Conferences for Study and Prayer

In this talk, Dr. Robert Fastiggi, professor of Dogmatic Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, will speak on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus throughout history. When we speak about the heart, we speak about the core, the inner self of the person. The heart is prominent in scripture in both the Old and the New Testament. It's the spiritual center of man's soul; the core of all h...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the Shroud of Turin.  The Gospels record for us that there was a burial cloth that covered the body of Jesus Christ in the tomb. St. Matthew (27:59) tells us: “And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb.” St. Mark (15:46) likewise says: “And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will give a defense of the Gospels. He will explain how the Gospels were written within living memory of the events narrated, present evidence of the earliest surviving manuscripts of the Gospels, and present several arguments of common sense for the veracity of the Gospel Accounts.   For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the historical veracity of the Gospels. Shortly before the release of Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion, the following commentary was published in a California newspaper: “While the primary source material of the film is attributed to the four gospels, these sacred books are not historical accounts of the historical events that they narrate. They are t...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how all sinners are responsible for Christ's Passion. St. Paul, in the First Letter to Timothy, 1:15, writes: “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.” The Roman Catechism, published after the Council of Trent, teaches: The Church has never forgotten that “s...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how St. Thomas Aquinas, in his commentary on the Creed, explains that the Passion was necessary for two principal reasons: (a) to save man from sin and its consequences, and (b) to give him a perfect model of how to live in this valley of tears. The Passion is at once the expiatory sacrifice of our Redemption, and a mirror of perfect virtue for man...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how the liturgy of Good Friday applies to Christ (as well as to Our Lady) the words of Lamentations: “See if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow” (Lam 1:12). And Isaiah 53:3 calls the Messiah a “man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” Did Christ suffer a compendium of all sufferings? St. Thomas responds that Christ suffered every type of suff...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how the scandal of the Cross is the greatest sign of the sanctity of Christianity. Christ Himself attests to this when He says that when lifted up from the earth (on the Cross), He would draw all men to Himself (Jn 12:32). Therefore, it is principally by means of the mute eloquence of the Cross that Christ draws souls to Himself in conversion; the c...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss various Eucharistic Miracles and how they relate to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Eucharistic miracles should never be necessary for the faith of Catholics, since the word of Christ, true God and true man, must be sufficient for us. However, it is beautiful to see how God condescends to work wonderful miracles to bolster the faith of Christians in...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the participation of the faithful in the Eucharistic Liturgy . The Second Vatican Council called for the promotion of the “active participation” of the faithful in the liturgy, in harmony with the entire liturgical tradition of the Church. However, there is not a little confusion about the essential nature of this participation that the Church seeks...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the Mass as the Christian Sacrifice by first defining what "sacrifice" is and how it relates to the Catholic Church and salvation history. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a donat...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the male Priesthood and the Eucharist. The priesthood is essentially ordered to the Eucharist, to the offering of the sacrifice of the Mass in the person of Christ, Head of the Church. The reason for the necessity of male gender in the sacrament of Holy Orders, willed by Christ, has to be understood in this context.  For more information about Miles...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the errors concerning Transubstantiation, and the great need for a more effective catechesis on the fundamental dogmas of the Catholic faith. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a do...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist and the teaching of the Catholic Church on Transubstantiation, which refers to the direct conversion of the substance of bread and wine into the substance of Christ. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss why Christ instituted the Most Holy Eucharist.  John Paul II, in Ecclesia de Eucharistia, n. 9, wrote: “The Eucharist, as Christ's saving presence in the community of the faithful and its spiritual food, is the most precious possession which the Church can have in her journey through history.” On the night before His passion, Christ wished to give a...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the reign of St. Pius X, including his encyclical, Pascendi dominici gregis (1907), and his battle against Modernism. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a donation at https://www.mi...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the life of the Curé of Ars, St. John Vianney, who is also the patron of all priests. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a donation at https://www.mileschristi.org/donations/ For Sp...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the life and conversion of St. Augustine as well as his vocation to the priesthood. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a donation at https://www.mileschristi.org/donations/ For Spir...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how the ordained priesthood stands in the service of all the faithful in the Church. He then discusses the the life and example of St. Claude de la Colombière, spiritual director of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who received visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss why the priesthood is reserved for men only. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a donation at https://www.mileschristi.org/donations/ For Spiritual Exercises (silent Ignatian retrea...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss what the Priesthood fundamentally is, both in the Old and New Testament, and will discuss in depth the perfect Priesthood of Christ. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a donation at...

In this talk, Fr. John Ezratty will explain the fundamental rules of discernment of spirits, passed on to us by St. Ignatius in the Spiritual Exercises, designed to help us find true freedom and peace. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider l...

In this talk, Miles Christi's own Fr. Patrick Wainwright, will discuss some of the key elements of the Ignatian spirituality, and will look more in depth at what they are and how they fit into our spiritual lives. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, pleas...

In this talk, Miles Christi's own Fr. Matthew Maxwell, will give an explanation of the Spiritual Exercises and why this powerful retreat is so praised and recommended by the Church and how it is the source and foundation of the Ignatian spirituality. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering mor...

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will take a look at the virtue of magnanimity and how St. Ignatius highlights and fosters this supernatural virtue directed to the greater glory of God. For more information about Miles Christi and what we do visit www.mileschristi.org To help support our apostolate and the possibility of offering more faith formation to the laity, please consider leaving a dona...