Archbishop Richard Smith

My hope and prayer is that everyone in the Archdiocese will experience in these events a new and life-transforming encounter with Jesus Christ, who is always present whenever two or three gather in his name (cf. Matthew 18:20).

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Catechist: Archbishop Richard Smith

The question of meaning in life; the question of human destiny; the hungers of the human heart for love, relationship, peace; the ultimate question of salvation: all find their answer or fulfilment in Jesus Christ.
Video including both presenters (58:54)
Archbishop's presentation text (PDF)
Catechetical Focus by Archbishop Smith (PDF)
Some suggested reflection questions (PDF)
 

Witness: Lea Singh

There is something magnetically beautiful about the truth, and it draws us in. And once we take the Gospel seriously and read it as an account of our salvation, then just as happened to St. Paul in the Gospel, it's as if the scales fall from our eyes.

Lea's presentation text (PDF)
 

Catechist: Sister Timothy Prokes

Only in Jesus Christ has the full potential of the human body been realized - exceedingly beautiful, beyond our limited understanding of beauty.

Video including both presenters (1:13:40)

Sister Timothy's presentation text (PDF)
Catechetical Focus by Archbishop Smith (PDF)
Some suggested reflection questions (PDF)
Helpful Materials for further reflection (PDF
 

Witnesses: Mike and Terese Ferri

God is so gracious. He takes what we offer, little as it is, and He multiplies it as He did the loaves and the fishes, filling us with every good thing.

The Ferris' presentation text (PDF)
 

Catechist: Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

The Catholic faith is not simply a collection of doctrines and ideas, or a body of knowledge or even a system of beliefs, although all those things are important. At its root, Christianity is an experience; a life-changing, personal experience of the Risen Jesus Christ.
Video including both presenters (1:07:02)
Archbishop Chaput's presentation text (PDF)
Catechetical Focus by Archbishop Smith (PDF)
Some suggested reflection questions (PDF)

 

Witness: Mary Rose Bacani

I am deeply imperfect and yet greatly loved by God. I work towards becoming a Christ-centered person more and more each day, and I use every TV program and story I work on as an opportunity to share my faith with the world.

Mary Rose's presentation text (PDF)
 

Catechist: Bishop John Corriveau, OFM Cap.

Our Trinitarian God, “ Father, Son and Spirit,“ calls us into a new and respectful relationship with each other, and with all of creation.
Video including both presenters (1:22:50)
 

Bishop Corriveau's presentation text (PDF)
Catechetical Focus by Archbishop Smith
Some suggested reflection questions


 

Witness: Patrick Stewart

There is nothing more beautiful, on this side of heaven, than a culture of life, and that kind of culture is guided by men and women who love God, their neighbours and themselves, in that order.

Patrick's presentation text (PDF)