Conferences for Study and Prayer

Fr. de Smet and the Evangelization of the Rocky Mountains Indians | 20:4

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how the Jesuit missionaries in the early 19th century were the first to enter the Northwest region, just as Catholics had been the first to evangelize the other three quarters of America. Fr. Peter John de Smet was the greatest of these Northwest missionaries. 
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Catholics in the USA: Persecution, Immigration, Growth and Ferment | 20:5

In this talk, Dr. Robert Fastiggi will discuss the immigration, persecution, growth and ferment of Catholics in the history of the United States of America.
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Modern Challenges in the Church in America | 20:6

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the modern challenges in the Church in America.
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The Eve of the Reformation and Martin Luther | 21:1

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the Protestant Reformation for three purposes: 1) to better understand this fundamental historical event which affects us today in so many ways; 2) to better understand the Catholic doctrine that Luther and the other Reformers opposed; 3) we will look at the Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation from the perspective of our own spiritual life, and our own situation today, marked by the “dictatorship of relativism.” This should be useful for us today in understanding how we got to where we are, what we must avoid, and for suggesting remedies.
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Justification by Faith Alone | 21:2

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the belief of Justification by faith alone. 
Luther’s pessimism involved the denial of free will, which goes against all human experience, as well as all of Christian ethics. Luther supported his position by understanding original sin as the total corruption of human nature, such that we are no longer able to perform morally good acts or resist temptation. The Catholic understanding of original sin is that, as a result of the Fall, Adam lost for us sanctifying grace, as well as the four preternatural gifts: immortality, immunity from suffering, infused knowledge, and the gift of integrity (the submission of our sense appetites to our reason). However, human nature is not completely corrupted by the Fall, nor is free will lost. 
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Private Judgement: Luther's Break with the Church | 21:3

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how Luther denied not one particular doctrine, but the very basis of the Church’s faith: the infallibility of the universal Church and her Magisterium. 
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The Protestant View of the Eucharist and Other Sacraments | 21:4

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how the one thing uniting the Protestants with respect to the Eucharist was their vehement rejection of transubstantiation and the sacrifice of the Mass. This means that all the Protestants were united only in this: in thinking that the substance of the bread and the wine continue to exist on the altar after the consecration has been performed.
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The Priesthood and the Visible Church Under Fire | 21:5

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how Luther’s denial of transubstantiation and the sacrifice of the Mass, was linked to his rejection of the sacrament of Holy Orders. In its place he recognized only a priesthood of the faithful, in which the priest or pastor is not marked by a supernatural priestly character, but simply fulfills a certain function in the Church: preaching and presiding, for which no special hierarchical mission is needed. 
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The Catholic Reformation; Remedies for the Crisis of Our Times | 21:6

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how out of the catastrophe of the Protestant rebellion, a purification and true reformation emerged in the Catholic Church. This period of Catholic reform manifested itself in an elevation of Catholic life affecting the episcopacy, the religious orders, the formation of the clergy, the missions, the laity, culture and education. The key moment in this purification was the Council of Trent.
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The Anti-Christian Revolution | 22:1

In this talk, Fr. John Ezratty will discuss the anti-Christian revolution affecting our country and the world today.
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