Word & Table

What are Ember Days and how and why do we observe them?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What does the word 'holy' mean and how do people become holy?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How is the Christian vision of the afterlife different from other ancient religions? What is the difference between the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the flesh? How is eternal life different from just perpetual life?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What is Catechesis and how has it developed over time. Also what is the format of a written Catechism and when did it first appear?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn about Peter's sermon in Acts 2 and why it was such a convincing first presentation of the gospel to its Jewish audience.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn where this popular Lenten devotional tool came from, how it is used, and what parts of it are biblical and which parts derive from tradition.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How is Jesus both fully God and fully man? How do those two natures work together, and what were Jesus's abilities while he was on earth?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn about the history of the Anglican Church from the death of Queen Elizabeth all the way on up to the present day! How did the English Church become a global communion? Where did the different tendencies and divisions come from?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn about John of Damascus, the last of the classical Church Fathers and his influence on the Western and Eastern traditions.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What does the miracle at Cana mean and why does the Bible call it a 'sign?' What does it point to?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Who really was the saint that Santa Claus is based on and what do we know about him?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The letters between Pliny, the governor of Bithynia, and the Emperor Trajan offer a rare window onto early Christianity from a pagan perspective.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Fr. Stephen walks through the parts of traditional Western Church architecture.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What are the four Cardinal Virtues and how are they different from the theological virtues and the other virtues?Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The last of the Cappadocian Fathers, Gregory Nazianzus, known as 'the theologian' left a lasting mark on Christian theology, especially the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Did Mary have children after Jesus? Why was this and other ideas about Mary significant to the Early Church?Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

When did the Anglican Church begin? We begin at the beginning long before the Reformation and discuss Celtic Christianity, the Synod of Whitby, Gregory the Great's mission and the conversion of the tribes that brought together the Ecclesia Anglicana. Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How should Christians be buried and what is the meaning of the funeral service?Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Book of Sirach (aka the Wisdom of Ben Sira) was so beloved in the early church that it got nicknamed 'The Church Book' or 'Ecclesiasitcus.' Hear why this is one of the jewels of the apocrypha and why so many Christians have found so much to love in it for so long.Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications