St. Joseph - OCIA

Class Syllabus & Schedule 2025-26: Session 1: Welcome/Overview/Introductions -- Sep. 3, 2025; Session 1/2: God's Loving Plan of Salvation -- Sept. 10, 2025; Session 2/3: The Incarnation and the Church -- Sept. 17, 2025; Session 3/4: Man's Response To God -- Sept. 24, 2024; Session 5: Communion of Saints/Divine Revelation -- Oct. 1, 2025; Session 6: The Sacraments and the Dignity of the Human Person -- Oct. 8, 2025; Session 7: Matrimony and Theology of the Body -- Oct. 15, 2025; Session 7/8: The Mass/Passover/Real Presence -- Oct. 22, 2025; Session 8: Real Presence -- Oct. 29, 2025; Session 8/9: Prayer/The Creed/Schismatic Sects -- Nov.5, 2025; Session 9/10: Biblical Geography and Advent -- Nov. 12, 2025; Session 10: Biblical Geography and Advent, Key Saints -- Nov. 19, 2025; NO CLASS -- Nov. 26, 2025; Session 11: Creation/Deadly Sins/Cardinal Virtues -- Dec. 3, 2025; Session 12: The Nativity and the Trinity -- Dec. 10, 2025; Session 12/13 -- Dec. 17, 2025; NO CLASS -- Dec. 24, 2025; NO CLASS -- Dec. 31, 2025; Session 13: God's Kingdom/Grace/Justification -- Jan. 7, 2026; Session 14: Freedom/The Blessed Virgin Mary/The Paschal Mystery -- Jan. 14, 2026; Session 15: The Eucharist -- Jan. 21, 2026; Session 16: Reconciliation, Mercy and Justice -- Jan. 28, 2026; Session 17: The 2 Great Commandments/Liturgy -- Feb. 4, 2026; Session 18: The Parables -- Feb. 11, 2026; Ash Wednesday - NO CLASS -- Feb. 18, 2026; Session 19: Devotional Forms/Eucharistic Meditation -- Feb. 25, 2026; Session 20: Sacraments of Initiation -- Mar. 4, 2026; Session 21: Sacramental Living -- Mar. 11, 2026; Session 22: The Path to Sainthood/Purgatory -- Mar. 18, 2026; Session 23/24: The Way of the Cross/Holy Week/Answering Objections -- Mar. 25, 2026; Last Supper Re-Enactment -- Apr. 1, 2026; Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil, Apr. 4, 2026; NO CLASS -- Apr. 8, 2026; Session 25: The Eucharist Experienced/Mass Review -- Apr. 15, 2026; Session 26: Secular Culture Movements: The Catholic Response -- Apr. 22, 2026; Session 27: Vatican II Impact & Catholic Calendar -- Apr. 29, 2026; Session 28: Judgment and Confession -- May 6, 2026; Session 29: Are we Apostles? What does that mean? -- May 13, 2026; Session 30+: Questions and topics as suggested by attendees -- May 20, 2026

Resources (Provided): Catholicism for Dummies, by Rev. John Trigilio Jr. and Rev. Kenneth Brighenti; Rediscover Jesus, by Matthew Kelly; What Catholics Really Believe - Setting the Record Straight by Karl Keating