• This Week on FORMED (February 20, 2023)

    Mentioned in this video:

    - Fearless: A 7-Week Lenten Video Series
    - Whole 40: Making a Spiritual Plan for Lent
    - Return: Lent with Fr. John Burns
    - Restore: Lent with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT
    - FORMED in the Word
    - Fat Tuesday | Catholic All Year at Home with Kendra Tierney
    - Lent with Br...

  • Triduum: A Spiritual Pilgrimage

    Triduum: A Spiritual Pilgrimage is a beautiful, 30 minute contemplative documentary. This film cinematically walks through the locations of the Holy Week story, re-presenting the most important days of human history. Immersed in the real and sacred places of the Holy Land, the pilgrim faithful is...

  • Fearless: A 7-Week Lenten Video Series | Trailer

    Set to release on Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023, this free, 7-week video series will accompany you on your Lenten journey.

    Time and again, the people of God are called to ‘be courageous’ and ‘be not afraid.’ Yet, we live in a time where fear seems to guide our very existence. Don’t miss this...

  • Whole 40: Making a Spiritual Plan for Lent

    Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent and a great day to make a plan for this holy and grace-filled season. Dr. Ben Akers sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Klein, Professor at the Augustine Institute Graduate School, to discuss the purpose of the season of Lent, how to prepare for it, and why it is s...

  • Ash Wednesday | Return: Lent with Fr. John Burns

    Fr. John Burns explains how the season of Lent calls us to return to the Lord, and renounce all those things of the world that separate us from God. Lent begins with the practice of wearing ashes on our foreheads to remind us and the world that there is grave sin, disorder, and division that is a...

  • Ash Wednesday | Restore: Lent with Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT

    As Lent begins, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, reminds you that Lent is really about transformation. She encourages you to bring your heart to the Lord in prayer, to be honest with him, and to allow his love and mercy to bring you into communion with him.

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  • First Sunday of Lent | FORMED in the Word

    Dr. Jim Prothro and Dr. Israel McGrew invite you to join them and reflect upon the upcoming Sunday Mass readings this Lent!

    Readings discussed in this episode:
    - Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7
    - Psalm 51
    - Romans 5:12-19
    - Matthew 4: 1-11

  • Second Sunday of Lent | FORMED in the Word

    Dr. Jim Prothro and Dr. Israel McGrew invite you to join them and reflect upon the upcoming Sunday Mass readings this Lent!

    Readings discussed in this episode:
    - Gn 12: 1-4
    - Psalm 33
    - 2 Tim 1:8-10
    - Mt 17: 1-9

  • Fat Tuesday | Catholic All Year at Home w/ Kendra Tierney

    In this episode, the Tierneys prep for their family Mardi Gras party, complete with Shrimp Etouffee main course, Hurricane Mocktails, and Boeuf Gras Sundaes for dessert. Plus, you will learn how to make a Mardi Gras King Cake, both the "real" and "cheater" versions, and you will join Kendra and h...

  • Day 1 - A Time to Repent

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  • Living Lent as a Family (Part 1 of 4)

    "Have you ever wanted to live more liturgically but not known how? We want to help all families by providing these discussions on liturgical living during Lent to be a resource for the Domestic Church—the home. We pray that these discussions bless you and your family.

    Dr. Ben Akers sits down wi...

  • Living Lent as a Family (Part 2 of 4)

    Have you ever wanted to live more liturgically but not known how? We want to help all families by providing these discussions on liturgical living during Lent to be a resource for the Domestic Church—the home. We pray that these discussions bless you and your family.

    Dr. Ben Akers sits down wi...

  • Living Lent as a Family (Part 3 of 4)

    Have you ever wanted to live more liturgically but not known how? We want to help all families by providing these discussions on liturgical living during Lent to be a resource for the Domestic Church—the home. We pray that these discussions bless you and your family.

    Dr. Ben Akers sits down with...

  • Living Lent as a Family (Part 4 of 4)

    Have you ever wanted to live more liturgically but not known how? We want to help all families by providing these discussions on liturgical living during Lent to be a resource for the Domestic Church—the home. We pray that these discussions bless you and your family.

    Dr. Ben Akers sits down with...

  • Tears of Christ - Day 1 (Introduction)

  • Tears of Christ - Day 2

  • Tears of Christ - Day 3

  • Where are You? | Forgiven | Session 1

    Have you ever felt lost and alone, isolated in guilt? Like the Prodigal Son among the pigs, we know that we have sinned. But God won't leave us there—he searches for us and runs to welcome us home in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

  • The Faithful Departed | Eternal Rest | Episode 4

    What is left for the living to do after someone dies? In this session, we talk about the final ways in which those still living on earth care for the body and soul of the dead. We discuss the work that remains for the living to do as we grieve for the deceased and as we turn to the work of prepar...

  • Episode 1: In the Dust of the Rabbi

    What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ?

    Many of us call ourselves "Catholic." We check off all the expected boxes: weekly Mass attendance, rosary, receiving the sacraments. We understand and believe basic Church teaching and volunteer for religious ed or at the soup kitchen. We think that ...

  • Episode 2: Not Perfect, But Chosen

    "Maybe you've seen it on a bumper sticker: ""Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven."" There's a lot of truth in that slogan, even if some people misuse it. Nobody's perfect, not even those who profess to follow Jesus.

    But didn't Jesus tell his followers, ""You therefore must be perfect, as yo...

  • Episode 3: The Encounter

    The starting point for discipleship is not a desire or willingness to follow to particular way of life. The starting point for discipleship is an encounter with Jesus, who loves us unconditionally - for who we are and just as we are. St. Peter discovered that truth when Jesus approached him at wh...

  • Episode 4: Transformed by Fire - Prayer & Sacraments

    This session introduces four essential habits that set the early Church on fire for the Lord and explains how to put two of them into practice in daily life.

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  • Episode 5: Transformed by Fire - Fellowship & Teaching

    Having looked at the key habits of prayer and frequenting the sacraments, we turn now to two additional practices that help fuel the fire of faith: Christian friendship and formation. Together these habits help us keep strong in our faith and help us to grow more and more into the likeness of Je...