Tuesday, April 11. 7:00-8:30pm. "The Common Good and Synodality--The Vision of Pope Francis" is the title of this year's lecture, delivered by Rev. John Stowe OFM, bishop of Lexington, Kentucky. Sponsored by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectural Heritage at Loyola University, Chicago.
> Learn more and register here.
Sunday, March 12. The Enneagram is a tool for personal and spiritual growth that offers insight into your unique strengths, weaknesses, and motivations. In this 2-hour workshop you will get to know the nine Enneagram types and how they see the world. Hosted by God in All Things.
> Learn more and register here.
Friday, March 3. 9:00-12:00am. Dr. Michael Rubbelke will examine what the Rule of Benedict taught about stability as well as how one particular community -- the Trappist martyrs of Tibhirine, Algeria -- help us understand stability as an antidote to fear and division today. A Theology Day presentation from St. John University in Collegeville.
> Learn more and register here.
Starts Wednesday, February 22. This daily Lenten series will examine the lives of the lives of over 40 people, some canonised saints, others renowned for their lives of love and public service using scripture, music, art and reflection. Hosted by the Jesuits of Scotland.
> Learn more and register here.
Starts Sunday, February 26. This five-week retreat sponsored by the London Jesuit Centre encourages participants to spend an extra 15-20 minutes of prayer during Lent. It includes a weekly individual Zoom conference with a spiritual director from the Centre and an optional weekly virtual guided prayer opportunity.
> Learn more and register here.
Starts Wednesday, February 22. This virtual retreat includes 21 video reflections from Catholic composer Dan Schutte. A downloadable workbook/journal is available as well as an opportunity for optional virtual conversations with Dan throughout the retreat.
> Learn more and register here.
Tuesday, February 14. 2:00-3:00pm (Iowa time). Here's a Valentine treat with a spiritual twist. This one-hour webinar is presented by Fr. Kevin O’Brien, SJ, author of Seeing With the Heart--A Guide to Negotiating Life's Adventures. Presented by IgnatianSpirituality.com.
> Learn more and register here.
Available on Demand. This six-part video series enables participants to trust in God’s goodness and love for you personally, propose and explain the Church’s social teaching. enter into vulnerable prayer with God where you are open to him moving your heart and convicting your conscience.
> Access the series here.
Last Thursday of each month. 1:00pm Iowa Time. This monthly online session of guided prayer is led by one of the spirituality team at the London Jesuit Centre. Each session will introduce a different method of prayer. Participants will be guided through the prayer, with space for silence to enter more deeply into it, followed by a few minutes of optional sharing to gain from each other’s experience.
> Learn more and apply here.
2022-23. This year-long online course is designed for individuals who want to deepen their relationship with God, become more aware of the sense and direction of their lives, make choices that reflect their self-identity within an understanding of God’s hopes for the world, and develop a spirituality that shapes their response to life. Sponsored by the Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Glasglow, Scotland.
> Learn more and apply here.
July 1-3. This online weekend retreat will highlight different ways of praying to suit different personalities, circumstances and seasons of life. Emphasis will be on helping participants create a sustainable and sustaining rhythm of prayer beyond the retreat. Sponsored by Pray As You Go and St. Beuno's Retreat Center.
> Learn more and register here.
Pre-recorded. This series of eight presentations delivered by Dr. Patrick Riordan explore the concept of Common Good through the three lenses of Aristotle’s philosophy, Catholic teaching, and contemporary political liberalism. The series are recordings of the annual D’Arcy Lectures sponsored by Campion Hall at Oxford University.
> Access the presentations here.
Alternating Wednesdays. Live at 8:00am Iowa Time. This regular program produced by Jesuit Spirituality is inspired by meditative practices that engage with story, image, scripture, imagination, desire, affect, body and silence.
> Learn more here.
> Find archive of recorded programs here.
Mondays, June 14, 21,28 or Tuesdays, July 13, 20, 27. 6:30pm. (Iowa Time). This three-part examination of Ignatian Prayer explores several methods of prayer that call us to a real encounter with God, using our mind, imagination, and heart. Each week includes a guided meditation in the week’s Ignatian prayer practice by Andy Otto. Sponsored by God in All Things. Zoom account required.
> Learn more and register online here.
Pre-recorded. This series of eight presentations is an introduction to the key elements of Ignatian spirituality. Each of the segments, presented by Brian Grogan SJ, lasts about 10 minutes and explores topics such as Ignatian prayer, the spiritual exercises, discernment, and becoming a person for others.
> Access the presentations here.
This podcast series from the Franciscan Spirituality Center in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, examines the nature of the spiritual life. The Center's spiritual director Steve Spilde interviews a variety of spiritual guides in order to explore numerous topics related to an understanding of connection, the divine, compassionate listening, and the search for meaning and wholeness.
> List of past sessions in the series here.
St. John's School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota, presents this unique opportunity for Catholic adults and young adults who are seeking a deeper understanding of their faith and its place in their everyday lives. The live webinars provide an opportunity to learn from and interact with the theologians at Saint John's and offer a chance for these scholars to gain insights and grow in their faith, as well.
> Learn more here.
Daily at 7:00pm (Iowa Time). Compline is a brief, luminous service that marks the close of each day and welcomes the quiet of nighttime in praising the source of light and life. These daily Compline services hosted by Trinity Church in New York offer a brief interval of respite and peace in the midst of a busy world.
> Watch the live-stream on Facebook here.
The Paulist Fathers' Busted Halo website offers a variety of digital retreats which you can download and use for a variety of occasions throughout the year. Use these retreats on your own, with a friend, or with a small faith-sharing group.
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The Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio makes the best of the University's resources available to Catholics everywhere. This includes a broad range of workshops which feature experts in catechetics, theology, counseling, education, life sciences, and communication. Access is available to local individuals and small groups and includes the guidance of a local mentor.
> Learn more here.
> View a list of courses available here.
> Email us at dbqwcaf@dbqarch.org for registration information.
A wide variety of on-demand opportunities for adults, young adults, families and children are available on this online platform sponsored by The Augustine Institute.
> Learn more about these opportunities here.
To access opportunities on FORMED: log-in and create a personal account; once you do you should not have to register again.
• Use parish name: Waterloo.Formed.org
• Use code QFCYJH
Learn 25 is a life-long learning service which provides over 300 online audio and video programs of special interest to Catholic learners. The provrams feature internationally recognized experts in presentations which combine scholarship with lively instruction designed to enlighten, entertain, engage and inform adult and young adult learners.
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The McGrath Institute at the University of Notre Dame offers a wide variety of online courses about Catholic teaching, history and practice. Most of the classes are six weeks long. Participants read texts and watch video lessons before posting weekly assignments, sharing reflections in discussion forums and participating in real-time online discussions with classmates. Enrollment is limited.
> Learn more here.
> Learn about STEP programs in Spanish here.
Word on Fire/Engage provides virtual access to programs, workshops and sermons by Bishop Robert Barron, one of the preeminent Catholic evangelists in the church today. You can watch Bishop Barron's singular series "Catholicism--Journey to the Heart of the Faith" as well as programs on important historical figures in church history, the Sacraments, the Mass, evil and suffering, the "last things" and more.
> View programs available here.