Date | Ordo | Topic | Catechist | Reading | Focus Questions |
1/20/2021 | 2nd Week Ordinary | Revelation and Sacred Scripture | Jon Stotts | Dei Verbum | How do Catholics read the Bible? Is the Bible inspired? |
1/27/2021 | 3rd Week Ordinary | Tradition and Authority | Kelsi Ray | Dei Verbum | How do Catholics figure out what the Church teaches? Are all Church teachings equal? What happens if we disagree? |
2/3/2021 | 4th Week Ordinary | The Missions of the Son and Spirit | Jon Stotts | TBD | What did Jesus come to do? What did the Spirit come to do? How do these missions save us from sin and death? |
2/10/2021 | 5th Week Ordinary | Trinity | Jon Stotts | TBD | What is there three of in God? What is it that the Father, Son, and Spirit share? |
2/17/2021 | Ash Wednesday | No session | |||
2/24/2021 | 1st Week Lent | 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? |
3/3/2021 | 2nd Week Lent | The Four Last Things | Kelsi Ray | TIOF Chp. 11 | What happens when we die? What does it mean to look forward to the resurrection? |
3/10/2021 | 3rd Week Lent | 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? |
3/17/2021 | 4th Week Lent | Baptism | Laura Geben | TIOF Chp. 13 | What happens when we are baptized and confirmed? What difference do these sacraments make in our lives? |
3/24/2021 | 5th Week Lent | Eucharist | Jon Stotts | TIOF Chp. 14 | What is the point of the Mass? What does the priest do, and what do we do? |
3/31/2021 | Holy Week | No session | |||
4/7/2021 | 1st Week Easter | Bishops, Priests, and Deacons | Kelsi Ray | 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? |
4/14/2021 | 2nd Week Easter | 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? |
4/21/2021 | 3rd Week Easter | 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? |
4/28/2021 | 4th Week Easter | Catholic Morality and Conscience: Loving God and Loving Neighbor | Stephen Camarata | TIOF Chp. 18 | How do we learn to make good decisions? What is an informed conscience? |
5/5/2021 | 5th Week Easter | Catholic Social Teaching | Jim Bryan | 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? |
5/12/2021 | 6th Week Easter | 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? |
5/19/2021 | 7th Week Easter | 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? |