Father Roy Tvrdik leads parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Ostrabrama RC church in lessons and discussions on the history of the Catholic Church. This week Father Roy discusses the Fatima message, the Miracle of the Sun (Oct. 13, 1930) and its connection to the Pope's Consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate [...]
Father Roy Tvrdik leads parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Ostrabrama RC church in lessons and discussions on the history of the Catholic Church. This week Father Roy explains Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, how the Hebrew language gives clues to our reading of scripture. Father Roy then connects the Hebrew understandings to Jesus and the [...]
Father Roy Tvrdik leads parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Ostrabrama RC church in lessons and discussions on the history of the Catholic Church. This week Father Roy teaches on the continues with church history during the Renaissance. Much of the discussion has to do with the Popes and what is called "papal infallibility". [...]
Father Roy Tvrdik leads parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Ostrabrama RC church in lessons and discussions on the history of the Catholic Church. This week Father Roy teaches on the Glory Be prayer and continues with church history during the Renaissance.
During Black History Month, America remembers the beauty of the African cultures and, at the same time, remembers what was done in the name of race. Just as Jews are sensitive to injustice, so too are Blacks. The racial narrative that often holds superficial external truths, manifested in different skin colors or other physical features, [...]
Father Roy Tvrdik leads parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Ostrabrama RC church in lessons and discussions on the history of the Catholic Church. This week Father Roy teaches on the Nicene Creed with a question and answer session.
Father Roy Tvrdik leads parishioners and friends of Our Lady of Ostrabrama RC church in lessons and discussions on the history of the Catholic Church. This week we discuss the Jewish shabbat (sabbath) and the schmita (7th year sabbatical) in relation to our Christian Sunday sabbath. We pick up on page 443 of "The History [...]
This weeks video does not follow the church history book. Instead Father Roy Tvrdik leads us in a discussion about Our Lady, on the Feast of the Presentation.
One of the most consistent themes at Vatican II was sensitivity to ecumenical dialogue. The restoration of Church unity, in Pope John XXIII’s plan, was a primary goal of the council. The Pope also strongly desired that the council make a statement on the Jews, deeply aware of history and of anti-Semitism. So, in our [...]
