Resources

Helpful resources from presentations I have done

Is There a Conflict Between Faith and Science? (May 2024)

This presentation was part of the Parish of Christchurch North's confirmation preparation

• Faith and Science handout (pdf)

Introduction to Apologetics for Young Catholics (Feb 2024)

• Course notes and resources

Redwood Brewers' Guild Symposium: Virtue (July 2023)

• The Virtue of Charity from Man to Neighbour and From God to Man in the Parable of the Good Samaritan (pdf)

Christchurch North Youth Group - The Eucharist (June 2023)

• Fictional Dialogue on the Eucharist (pdf)
• The Sacrifice of the Mass (pdf)
• Eucharist - Some Bible References and Early Church Quotes (PowerPoint)

Keeping Your Kids Catholic (June 2023)

• Keeping Your Kids Catholic - Slides (pdf)
• Some ways of prayer for kids - and adults (pdf)

Websites and articles

• Catholic Answers (website)
• Interpreting Genesis Chapter One (Jimmy Akin, webpage)
• Adam & Eve: A Survey of Models for Catholics (John DeRosa, webpage)

Books

• Why We're Catholic (Trent Horn)
• Always a Catholic (Sebastian Walshe)

Christchurch West Parish Seminar: Apologetics for Parents (May 2023)

• Apologetics - Arguments for the Existence of God (pdf)
• Apologetics - The Resurrection of Jesus (pdf)
• Apologetics - Why be Catholic? (pdf)
• Apologetics - Talking to Non-Catholics (pdf)
• Apologetics - Catholic Moral Teaching (pdf)
• Apologetics - The Problem of Evil (pdf)

Other Resources

• Fictional Dialogue on Confession (pdf)
• Dave Armstrong - Abridgement of Karl Adam, "The Church’s View of Non-Catholic Christians," from Adam's The Spirit of Catholicism
• Doing Penance (pdf) - An overview of the Church's guidelines around days of fasting and abstinence.
• Responding to the Problem Of Evil: A Review of Ancient and Modern Approaches, and the Development of a Contemporary Apologetic (pdf) - The thesis paper from my Master's Degree (Dean Mischewski, 2011)