Tools of the Catholic Apologist

Tools make work easier. It’s difficult to build a house without a saw or hammer. It’s even easier if you have access to a circular saw and a nail gun! Believe it or not, there are theological tools that can make you more effective and save you time. In this lesson, you’ll be introduced the circular saws and nail guns of theology. There are 2 lessons, Tools Part 1 and Tools Part 2 below:

[Links to many of the free resources mentioned in the video lesson are linked below in the notes.]

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Habits of the Effective Apologist

You cannot become an effective defender and sharer of the Catholic truths by intellectual knowledge along. You must cultivate daily habits to form an interior life that is attractive and compelling to those with which you share. In this video, we discover which habits to cultivate:

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5 Mistakes Catholics Make in Apologetics (Don’t Do These)

Whenever we try to defend or share the Catholic Faith, we can make a number of mistakes. In this lesson, Dr. Marshall explains the five most common and his own experience making mistakes and learning how to be become more effective in sharing and defending the Catholic Faith.

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Syllabus for the Certificate in Apologetics

The NSTI Apologetics Certificate series is designed to inform, prepare, and equip Catholics to better evangelize and defend the faith through generosity and well-informed, charitable Catholic teaching from theologians of the past and present. Watch the video below to find out more information about the syllabus.

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Merry Christmas Video 2014!

Dear Members of the New Saint Thomas Institute. On behalf of the Team at NSTI and my family, we hope that you feel the special presence of Jesus Christ in your life this Christmas. We put together a video card for you again this year: Read more

Interview with Joy Marshall on Holy Matrimony: Part 2

Have you wondered what challenges a large Catholic family faces, or how other large Catholic families approach having more than the common number of children? Taylor and Joy discuss their approach to marriage, and how they seek to live a marriage of mutual thriving:

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