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VIDEO Session 1: The Journey of Faith (Trinity, Faith, Prayer)
Reflection Question: What draws you toward the Catholic Church right now—truth, worship, community, something else?
Catechism passages:
• Faith as our response to God: CCC 144-184
• Prayer: CCC 2725, 2737, 2742–2745
• Why God made us: CCC 294
• The Trinity: CCC 238–248
VIDEO Session 2: Divine Revelation (Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium)
Reflection Question: What authority (if any) did your previous Christian community recognize for interpreting Scripture?
Catechism passages:
• Revelation and the Plan of Salvation: CCC 50–53
• How God has revealed himself in the Old Testament: CCC 54–64
• Jesus, the fullness of Revelation: CCC 65–73
• How this Revelation is handed on to us: CCC 74
• Apostolic Tradition and Authority: CCC 75–79
• The Magisterium CCC 84–95
VIDEO Session 3: The Bible (God’s love letter; how Catholics read Scripture)
Reflection Question: What’s one passage of Scripture that has shaped your faith—and how do you hear it differently now?
Catechism passages:
• Christ as the Word of God: CCC 101–104
• Inspiration and the truth of Scripture: CCC 105–108
• The Holy Spirit and Sacred Scripture: CCC 109–119
• Books of the Old Testament: CCC 120–123
• The New Testament canon: CCC 124–127
• Scripture and the Church: CCC 131–133
VIDEO Session 4: The Story of Salvation (Creation, Fall, Redemption)
Reflection Questions:
1. Where do you most feel the “brokenness” of the Fall in the world—and in yourself?
2. How does the Catholic “big picture” help make sense of suffering and hope?
Catechism passages:
• Created in the image of God: CCC 356–358
• Before the Fall: CCC 376–379
• Original Sin: CCC 396–405
• The gift of Jesus: CCC 457–460
• The Catholic Church: CCC 830–848
• Sending of the Holy Spirit: CCC 731–737
• The Last Judgment: CCC 1038–1041
VIDEO Session 5: Who Is Jesus? (true God and true man)
Reflection Question: If Jesus is Lord, what needs to change in my life (habits, priorities, relationships)?
Catechism passages:
• Jesus Christ: “Mediator and fullness of all revelation”: CCC 65–67
• True God and true man: CCC 464–469, 479–483
• Jesus reconciles us with God: CCC 457–460
• The two natures of Jesus: CCC 470–478
VIDEO Session 6: The Paschal Mystery (Cross, Resurrection, salvation)
Reflection Question: How does uniting my suffering to Christ reshape the way I carry my cross?
Catechism passages:
• The Trinity: CCC 238-248, 452-455
• Value of Christ’s sacrifi ce: CCC 616–617
• The descent into Hell: CCC 632–635
• The meaning of the Resurrection: CCC 651–655
• Jesus precedes us into Heaven: CCC 665-667
• Our participation in Christ’s sacrifi ce: CCC 618
VIDEO Session 7: The Holy Spirit & the Life of Grace
Reflection Question: Where do I most need the Spirit’s power—healing, courage, purity, forgiveness, perseverance?
Catechism passages:
• The Name of the Spirit: CCC 691
• Symbols of the Spirit: CCC 694–701
• The Holy Spirit as God’s Gift: CCC 733–736
• The Spirit and the Church: CCC 737–741
• Justification and sanctification: CCC 1996–2000
VIDEO Session 8: Why Do I Need the Church? (one, holy, catholic, apostolic)
Catechism passages:
• The Church is One: CCC 813–814
• The Church is Holy: CCC 823–825
• The Church is Catholic: CCC 830–831
• The Church is Apostolic: CCC 857
• The bonds of unity in the Church: CCC 815
• Bishops as successors of the Apostles: CCC 861–862
Reflection Question: What is one fear or objection I have about the Catholic Church—and what truth might address it?
VIDEO Session 9: Mary and the Saints (Communion of Saints; intercession)
Reflection Question: What’s the biggest “hang-up” (if any) about asking Mary or the saints to pray for you?
Catechism passages:
• Immaculate Conception: CCC 490–493
• Mother of God: CCC 495
• Perpetual Virginity: CCC 496–500
• Assumption: CCC 966
• Devotion to Mary: CCC 971
Reflection Question: What’s the biggest “hang-up” (if any) about asking Mary or the saints to pray for you?
VIDEO Session 10: The Last Things (death, judgment, heaven, hell, purgatory)
Catechism passages:
• Particular Judgment: CCC 1021–1022
• Heaven: CCC 1023–1029
• Hell: CCC 1033–1037
• Purgatory: CCC 1030–1032
• Last Judgment: CCC 1038–1041
Reflection Question: If I truly lived “in the light of eternity,” what would change this week?