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Workshop 11

Christ: His Person and His Works

Dr. Ron Bolster, PhD

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WEEK 24

1. The Essentials of Teaching Christ

Objective: Proposes three and a half doctrinal points necessary to teach about Jesus

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  • The incarnation

  • Passion - suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension

  • Relationship with Jesus

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WEEK 25

2. The Incarnation

Objective: Define and discuss the reasons it was necessary for the Word to take flesh​

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  • Etymology of incarnation

  • Four reasons God became man

  • How to explain the difference between nature and person

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WEEK 26

3. The Redemption and Paschal Mystery

Objective: Define what the paschal mystery is and how one man's suffering and death brings redemption to many

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  • Roots of the words "paschal" and "passion"

  • The four parts of the paschal mystery

  • The redemptive aspect of suffering

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WEEK 27

4. The Paschal Mystery and the Mass

Objective: Relate the Mass to our personal redemption

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  • Old Testament fulfilled in the New Covenant at Mass

  • Participation in Mass and Christ's redemptive love

  • Salvation through the mystery of the Mass

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WEEK 28

5. The Second Coming and the Last Judgement

Objective: The difference between the first and second coming

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  • What are the question on the final exam

  • The Just Judge

  • Living with the end in mind

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WEEK 29

6. The Second Coming and the Last Judgement, continued

Objective: Discuss how to live in light of the Second Coming

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  • Corporal works of mercy

  • Sheep and the goats

  • Preparing ourselves and our communities

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WEEK 30

7. Personal Relationship

Objective: Discuss the importance of cultivating a personal relationship with Jesus and nurturing prayer in others

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  • Prayers versus praying

  • Living versus dead relationships

  • The joy of living in communion with God Himself

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WORKSHOP 11 OUTPUT

Workshops are to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program.

OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT​

Pre-Workshop Reflection

From the Apostle's Creed:

"I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead."

  • Do you know Jesus well enough to tell the story of his life? 

  • What parts of Jesus life have most impacted you? 

  • What are the more vulnerable parts of Jesus' life that he desires share with you? 

  • How can you share Jesus, not as a character or doctrine, but as a person who really went through these things? 

As you facilitate Workshop 11's discussion, ponder the real and human Christ, the mystery of his life, and how he would ask you to tell the story of his life. 

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