Handing on the Faith

Diocese of Duluth

Department of Catechesis, RCIA & Lay Apostolate

6th Annual Diocesan Catechetical Assembly

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

"EPIC: A JOURNEY THROUGH CHURCH HISTORY"

Do you know your family history?  The history of the Church is the story of our family. It is the epic story of our ancestors in the Faith – the heroic men and women who shaped civilization and spread the Gospel throughout the world.  Knowing this story is crucial to our identity as Catholics.  Just as we would uncover exciting and interesting stories of our ancestors through the study of our family genealogy, we can uncover our Catholic past through the study of Church history.  Knowledge of our Catholic story helps provide meaning to the present, and the present determines the future.  Learning 2,000 years of history can be a daunting task – but with Epic:  A Journey through Church History, you can easily learn the amazing story of the Church.

SPEAKER: STEVE WEIDENKOPF

Steve Steve Weidenkopf is a Lecturer of Church History at the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia.  He is the author of study guides on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical, Humanae Vitae and the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium).  He has given numerous presentations and seminars on marriage, family life, human sexuality, Church History and theology. Steve has his Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College.  He received his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in International Relations from Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. Steve is a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Steve and his wife Kasey live in Northern Virginia with their five children.

LOCATION: Mitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica, 1200 Kenwood Ave., Duluth, MN


More information forthcoming!