Catholicism Series Well Attended

The Catholicism series, which was recently shown in St. Charles parish hall, was well attended and very much enjoyed by the people who came.

It is a 10-part DVD series narrated by Father Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of Chicago. He, in his own way, and through dynamic images and locations of religious and spiritual sites throughout the world, clarifies and gives good understanding to our Catholic faith.

Father Barron seeks to tell the Catholic story for listeners in the 21st century, speaking to the head, the heart, and the soul.

One strength of the program is that he mostly avoids heady or pious language. In explaining papal infallibility, he compares the pope to a baseball umpire, the “living voice of authority” who keeps the game from dissolving into bickering.

Catholicism is nothing if not ambitious, and the product is stunning--visually beautiful, stirring, filmed at sites in Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Philippines, Turkey, India, and the Holy Land.

Evangelizing the culture is Father Robert Barron’s goal. His series on the Catholic faith might just go a long way in helping to achieve that goal.

St. Charles parish plans to re-run the last 5 sessions of the Catholicism series in the late fall and early Advent.