Roncalli High School to hold winter theology courses

Roncalli High School, part of Roncalli Catholic Schools, will hold “Learning on the Journey: A winter series of courses on faith, practices and perspectives” beginning in January 2024 at the high school.

Some of the topics discussed within the series include ways of praying, forgiveness, the call to holiness, Marian apparitions, finding Mary in the search for Jesus, and can God and science coexist.

The series is open to the public and there is no admission fee. All sessions will be held at the high school, 2000 Mirro Drive, Manitowoc, on Tuesday nights from 6-7 p.m. with a social to follow. Refreshments will be served. Attendees should enter through the Fine Arts Center doors. Child care services will be provided. Registration is not required, but appreciated, especially by families who will be bringing children. Please contact 920-682-8801 or [email protected].

The series is presented with support from the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay, Inc. and the Koch Foundation.

Participating event presenters include:

• The Rev. David Beaudry, M.A
• Michelle Bishop, M.S.
• The Rev. Matt Colle, M.S.
• Taylor Geiger, M.A.
• Janine McIlheran, Ph.D.
• Tim Olson, M.A, principal emeritus
• Paul Schweigl, Th.D. 
• Dianne Vadney, M.T.S.

Each session will feature four speakers. The lineup for the series is as follows:

Jan. 9:             
The Book of Job (Schweigl)
God Exists and Here Is How We Know (Olson)
Ways of Praying: The “ARRR” Method (Geiger)
A Man of Hope: St. John Paul II (Vadney)

Jan. 16:           
Acts of the Apostles (Schweigl)
Parables: The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Beaudry)
Christian Detachment: the Evangelical Counsels (Geiger)
Forgiveness (Vadney)

Jan. 23:
Judges (Schweigl)
The Call to Holiness (Beaudry)
Eucharistic Miracles (Colle)
Humanae Vitae: Considerations 55 Years Later (Vadney)

Jan. 30:           
The Sacred Liturgy as the Living Spring of Assembly Spirituality (Beaudry)
The Life of Moses (Schweigl)
Marian Apparitions (Colle)
Eucharist: Source & Summit of Our Faith (Vadney)

Feb. 6:
Jesus of Nazareth: What Reason Can Tell Us (Olson)
Can God and Science Coexist? (Bishop)
The Word of God at Vatican II (Geiger)
Finding Mary in the Search for Jesus (Schweigl)

Feb. 13:          
History & Charisms of Religious Orders (Vadney)
Mary: Our Model of Discipleship (Geiger)
70 Years: A Faith Journey (Olson)
Achilles, St. Joseph, Turbulence, and Humility (McIlheran)

People may attend as many or few session dates as they’d like. No reading or homework will be required to participate.