CONVERSATION AND COMMUNITY
REAL TALK WITH YOUR RECTOR
Join Fr. Gray for an evening of faith, conversation, and community. Each gathering will include a presentation on a topic of Catholic life, time for questions and answers, and potluck refreshments. Come learn, ask, discuss, and grow together as we explore the richness of our Catholic faith.
FULL SCHEDULE
UPCOMING REAL TALK EVENTS
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Our Patron Saint: St. Mary Magdalene
Saints, relics, celebrations, and Catholic fun
July 21 — English · July 27 — Spanish
How to Pray When You Don’t Know How
Personal prayer, Scripture, silence, distractions, and spiritual dryness
August 26 — English · September 1 — Spanish
The Bible: The Story God Is Telling
How Catholics read Scripture; creation, covenant, Christ, and the Church
September 24 — English · September 25 — Spanish
Angels, Demons, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory
And how to pray for the dead
October 28 — English · November 3 — Spanish
The Catholic Moral Life: Freedom, Not Rules
Virtue, conscience, sin, mercy, and becoming fully human
November 20 — English · November 25 — Spanish
The Mass: Heaven on Earth
Why Catholics worship the way we do; symbols, gestures, music, silence, and sacrifice
December 1 — English · December 16 — Spanish
The Church Through 2,000 Years
The good, the bad, the saints, the sinners—and why Christ remains
January 12 — English · January 20 — Spanish
The Domestic Church
Marriage, family, friendship, work, and bringing faith into ordinary life
February 2 — English · February 9 — Spanish
Catholicism and Beauty
Cathedrals, music, art, architecture, and why beauty evangelizes
February 24 — English · March 2 — Spanish
What Happens When We Die?
Catholic funerals, judgment, resurrection, eternal life, grief, and hope
March 16 — English · March 24 — Spanish
Why Be Catholic?
The beauty, truth, and mission of the Catholic faith today
April 6 — English · April 13 — Spanish
Faith and Science: Friends or Enemies?
Creation, evolution, Galileo, reason, medicine, and AI
May 11 — English · May 21 — Spanish
Why Do We Need the Church?
Faith, community, authority, and belonging in an individualistic world
June 8 — English · June 15 — Spanish