Journeys
Roads with stops
Tap a stop. Then is the scene as Scripture or the inquiry recorded it. Now is what a pilgrim still finds. These are not booking desks.
The Journey of Jesus
Seven places, studied in order: Bethlehem, Nazareth, the Jordan, Cana, Capernaum, Jerusalem, and Emmaus. The Gospel first, in the Church’s own words. Then the shrine a pilgrim finds now.
Pilgrimages
Fifteen roads, studied in order, from the Holy Land to Old Goa. A pilgrimage ends at an altar. The Journey of Jesus stands before this one.
Prayers and languages
The prayers in the English used by Catholics in England, the Rosary bead by bead, and the same prayers in Latin and in the languages a bishops’ text could supply.
Saints
What the Church means by a Saint, what canonisation does and does not do, and the Saints library, letters A to Z.
Good Books
What sort of book the Church keeps, then the Bible, the Catechism, Augustine, the Rule, the Summa, the books of devotion, and the Fathers as one shelf. Begin with one.
Catholic contributions to civilisation
Who did a thing, what was done, and why it still matters: the sick, the books, the schools, the law, and the study of nature. Not a slogan, and not a claim that civilisation began with the Church.
Saints and the seasons
How the liturgical year is built, from the First Sunday of Advent to Christ the King. The seasons, the feasts of Our Lord and of Our Lady, and the place of the Saints inside them.
Becoming a Catholic
The Church’s own account of the path in. Baptism is the door. A person already baptised is not baptised again. The step today is a parish and a priest.
RCIA and OCIA
One order of the Roman Rite, under two English names. The periods and the steps, from enquiry to the Easter Vigil, and the different path of those already baptised.
Unbelief
The Church’s account of God, for a person who does not believe, or who once believed and has left. The only step asked is a Sunday Mass: sit, listen, do not receive, and stay until the end.
Teachers
Four Catholic teachers, in a fixed order. Father Mike Schmitz first. The films are played from their confirmed YouTube addresses. They are not downloaded.
Mass and the Sacraments
The Mass is the same sacrifice of the Cross, made present. The seven sacraments follow, in the order the Catechism keeps. This does not replace the path of becoming a Catholic.
Find a Parish
What a parish is, and how a person in England and Wales finds the one that belongs to the place. This page does not search, and it does not keep a list of times.
Chants and Music
Gregorian chant, the Church’s own song for the Roman rite. The recordings come after the teaching, and only where an address was confirmed.
Father Mike Schmitz: Questions
Practical answers to ordinary questions, under the teaching already given in Teachers. The sermons stay there. Eight confirmed films, and no photograph.
Religious Orders
Who the orders are: nine families, each with its own vocation. The works they did are already in Contributions, and they are not told again.
The road of Saint Paul
From the Damascus road to the tomb in Rome. The Apostle to the Gentiles, in the order the Acts of the Apostles and his letters allow.
The Lourdes road
Not a tour list. The order a pilgrim still walks, from the room where Bernadette was poor to the grotto where she was told to dig.