Why might someone want to study this?

The Catechism provides the fundamentals of the Catholic Faith, revealing its interconnectivity and logic. By completing this study someone should be able to:

1. demonstrate familiarity with the format of the Catechism and the ability to use it as a resource.

2. demonstrate the ability to review and recall for themselves the basic teachings of the Catholic Church.

3. demonstrate the ability to impart the deposit of faith (catechesis).

4. demonstrate the ability to defend the faith logically and scripturally.

5. develop a love for the Magisterium.

6. foster an interest in certain topics of faith.

7. learn answers to basic questions of Catholic teaching.

Why this study in particular?

This study is meant to help you retain what you read. For the better part of this effort, you will remember parts of paragraphs that you find helpful in explaining what matters most to you. In this way, it is like learning logic. The first few months afterward you will not be sure it was worth it or that it is bearing fruit. The more you utilize the tools it offers you, the more you will be able to remember. If you complete these supplementary sessions, you will have reviewed the text and its meaning 5 times.

1. Reading with Father Mike

2. Reflecting with Father Mike

3. Reviewing our lecture

4. Reading the corresponding questions of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

5. Competing and/or reviewing with our quiz

Reading Plan

This is based on Catechism in a year. An average of 8 paragraphs a day, 55 a week, and 240 a month (which is what the session is based on) is how one can get through the whole Catechism in a year, the slower/more daily it is read the better you will retain its reasoning. (Towards the end of the podcast they began to increase their daily reading length due to being below average prior, if you begin on Jan 1 and intend to be synchronous the day of the year is in small 8pt font and bold and it marks the date you will be ready for the review session/the goal to keep pace of 1 episode per day)

1. Paragraphs 1 thru 240 (Podcast days 1-33) synchronous 2/2

2. Paragraphs 241 thru 482 (Podcast days 34-68) synchronous 3/9

3. Paragraphs 483 thru 723 (Podcast days 69-102) synchronous 4/12

4. Paragraphs 724 thru 964 (Podcast days 103-132) synchronous 5/12

5. Paragraphs 965 thru 1205 (Podcast days 133-165) synchronous 6/14

6. Paragraphs 1206 thru 1446 (Podcast days 166-201) synchronous 7/20

7. Paragraphs 1447 to 1687 (Podcast days 202-229) synchronous 8/17

8. Paragraphs 1688 to 1928 (Podcast days 229-253) synchronous 9/10

9. Paragraphs 1929 thru 2169 (Podcast days 254-280) synchronous 10/7

10. Paragraphs 2167 thru 2410 (Podcast days 281-312) synchronous 11/8

11. Paragraphs 2411 thru 2651 (Podcast days 313-341) synchronous 12/7

12. Paragraphs 2652 thru 2865 (Podcast days 342-365) synchronous 12/31

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