RCIA Lectures

Why do we put our RCIA sessions online?

We understand that there will be times when you just can’t attend an RCIA session, so we wanted to provide a way for you to keep up with the material we cover. While doing the required reading is an obvious way to catch up, watching and listening to someone can be a much more engaging way to learn new things.

We also understand that we cover a lot of material during each session! By providing the RCIA Session talks here, you can use them to review a topic you’d like to explore further or don’t quite understand. They can also be a great resource for you to come back to after you’ve completed the RCIA program.

PODCASTS from 2022-2023 Sessions

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• RCIA Welcome/Open House
• Faith and Reason with Questions/Answers
• Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium with Questions/Answers
• Salvation History with Questions/Answers
• The Creed and One God with Questions/Answers
• Holy Trinity with Questions/Answers
• The Catholic Church. Questions and Closing Remarks
• The Sacraments and The Liturgical Year and Questions/Answers
• Judgement, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory with Questions/Answers
• The Mass Explained (from 2021)
• The Blessed Virgin Mary
• Church Tour (video from 2020) and Application to the Vatican to Obtain Title of Minor Basilica
• Baptism and Confirmation with Questions/Answers
• Holy Eucharist with Questions/Answers
• Confession and Anointing of the Sick with Questions/Answers
• Retreat talks at the Franciscan Monastery, Prayer with Lectio Divina/Gospel Contemplation, and, Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading
• Marriage and Holy Orders with Questions/Answers
• Morality – Formation of Conscience, Sin, and Grace
• Commandments 1-3
• Commandments 4 and 5
• Commandments 6 and 9 with Questions/Answers
• Commandments 7, 8, and 10 with Questions/Answers
• Universal Call to Holiness, Virtues, and Vices with Questions/Answers
• Evangelization and Parish Apostolates
• Christian Discipleship and Sanctifying Daily Life
• Adult Confirmation_The Creed and Baptism Part 1 and Part 2
• Adult Confirmation_The Sacraments Part 1 and Part 2
• Adult Confirmation_The Moral Life and Confession Part 1 and Part 2
• Adult Confirmation_Prayer and Living the Faith Part 1 and Part 2

PODCASTS from 2021-2022 Sessions

Click on a topic to listen to the podcast for that session.

• RCIA Welcome/Open House
• Faith and Reason
• Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium and Questions/Answers
• Salvation History and Questions/Answers/Evening Prayer
• The Creed and One God and Questions/Answers
• The Holy Trinity
• The Sacraments and the Liturgical Calendar and Questions/Answers
• Judgement, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory and Questions/Answers
• The Mass Explained (livestream)
• Church Tour (from 2020)
• Baptism and Confirmation (from 2021 due to winter weather)
• The Holy Eucharist
• Penance (Reconciliation, Confession) and Anointing of the Sick
• Holy Orders and Holy Matrimony
• Morality – Formation of Conscience, Sin, and Grace and Questions/Answers
• Commandments 1-3 and Questions/Answers
• RCIA Retreat Talks by Fr. David Dufresne, Feb. 26, 2022: Introduction to Prayer, Gospel Contemplation and Ideas for Lent, handouts
• The Blessed Virgin Mary
• Commandments 4 and 5
• Commandments 6 and 9
• Commandments, 7, 8, and 10 and Questions/Answers/Small Group Discussions
• Prayer, Orations in the Catholic Tradition and Questions/Answers
• Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading and Questions/Answers
• Universal Call to Holiness, Virtues, and Vices and Questions/Answers
• Christian Discipleship, Sanctifying Your Day with Questions/Answers

VIDEOS from 2017-2018 Sessions

Click on a topic to watch the video for that session.

• Faith and Reason
• Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium note: due to technical difficulties that night, this link will take you to the 2015 lecture on this topic, entitled “Divine Revelation”
• The Mass
• Salvation History
• The Creed & God the Father
• God the Son – click here for the Bonus Video from this class
• God the Holy Spirit
• The Catholic Church
• The Blessed Virgin Mary – click here for the Bonus Video from this class on the rosary
• Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory
• The Sacraments
• Baptism and Confirmation
• The Eucharist
• Confession & Anointing of the Sick
• Holy Orders & Holy Matrimony
• Morality: Formation of Conscience, Sin, and Grace
• Commandments 1-3
• Commandments 4-5
• Commandments 6 and 9
• Commandments 7, 8 and 10
• Holiness and Prayer