DISCUSSION & DISCIPLESHIP
Why does the Church believe that? How can I explain this to others?
Sometimes, we have difficulty understanding Catholic teaching and even greater difficulty in explaining it to others.
Discussion & Discipleship is a collaborative group where participants come together to examine controversial issues of politics, culture, science, law, theology, and philosophy, all from the Catholic perspective.
General Format ~
Before each meeting, participants will be presented with a hot topic and an official Church document on the topic. Then, during each meeting, participants will take part in a moderated, two-part discussion on the topic and reading material, and ways to explain the Catholic perspective to others.
Meeting Details ~
Meetings are typically held on the last Friday evening of every month.
Please contact [email protected] for location and reading materials. RSVP required.
Previous Topics ~
- In vitro fertilization (IVF) – discussion materials found here.
- Collaboration between the sexes – discussion materials found here.
- Human freedom – discussion materials found here.
- Laudato Si’: Technology – discussion materials found here.
- Laudato Si’: Value of labor – discussion materials found here.
- Desire for God – discussion materials found here.
- Laudato Si’: Integral Ecology – discussion materials found here.
- Civic engagement – discussion materials found here.
- Church-State relationship – discussion materials found here.
- Dignity and economics – discussion materials found here.
- Peace and war – discussion materials found here.
- Contraception – discussion materials found here.
- Sex abuse crisis: lay response – discussion materials found here.
- #MeToo movement and Catholicism – discussion materials found here.
- Moral conscience – discussion materials found here.
- Evangelization – discussion materials found here.
- Male-only ordination – discussion materials found here.
- Natural law – discussion materials found here.
- Violating the confessional seal – discussion materials found here.
- Healing the Church: the sex abuse crisis – discussion materials found here.
- Church response to COVID-19 – discussion materials found here.
- Hope during uncertainty – discussion materials found here.
- Religious freedom – discussion materials found here.
- Heaven, hell, and purgatory – discussion materials found here.
- Catholic voting principles – discussion materials found here.
- COVID-19 vaccines – discussion materials found here.
- Catholic school system – discussion materials found here.
- Finding a Godly spouse – discussion materials found here.
- Holiness – discussion materials found here.
- Transgender ideology and the youth – discussion materials found here.
- Abortion and the Dobbs decision (Part 2) – discussion materials found here.
- Respect for the truth – discussion materials found here.
- The Synod on Synodality – discussion materials found here.
- Blessings for same-sex couples – discussion materials found here.
- The Catholic Church and Zionism – discussion materials found here.
- Spiritual trauma – discussion materials found here.
- Examining Christopher Columbus – discussion materials found here.