We often misunderstand the actual nature of the Sacrament of Confirmation and how it directly affects our lives. In this talk, Dr. Brant Pitre invites us to understand better the tremendous graces and calling received through this Sacrament. He points to various passages in Scripture that provide...

The Sacrament of Confirmation completes the grace that was received in Baptism, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit comes upon us superabundantly. However, this extraordinary presence and power of the Holy Spirit is given to us in this sacrament so that we, like the Apostles at Pentecost, can b...

Most of us are familiar with the word "sacrament." We participate in sacramental rites often as Catholics. But do we understand what a sacrament is—and what it means for us and our everyday lives?

It is through the Sacrament of Confirmation that a Catholic is fully initiated into the Church. Why then do so many newly confirmed Catholics never come back? In this talk, Fr. Mike Schmitz addresses this concerning trend in the Catholic Church with honesty, energy, and humor. Focusing on the tru...

Most of us are familiar with the word "sacrament." We participate in sacramental rites often as Catholics. But do we understand what a sacrament is—and what it means for us and our everyday lives?

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Through the sacraments, God desires that we know visibly and tangibly what he is doing unseen within our souls. God communicates this in the sacrament through visible signs, words, and actions. In this session, Dr. Pitre will walk through the Rite of Confirmation and explain how the visible signs...

Who is the Holy Spirit? Before we can fully understand the Sacrament of Confirmation, we need to first understand who the Holy Spirit is. The Holy Spirit is not a divine force, or merely the spirit of God, the Holy Spirit is the third divine Person of the Holy Spirit who comes to dwell in our sou...

Jeremy Rivera is BACK!
The last time he was on the show, Jeremy gave us a birds-eye view of his journey from Confirmation class dropout to college pastor to Catholic revert.
But there was so much we didn’t get to talk about. So he’s back to take us deeper into what it was like to be a Protestant ...

Fifty days after Easter, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles with great power and transformed the Apostles to become great evangelists announcing to all present the Good News of the love and mercy of Jesus Christ. In this session, Dr. Pitre will discuss how the Sacrament of Confirmation i...

Fire. It's intense, beautiful, dangerous, overwhelming, warm, and all consuming. Fire can be used to warm us on a cold night, or as a way to gather friends on a summer evening. It can also yield immense destruction. Fire is powerful. This is the image that we hear about today as we learn more abo...

"Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit and the door which gives access to the other sacraments." - CCC 1213
The Sacraments are always an encounter with the Holy Spirit and each and every time we come to the Sacraments the Holy Spirit is present....

Have you ever felt a tug to do something out of the ordinary? Maybe say something to someone you've never met before or call up an old friend to check in even though it's been years? This tug can make us feel uncomfortable, as we aren't sure why we have this feeling we need to act, but we feel al...

Atheistic and agnostic writers are aggressively attacking traditional religious beliefs. Philosopher and prolific writer Peter Kreeft is up to the challenge in this work of popular apologetics aimed at both teens and adults. The masterful Kreeft tackles sixteen crucial issues about the deeper mea...