclave works  [here]!


On the history of the Western Schism  [here]! This video is not perfect and does have some anti-medieval bias, but gives a quick overview.


On the theological problems present at the end of the Western Schism  [here]!


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Sunday Sermon, May 4 - St Philip the Apostle, And The Apparition at the Sea of Tiberius

 This week, we give two sermons: One on St Philip the Apostle, and a second on The Gospel Account of the Apparition of the Lord at the Sea of Tiberius.


On St Philip the Apostle, as part of our series on the Apostles. The whole series is found [here].

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On the account of the Lord's Apparition at the Sea of Tiberius.

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Sunday Sermon, April 27 -- St Thomas the Apostle, Life and Ministry (Divine Mercy Sunday)

 (Pre-sermon note on Divine Mercy Sunday and the graces which the Lord is pour forth upon the world on this day!)


Sermon on St Thomas the Apostle, continuing our series of preaching on the Apostles.  Find the whole series [here].


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