Current Online Opportunities

The Practice of Prayer

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.

Imagine

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.

Ignatian Prayer Series

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.

The Ignatian Way

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 Theology Webinars (2021-22)

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.

Transforming White Privilege

The Catholic Parishes in Waterloo will host this four-week online opportunity designed to help participants  better identify, discuss and address common culture assumptions, narratives and norms which create and protect white privilege and its consequences in the lives of people of color.  Participation is limited.
> Learn more here.

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Continuing Online Opportunities

Candlelight Compline Services

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.

Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University

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.

FORMED

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

Learn25

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. 
> Learn more here.

STEP Online Courses

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

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.

[Last Update  05.20.22]