Liturgy and Sacraments Video #9. In addition to the special seasons of Advent and Lent, Christmas and Easter, there is in the current Roman Calendar “Ordinary Time” during which saints’ days abound. The cycle of memorials, feasts and Solemnities of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin......
02 February, 2026 No comment
Liturgy and Sacraments Video #8. Dr. Italy discusses the history of the Temporal Cycle of the Catholic Liturgical Year that includes Lent, Easter, Advent, Christmas and the important weekly commemoration of Christ’s passion on Fridays and Resurrection on the Lord’s Day, Sunday. There is a......
02 February, 2026 No comment
In this video, Dr. Italy discusses Augustine's fight against both Manicheans and Pelagians defending free will on the one hand and the utter necessity of grace on the other in light of original sin....
27 January, 2026 No comment
Liturgy and Sacraments Video #10. Dr. Italy discusses the origins of the Liturgy of the Hours, Sacraments and Sacramentals. There is a certain rhythm to the week and the year in the Catholic liturgical Tradition. We call this the temporal cycle of the liturgy. This......
16 October, 2025 No comment
A one-minute trailer for the new video study series from Ascension Press: Foundations of Faith: A Journey Through the Catechism. Featuring Marcellino D’Ambrosio (“Dr. Italy”) and many other well-known Catholic educators and authors. Filmed across the globe, this 20-session, video-based study program features some of......
16 June, 2025 No comment
Dr. Italy shares highlights of his book - 40 Days, 40 Ways - A new Look at Lent. This is an abbreviated version, for global Catholic television, of a talk he frequently gives during Lenten Missions in the Lenten Season....
09 March, 2025 No comment
In this video, Dr. Italy discusses Augustine's fight against both Manicheans and Pelagians defending free will on the one hand and the utter necessity of grace on the other in light of original sin....
26 August, 2024 No comment
In this brief video by Sherwood Fellows the key themes of Lent are explored - the mystery of sin, temptation, and transformation through a journey into the desert, the way of repentance and prayer....
03 March, 2024 No comment
Many are aware that Catholics believe in "the real presence." In this video, Dr. Italy explains the various ways that Jesus Christ is truly and really present in the Church's liturgy, culminating in the Eucharist....
18 April, 2023 No comment