Fall Session Begins September 7th. Doors open at 6:30am, program begins at 7am concludes at 8am.

Session 1: The Call to an Elite and Fulfilled Life

Presenter: Wade Berzas

  • Adversity Comes When You Least Expect it

  • Moving Story of Surviving a Plane Crash

  • God Calls Us to be Elite and Fulfilled

  • Faith: Unshakeable Belief

  • Perseverance: Getting Back Up

  • Surrender: Letting Go unto God

Session 2: Reasons for Hope (Mysteries of the Rosary - Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

  • The Cross Appeared as a Failure

  • Now Over a Billion Catholics

  • There are Good Reasons to Believe

  • Sts. Peter and Paul Witnessed to the Resurrection

  • We Must Have a Reason for Our Hope

Session 3: The Resurrection (Mysteries of the Rosary - Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

  • The Rosary Comes Alive with Scripture

  • Christ Appeared for 40 days

  • We will Receive A Glorified Body

  • The Resurrection Changes Everything

  • Promise of Everlasting Glory

Session 4: The Ascension (Mysteries of the Rosary - Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

  • New Era in the Church

  • Jesus is at the Father’s Right Hand

  • A Place is Prepared for us

  • We are Not Orphans

  • Heaven is Our Ultimate Destiny

Session 5: Descent of the Holy Spirit (Mysteries of the Rosary - Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

  • The Holy Spirit is the Most Powerful Force

  • We Have the Same Spirit as at Pentecost

  • Be Empty of the Spirit of this World

  • Fruits of the Holy Spirit

  • Set the World on Fire

Session 6: The Assumption of Mary (Mysteries of the Rosary - Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

  • The Immaculate Conception and Assumption Are Connected

  • Mary had No Decay of the Body

  • Danger of Modern Gnosticism

  • St. Bernadette and Lourdes

  • Glorify God in Your Body

Session 7: The Coronation of Mary (Mysteries of the Rosary - Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

  • Our Lady is the Queen Mother

  • Queenship of Mary is Affirmed in both the Old and New Testaments

  • Our Lady of Fatima Spoke of Material and Spiritual Wars

  • Pray and Sacrifice for the Conversion of Sinners

  • Our Lady Saved St. John Paul II’s Life

  • Tradition is a Handing-Over of a Way of Life

  • We were Made for the Next Life

  • Church is Holy Because Christ Made it 

  • The Eucharist is Essential

  • Faith is Never Just Me and Jesus

  • Being Catholic is Being Christian with Nothing Left Out

Session 8: The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

  • We Live in “The Age of Mary”

  • Many Marian Apparitions in the Past 200 Years

  • Our Lady’s Messages Counteract the World’s Evil

  • God Gives Simple Solutions to the World’s Problems: Jesus

  • We Must Pray the Rosary Everyday

Session 9: The Earliest Church

Presenter: Michael Gormley

  • Jesus Invites You into His Mission

  • The Book of Acts is the Gospel of the Holy Spirit

  • The Mission of the Church

  • There is No Church without the Holy Spirit

  • Learn to Suffered Joyously

  • Be Open to the Lost and the Marginalized

Session 10: The Spirit of St. Paul

Presenter: Michael Gormley

  • New Identity in Christ

  • Everything Other Than Christ is “Loss and Refuse”

  • The Gospel has Universal Value 

  • Faith Reveals All

  • Union with Christ is Our Joy

  • The Church is Christ

Session 11: The Faith of The Apostolic Fathers

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Swafford

  • Tradition is a Handing-Over of a Way of Life

  • We were Made for the Next Life

  • Church is Holy Because Christ Made it 

  • The Eucharist is Essential

  • Faith is Never Just Me and Jesus

  • Being Catholic is Being Christian with Nothing Left Out

Session 12: The Witness of the Apostolic Fathers

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Swafford

  • The Paschal Mystery is Always Present in the Mass

  • We Sin Because We are Addicted to Pleasure

  • Dress Rehearsal for Judgment

  • Virtue is About Living the Fullest Way of Life

  • We can be Bold and Fearless 

  • We Receive Victory Over Death 

Session 13: St. Augustine: a Saint for Our Time

Presenter: Andrew Swafford

  • The Family is not an End in Itself

  • The Old Testament is to be Read Spiritually, not Literally

  • Witnesses to the Truth can Open Minds and Hearts

  • Come Face-To-Face with Ourselves in Prayer

  • Reintegrate Our Divided Selves

  • Your Story Matters