Go Deeper
the 2024-2025 school year
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Theology Class Series: The Sacraments
An open door awaits for you to discover the footprints Jesus left on this world for us to follow. Learn about the seven Sacraments and their crucial relevance to our life in the 21st century.
Dates for your Calendar:
Oct 9th & 23rd; Nov 6th & 20th
Jan 8th & 22nd; Feb 5th & 19th; Mar 5th
Apr 2nd & 16th; May 7th & 21st
Past events
Classes on Catholic Teachings
Westfield Classes During the 2022-23 School Year
This course on Catholic Teachings goes systematically through the key teachings of Christianity and the Catholic Church, forming a solid basis of knowledge about the Faith. Some topics include: #26 Freedom Law and Conscience, #27 Morality of Human Acts, and #28 Grace and the Virtues.
Love and Responsibility series
2022 Fall Seminar - Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 pm
Join our three-part series that goes into depth on what human love is in order to deepen our relationship with God and others, and to understand love as gift of self. The class will be given by Fr. Luke and will be followed by a group discussion.
Schedule:
October 5: Male and Female, He Created Them - What about Transgender?
November 2: Marriage as a Vocation
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Theory and Truth: Christian perspective on Marxism, CRT and SOCIAL Justice
Westfield Fall Workshop — September 18-19, 2021
Do you care deeply about what has been going on in society, but aren’t sure what the Church’s position is? Westfield’s pre-school overnight workshop brought further insight through classes on Catholic Social Teaching and Marxism, discussions on the assumptions and implications of Critical Race Theory, and time for prayer and reflection about living a Christian life in the midst of a troubled world.
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Westfield Fiat Lux: Reasons to Believe
Westfield Fall seminar series 2021
If someone asked you: “Why do you believe?”… Would you be able to answer them?
A seminar in the style of UCLA’s Fiat Lux courses, where every other week we will come together to discuss readings exploring the topic of Faith through the Catholic tradition. The seven-part seminar will be led by Bridget Higgins, a teacher who studied theology at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome.
Readings include excerpts from Cardinal Ratzinger, CS Lewis, Brandt Pitre, Georges Chevrot and Thomas Merton.
Schedule and Readings
October 7: The Nature of Faith: what does it mean to believe?
Catch up if you missed it: class recording here!
October 21: The Person of Christ: who is He?
Reading: “What are we to make of Christ?” from God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis
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November 4: The Gospels: myth or history?
Reading: Introduction and excerpt from The Case for Jesus by Brandt Pitre
Catch up if you missed it: class recording here!
November 18: The Resurrection: do miracles happen?
Reading: “The Resurrection: Foundation of Christianity” from On the Third Day by Georges Chevrot
Catch up if you missed it: class recording here!
January 20 December 2: Spiritual souls and Grace: Beings on the way
Reading: “With a Great Price” excerpt from The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
Catch up if you missed it: class recording here!
February 3 January 6: Holiness in the Church: can we still believe?
Reading: “Tradition and Revolution” excerpt from Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
February 17 January 20: Faith and Reason: dialoging with academia
Reading: None - final discussion