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FaithAndMission

Relating to Adult Faith Formation series at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Kennesaw, Georgia

  • The Seven Sacraments

    The Church has defined the seven sacraments, most clearly in the documents from the Council of Trent in the 16th century. That council was called in response to the Protestant revolt against the authority of the Church. Prior to that period, the most important councils had been called to settle some matter of doctrine. It Continue reading

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  • Sacramental Life of the Church

    When we read the Old Testament, we see the pattern of how God revealed himself to his chosen people. He spoke miraculously to one man in a remote setting, such as speaking to Abraham or sending him three angels. God also spoke through the prophets, such as speaking to Moses on Mt. Sinai and communicating Continue reading

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  • The Church: Distinctively Catholic

    We are going to explore one of the areas where Catholics and other Christians use the same word but do not necessarily mean the same thing. That word is “Church.” Study of the church is called “ecclesiology,” which is based on the greek word for church. Ekklesia is a word in Greek that means “those Continue reading

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  • The Fourth Cup

    Some of you may be familiar with a talk given by Scott Hahn called the Fourth Cup. Scott does a great job of taking you on a great journey of discovery as a Protestant preacher to learn something profound about the Catholic Mass. From Scott’s talk, you get the sense that his understanding of the Continue reading

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  • The Scandal and Triumph of the Cross

    For the last couple of sessions we have focused on the problem of sin, both the original sin that messed up God’s creation and the actual sins that we commit. Today, we will talk about the central action taken by Jesus to fix that problem for us. And we will work our way through some Continue reading

  • Actual Sin

    Last week we talked about the church’s teaching on Original Sin, and this week we are going to talk about actual sin. I just want to spend a few minutes giving some context on why we spent so much time on Original Sin. Our program is called Faith and Mission, and sometimes by the word Continue reading

  • Original Sin

    Today I would like to begin talking about the problem that we face as people of faith in the world. Remember we are the Church Militant. So what are we fighting? We are fighting sin, and we are fighting from a disadvantaged position. And this is the problem that Jesus came in human form to Continue reading

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  • Why Faith and Mission?

    We are calling this Sunday morning Faith formation program Faith in Mission because we want to focus on the critical role the laity plays in the work of the Church Militant, the Church of the people who are alive in the world. As Catholics, we believe the fullness of the Church includes the Saints in Continue reading