TEA: Mary and the Early Church (St. Ignatius)

Mary

Yesterday, I visited St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Los Angeles. The St. Ignatius Women’s Group invited me to give a presentation on the Blessed Virgin and the Early Church. This was a a longer version of a talk I had previously given at St. Brigid’s here in San Diego.

Over the course of forty-five minutes, I told the story of my initial struggles concerning Mary and the Catholic Marian doctrines, explaining how I eventually came to see the truth and beauty in the Catholic Church’s teaching concerning the Blessed Virgin. The audio and the handout are both available for download.

Mary and the Early Church (Download)

I was invited to speak to the group at St. Ignatius by a long-time reader of this blog. If you’re also interested in having me speak to a group at your parish or at a Diocesan Theology On Tap, please see my Speaking page for examples of other recorded talks. Just send me an email and we can work out the details! 🙂

See you in January…

I’m going to be taking a bit of a sabbatical from blogging.

I’m going to take a break for all of December. Advent will be beginning and I think I could do with a bit of time off. Also, the next few weeks are going to be rather busy, involving a lot of travel, as well as the wedding of my housemate, Nathan.

I’ve got a couple of special things planned for the New Year, but if there are any particular topics you’d like me to tackle when I get back, please feel free to leave a comment below.

If you’d still like something to read every day next month, simply “Like” my Facebook page. Each morning I’ll still be sharing an old post (“Classic Pilgrim”) which should then appear in your newsfeed. See you in January 🙂