Past Presentations

Here is a list of part presentations in chronological order.  For photos of some of these presentations, please check out our photo gallery.

***Presentations from 2011 to 2015 were held at St. Michael’s Church, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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Dec 17, 2011 
Anne Jamieson: Why does the Church talk about Mary if Jesus is our Saviour? 
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March 10, 2012
Rev. Cornelius O’Mahony: Why do we need to Rediscover Catholicism?
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Oct 27, 2012
Rev. Michael Prieur: Angels and Demons in the 21st Century
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Feb 2, 2013
Teresa Hartnett:  Human Sexuality – Beautiful and Challenging
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October 5, 2013
Rev. Cornelius O’Mahony, Christina Ronzio: Good News from our Catholic Mass, Great News from Purgatory

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March 1, 2014
Rev. Cornelius O’Mahony: Metanoia Essence
March 1, 2014
March 29, 2014
Monsignor Murray Kroetsch, Denise Dolff: The Catholic Way to Get Even

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November 8, 2014
Rev. Myroslaw Tataryn: Recognizing Trinity in Humanity
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March 7, 2015
Dr. Donna Rogers: Feasting, Fasting, Theology
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October 17, 2015
Dr. Dennis O’Hara: Laudato Si’ and the Roman Catholic Response to Ecological Issues
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***Presentations from 2016 to 2019 were held at Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

October 29th, 2016 
Rev. Tim Hingston: From Conflict to Communion -The Reformation and Fifty Years of Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue

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This was a WHYforChristians logo presentation.

October 21st, 2017 
Dr. Tim Hegedus: Saint Paul and Our Lives Today

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This was a WHYforChristians logo presentation.

May 26th, 2018  
Prof. Andrea K. Di Giovanni: Praying with Psalms

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This was a WHYforChristians logo presentation.

November 24th, 2018 
(Rev.) John Lougheed: Making Sense of Jingle Bells

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This was a WHYforChristians logopresentation.

The reflection on Matthew 2:7-12 offered by (Rev.) John Lougheed at the Morning Prayer is available on our Videos page.

November 23rd, 2019  
Fr. Bernie Carroll, S.J. : Exploring Spiritual Practices

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This was a WHYforChristians logopresentation.

May 23rd, 2020  
Teresa Harnett: Gender, Sexuality, and the Catholic Church
WHY@Breakfast May 23 Webinar

We are pleased that the presentation on May 23rd may be viewed on our Videos page.

(Please note that the audio play is slightly delayed.)

November 21st, 2020
Day of Prayer and Reflection- Advent in Pandemic Times: Finding the Hope and Joy with the Very Rev. Cornelius O’Mahony and Elisa Lollino

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February 6th, 2021
Full of Grace,” fingering the beads with Sister Eileen Power, CND

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April 17th, 2021
The Call of Hope with Sister Eileen Power, CND

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September 25th, 2021
A Day of Healing with Sister Barbara Paleczny, SSND

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Advent 2021
St. Joseph: A Man Who Followed His Dreams with Barbara Paleczny, School Sister of Notre Dame, PhD/SThD.

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November 2022

Arise! With Grace, Hope & Resilience with Sister Eileen Power, Congregation of Notre Dame.

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December 2022

Advent Prayer of Hope with Sister Eileen Power, CND.