Resources

Helpful resources from presentations I have done

Life Teen Aotearoa Summer Camp: Apologetics (Jan 2025)

Supplementary notes and resources for an Apologetics workshop at the 2025 Life Teen summer camp.

• Introduction to Apologetics (pdf)
• The Existence of God (pdf)
• Is there a Conflict between Faith and Science? (pdf)
• Why Be Catholic? (pdf)

Hearts Aflame: Talking to our Protestant Friends (Jan 2025)

Notes from a lecture series at Hearts Aflame 2025, a Catholic summer school for young adults, discussing some of the key issues that separate Protestants and Catholics, and exploring areas where perhaps the differences aren't as great as many people think.

• Introduction to Apologetics (pdf)
• A Catholic Perspective on sola Scriptura / "Bible Alone" (pdf)
• A Catholic Perspective on sola fide / "Justification by Faith Alone" (pdf)
• Why Be Catholic? (pdf)

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)