The Adult and Family Forums are on Sundays, 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., September through May. The Adult Forum meets in the Cathedral High School Lecture Hall and the Family Forum meets in Saint Jude Hall. The adult classes comprise a selection of speakers addressing theology, philosophy, literature, history, current events, and journeys of faith in light of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Fall 2025
December Adult Forum, December 7 Deacon Greg Orcutt - Sigrid Undset, and Medieval Catholicism in England and Norway.
November Adult Forum, November 2 Dr. Alexis Kutarna - In Paradisum: Music and Heaven. Family Forum, November 2 Catherine Rose - A Return to Beauty: Elevate the Masculine and Feminine through Modern Fashion.
Adult Forum, November 9 Mr. Patrick Linbeck - Pope Leo’s Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te (“I Have Loved You”).
Adult Forum, November 16 Dr. Erik van Versendaal - Reading a Literary Classic as an Exercise in Faith.
Adult Forum, November 23
David Deavel: Newman's Realistic Ecumenism.
Adult Forum, November 23 Thanksgiving Break. October Adult Forum, October 5 Fr. Evan Simington - As Our Saviour Christ Hath Commanded and Taught Us, We are Bold to Say: Enriching and Deepening Our Understanding of the Lord’s Prayer. Family Forum, October 5 Mr. Timothy Caruthers, L. Div. - Thou Anointest My Head with Oil: The Catholic Theology of Confirmation
Adult Forum, October 12
Sr. Elizabeth John - Gravissimum Educationis: Vatican II on Catholic Education.
Family Forum, October 12
Sr. Albert Marie - St. Catherine of Siena and the Virtuous Life.
Adult Forum, October 19 Mr Nikhil Jandhyala - Liberal Education: The Antidote to our Democracy Family Forum, October 19 Dr Francisco Plaza - The True Purposes of Catholic Schooling
Adult Forum, October 26 Break Family Forum, October 26 Break
September Adult Forum, September 7 Dr. Clint Brand - The Love of Learning & the Desire for God: The Witness of the Venerable Bede, First English-born Doctor of the Church. Family Forum, September 7 Dr. Eric Mabry - “Is the Contemplative Life for all the Faithful? The Beatitudes Show us the Way.”
Adult Forum, September 14 Father Hough - Fr. Hough will present a summary of his Dissertation on Divine Worship the Missal. Family Forum, September 14 Dr. Erik van Versendaal - “Reading a Literary Classic as an Exercise in Faith.”
Adult Forum, September 21 Joseph Pearce - Walsingham and the Theology of Pilgrimage. Family Forum, September 21 Dr. Clint Brand - The Love of Learning & the Desire for God: The Witness of the Venerable Bede, First English-born Doctor of the Church.
Adult Forum, September 28 Dr. Eric Mabry “Is the Contemplative Life for all the Faithful? The Beatitudes Show us the Way.” Family Forum, September 28 Fr. Evan Simington- As Our Saviour Christ Hath Commanded and Taught Us, We are Bold to Say: Enriching and Deepening Our Understanding of the Lord’s Prayer.