Dr. Italy
In this brief video by Sherwood Fellows the key themes of Lent are explored - th...
In this 8 minute video, Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. (Dr. Italy) shares so...
Saint Andrew of Crete on the nativity of Mary as a turning point between old and new covenant, the frontier where types and symbols give way to realit...
The parable of the merciless servant illustrates the meaning of "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us," a petition i...
September 11th is the anniversary of one of most brutal acts of terrorism of all time. Three days later, on September 14, the Catholic and Eastern Or...
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....
In this 8 minute video, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. (Dr. Italy) shares some inspiring history and some little-known facts about St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. Filmed during his Spain & Lourdes pilgrimage, spring 2026. During the ride to the mountaintop shrine of Montserrat in...
Bonaventure reflects on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the meaning of the blood and water flowing from the side of Christ crucified (John 19:34), the living water of sacramental grace coming from the loving heart of the Savior. He reflects especially on several lines...
Gregory the Great comments on the famous passage in Ezekiel 33 in which God calls the prophet to be a watchman for the house of Israel. Saint Gregory reflects on how this applies to himself as bishop of Rome and protests his inadequacy for the...
The concept of Mary as "Mother of the Church" has been around since the time of the early Church Fathers. As the Virgin Mary is the Mother of Christ, the Head of the Church, so also is she Mother of the Church, his Mystical...
Liturgy and Sacraments Video #8. In this session, Dr. Italy discusses the history of the Temporal Cycle of the Catholic Liturgical Year which includes Lent, Easter, Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time and the important weekly commemoration of Christ's passion on Fridays and Resurrection on the Lord's...
Liturgy and Sacraments Video #10. Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio (Dr. Italy) discusses the origins, history and development of the Liturgy of the Hours, or the Divine Office, in the daily prayers and temple sacrifices of Ancient Israel. He then goes on to explain how the Liturgy...
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...
February 2 is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the Temple. It is known as Candlemass since it is the day that candles are blessed for use throughout the Church year....
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....