Welcoming Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Mark Bradford

Review of Teachings on the Church, and How Bishops Share in Jesus’ Ministry
Dr. Schreck reviews how the Catholic catechesis on the Church follows the order of Vatican II’s “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church” (Lumen Gentium). He then describes how the Church’s bishops, as successors of the apostles, continue Jesus’ three-fold ministry of priest, prophet, and king/shepherd (based on chapter 3 of Lumen Gentium).
This article of the Apostles' Creed—professing belief in "the resurrection of the body"—begins the presentation of Catholic belief in the four last things: heaven, hell, death, and judgment.…...
Included the "communion of saints" professed in the Apostles' Creed is the saint who has a unique and exalted place in God's plan of salvation: Mary, the mother…...
In the Apostles' Creed, the profession of faith in "the holy Catholic Church" is immediately followed by "the communion of saints." Dr. Schreck talks about how the Church…...