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  Date	Ordo	Topic	Catechist	Reading	Focus Questions
  9/15/2019	24th Sunday Ordinary	God, Faith, and Divine Revelation	Jon Stotts	TIOF Chp. 1 & 2	What do Catholics mean by "God"? How do we come to know God?
  9/22/2019	25th Sunday Ordinary	Jesus: The Incarnate Word of God	Jim Bryan	TIOF Chp. 3	Why did God become human? How does this help us?
  9/29/2019	26th Sunday Ordinary	Jesus: The Atoning Savior	Laura Geben	TIOF Chp. 4	Why did Jesus suffer and die? Why was he raised from the dead?
  10/6/2019	27th Sunday Ordinary	The Holy Spirit	Casey Miller	TIOF Chp. 5	Why did God send the Spirit after Jesus' ascension? What difference does the Holy Spirit make in our lives?
  10/13/2019	28th Sunday Ordinary	The Church as the People of God	Jim Bryan	TIOF Chp. 7	What is the Church? What is the mission of the Church in the world? What makes people part of the Church?
  10/20/2019	29th Sunday Ordinary	The Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic	Stephen Camarata	TIOF Chp. 8	How are the Church's four marks important for the Church's mission to the world?
  10/27/2019	30th Sunday Ordinary	The Four Last Things	Jon Stotts	TIOF Chp. 11	What happens when we die? What does it mean to look forward to the resurrection?
  11/3/2019	31st Sunday Ordinary	Paschal Mystery in Liturgy and Sacraments	Casey Miller	TIOF Chp. 12	Why do we use ritual and liturgy? How do the sacraments help us to participate in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ?
  11/10/2019	32nd Sunday Ordinary	Baptism and Confirmation	Stephen Camarata	TIOF Chp. 13	What happens when we are baptized and confirmed? What difference do these sacraments make in our lives?
  11/17/2019	33rd Sunday Ordinary	Eucharist	Jon Stotts	TIOF Chp. 14	What is the point of the Mass? What does the priest do, and what do we do?
  11/24/2019	Christ the King	The Sacrament of Penance	Laura Geben	TIOF Chp. 15	What happens to our relationship with God and others when we sin? How does the sacrament of penance fix this?
  12/1/2019	1st Sunday Advent	NO SESSION
  12/8/2019	2nd Sunday Advent	Bishops, Priests, and Deacons	Fr. Phan	TIOF Chp. 17	What does it mean to be married? What is sacramental marriage, and why is it important? How do Catholics get married?
  12/15/2019	3rd Sunday Advent	The Sacrament of Marriage	Jon Stotts	TIOF Chp. 16	Why does the Church have a hierarchy? How do deacons, priests, and bishops differ from one another? What do the clergy and the laity all share?
  12/22/2019	4th Sunday Advent	Open session	Any available		What questions do our candidates have?
  12/29/2019	Feast of the Holy Family	NO SESSION
  1/5/2020	2nd Sunday Christmas	NO SESSION
  1/12/2020	Baptism of the Lord	Grace and Forgiveness	Jon Stotts	TIOF Chp. 18	How do we learn to make good decisions? What is an informed conscience?
  1/19/2020	2nd Sunday Ordinary	Catholic Morality and Conscience: Loving God and Loving Neighbor	Stephen Camarata	TIOF Chp. 19	What does it mean that we are made in the image of God? Why is this important for the Church's social teachings?
  1/26/2020	3rd Sunday Ordinary	Catholic Social Teaching	Casey Miller	TIOF Chp. 20	What do Cathoics mean by "grace"? How does grace enable us to become the people God calls us to be?
  2/2/2020	Presentation of the Lord	The Lord's Prayer	Jon Stotts	TIOF Chp. 23	How is the Lord's Prayer a summary of the Gospels? Why is it the perfect Christian prayer? How are its parts related?
  2/9/2020	5th Sunday Ordinary	Mary and the Communion of Saints	Laura Geben	TIOF Chp. 24	Why is Mary so important to Catholics? How is she a model of Catholic prayer? What does it mean to be a saint? What are the saints doing right now?
  2/16/2020	6th Sunday Ordinary	Open session	Any available		What questions do our candidates have?
  2/23/2020	7th Sunday Ordinary	Initiation of the baptized / Purification and Enlightenment	Jon Stotts