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  Date	Ordo	Topic	Catechist	Reading	Focus Questions
  8/19/2020	20th Week 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?
  8/26/2020	21st Week Ordinary	Jesus: Incarnation and Atonement	Laura Geben	TIOF Chp. 3 & 4	Why did God become human? How does this help us? Why did Jesus suffer and die? Why was he raised from the dead?
  9/2/2020	22nd Week Ordinary	The Holy Spirit	Katie Burke	TIOF Chp. 5	Why did God send the Spirit after Jesus' ascension? What difference does the Holy Spirit make in our lives?
  9/9/2020	23rd Week Ordinary	The Church	Stephen Camarata	TIOF Chp. 7 & 8	What is the Church? What is the mission of the Church in the world? What makes people part of the Church? How are the Church's four marks important for the Church's mission to the world?
  9/16/2020	24th Week Ordinary	The Four Last Things	Kelsi Ray	TIOF Chp. 11	What happens when we die? What does it mean to look forward to the resurrection?
  9/23/2020	25th Week Ordinary	Paschal Mystery in Liturgy and Sacraments	Jim Bryan	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?
  9/30/2020	26th Week 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?
  10/7/2020	27th Week Ordinary	Eucharist	Katie Burke	TIOF Chp. 14	What is the point of the Mass? What does the priest do, and what do we do?
  10/14/2020	28th Week Ordinary	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?
  10/21/2020	29th Week Ordinary	Bishops, Priests, and Deacons	Fr. Phan	TIOF Chp. 17	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?
  10/28/2020	30th Week Ordinary	The Sacrament of Marriage	Jon Stotts	TIOF Chp. 16	What does it mean to be married? What is sacramental marriage, and why is it important? How do Catholics get married?
  11/4/2020	Week of All Saints	Catholic Morality and Conscience: Loving God and Loving Neighbor	Kelsi Ray	TIOF Chp. 18	How do we learn to make good decisions? What is an informed conscience?
  11/11/2020	32nd Week Ordinary	Catholic Social Teaching	Katie Burke	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?
  11/18/2020	33rd Week 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?
  11/22/2020	Feast of Christ the King	Initiations of the Baptized
  11/25/2020	Week of Christ the King	Thanksgiving
  12/2/2020	1st Week Advent	Advent and the Liturgical Year	Jim Bryan		What is Advent? How does the liturgical year work? How does each season reflect the life of Christ?
  12/9/2020	2nd Week Advent	The Lord's Prayer	Kelsi Ray	TIOF Chp. 22 & 23	How is the Lord's Prayer a summary of the Gospels? Why is it the perfect Christian prayer? How are its parts related?
  12/16/2020	3rd Week Advent	Open session w/ Fr. Dexter	Jim Bryan (Host) / All		What questions do our candidates have?