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Who is fr. Girotti?
Father Girotti is a Priest of the Diocese of Green Bay, WI. Ordained in 2002, he is Pastor and Rector of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish. He regularly teaches and speaks about the Catholic Faith, helping Catholics and those of other faiths to better understand and to follow the Way of the Lord Jesus.
VIDEOS - Know Your Faith Series with Fr. John Girotti on Vimeo
STUDY GUIDE
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Have you ever been asked questions about your Catholic Faith and been unable to answer?
- Have you ever felt uncomfortable when friends at work or family members challenged you because of what you believe?
- Have people ever come to you trying to convince you that your Catholic faith is just plain wrong?
If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, then "Know Your Faith" will enlighten and prepare you to charitably explain and defend the Catholic faith to others.
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know your faith series
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"Know Your Faith" is a 15 part series on basic Catholic Apologetics. Coupled with the 15 DVD presentations, These will greatly assist you in learning how to explain and defent your Catholic Faith. DVD's include;
- The Existence of God and the Human Soul
- World Religions and the glory of Christianity
- The Trinity and Salvation
- The Church and the Papacy
- The Bible and Sacred Traditions
- Non-Catholic Christians and Movements
- The Sacraments - The Eucharist
- The Sacraments - Baptism and Confirmation
- The Sacraments - Confession and Anointing
- The Sacraments - Marriage and Holy Orders
- Mary and the Saints
- Heaven, Hell and Purgatory
- Crises and Scandals in Church History
- Anti-Catholicism Outside and Inside the Church
- Top 10 Reasons to be Catholic
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What is Apologetics?
Apologetics is not apologizing for something and being sad or at fault about it! NO! Apologetics is explaining something, defending something. Apologetics is a reasoned explanation of the faith. And in this case, Fr.l Girotti is explaing our Catholic Faith, what we believe and why.
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Do I have to attend all 15 weeks?
The answer is no. If you cannot attend each week, you will still have the opportunity to watch the video from home at your own time.
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Want to sign up?
Sign up form is below.
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know your faith questions - sessions 1-15
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The Existence of God and the Human soul
- Does God exist?
- If God exists, what is he like? How many gods are there?
- How can we know these things in the first place?
- What is religion and why is it important?
- Are all religions and truths the same? Do they change? Is there such a thing as Absolute Truth?
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World religions and christianity
- What do you know about other world religions?
- Do you know the traits that are similar and different from Christianity?
- Are all religions the same to you? Have you studied them?
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The trinity and salvation
- What do you know about the Trinity? Is it three Gods? Is it God with three parts?
- Have you ever been asked, "Are you saved?" How did you respond?
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the church and the papacy
- What do you think of when you think of the Church? A building? A group of people? Something else?
- What or who do you think of when you hear, "The Pope?"
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The bible and sacred tradition
- What is the Bible? Why do you think people think it's so important?
- What do you know about Sacred Tradition?
- Where did the Old Testament come3 from? Where did the New Testament come from?
- Who decided which books would be in the Bible and which ones wouldn't?
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Non-catholic christians
- How can there be so many Christian faiths that believe and teach different things? How can they call themselves Christians?
- What happened to the unity, the one Church that Jesus intended?
- Which Church began with Jesus and has been around for 2000 years?
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the sacraments - the eucharist
- What is a Sacrament? What does a Sacrament bring to us?
- What is the Eucharist?
- What do you believe about the Eucharist?
- What would you say to the objections to Jesus saying we should eat his Body and drink his Blood?
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The sacraments - confirmation and baptism
- What are the three sacraments of initiation?
- Why do Catholics baptize infants?
- What is Baptism? Have you attended a Baptism recently? What did you see?
- What is Original sin? How did Jesus cleanse us from original sin and actual sins?
- What is Confirmation? Have you ever seen a Confirmation Mass? What did you see happen there?
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The sacraments - confession and anointing
- What are some other names you know for the sacrament of Confession?
- Do you go to the Sacrament of Confession? Why or why not?
- What do you know about the Sacrament of Annointing of the Sick? Have you ever seen it administered? Have you ever received it?
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The sacraments - marriage and holy orders
- Why do people get married? Why don't some people get married, but choose rather to just live together? What do you think God wants people to do?
- What do you know about the sacrament of Holy Orders? Have you ever seen an ordination?
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mary and the saints
- Do you pray to the Saints and to Mary? Why or why not? Do you ask Mary and the saints to pray for you? Why or why not?
- What makes a person a saint? Do you think it's important to have the saints in your life? Why do you think some people pray a lot to saints?
- Do you consider Mary your spiritual mother?
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heaven, hell and purgatory
- How would you describe heaven? Who would be there? What would be there? How does a person get there?
- Have you heard of purgatory? What do you know about it?
- Do you think hell and the devil are real? Why or why not?
- Have you given any thought to where YOU will go after you die? Where did you get these thoughts?
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crises and scandals in the church
- What does it mean to have "Crises and Scandals in the Church"? Can you name some?
- What if there's a controversy in our Church that even YOU don't understand? What's YOUR best plan of action?
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anti-catholicism outside and inside the church
- What does the title, "Anti-Catholic" mean to you? Have you ever met any one who was anti-Catholic? Were they Catholic or not?
- Does everyone have to believe everything the Catholic Church teaches without question? Why or why not?
- What are some beliefs you find hard to accept in the Church? What can you do to help you accept them?
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top 10 reasons to be catholic
- What would be some reasons why you are Catholic?
- Do you give much thought about being Catholic, or is it just an automatic?
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