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About the Study
Why We Worship is a new 6-week video-based study on the Mass. Each week’s video will contain a 45-minute presentation by Dr. Brant Pitre followed by a short presentation by Fr. Mark Toups.
Like Why We Confess, each week’s study webpage will include a video, study notes, links for further study, and an audio file (for those wanting to listen to audio only).
Each of the six videos are approximately 60 minutes long. The six weeks are as follows:
- Week 1: Who Determines How We Worship?
- Week 2: The Mystery of Sacrifice
- Week 3: The Jewish Passover
- Week 4: The Last Supper & the Crucifixion
- Week 5: The Biblical Roots of the Mass, Part 1
- Week 6: The Biblical Roots of the Mass, Part 2
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About the Speakers
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Dr. Brant Pitre
Dr. Brant Pitre is Professor of Sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, where he specialized the study of the New Testament and ancient Judaism. He is the author of several articles and the books Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile(Baker Academic, 2005), Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist (Image Books, 2011), Jesus the Bridegroom (Image Books, 2014), Jesus and the Last Supper (Eerdmans, 2015), and The Case for Jesus (Image, 2016). Dr. Pitre is an extremely enthusiastic and engaging speaker who lectures regularly across the United States. He has produced dozens of Bible studies on CD, DVD, and MP3, in which he explores the biblical foundations of Catholic faith and theology. He currently lives in Gray, Louisiana, with his wife Elizabeth, and their five children.
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Fr. Mark Toups
Fr. Mark Toups is a Catholic Priest for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux where he currently serves as Vicar General and team leader for the Diocese’s strategic planning, as well as Admnistrator of the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma.
He is also an adjunct faculty member of the Institute for Priestly Formation, where he has served as a professor of Spiritual Theology, spiritual director, and program coordinator for the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola 30-day retreat.
He is the author and presenter of Oremus: A Catholic Guide to Prayer: an 8-week teaching on the basics of prayer and the spiritual life, as well as liturgical season daily meditations Theotokos, Nativity, Nazareth, and Journey to Jerusalem.
He received his Master’s of Divinity from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. A college graduate of Nicholls State University, he is a native of Houma, Louisiana. -
Purchasing the Study
If you are interested in purchasing a hard copy of this study in DVD, CD, or MP3 format, it it now for sale through Catholic Productions, a Catholic media company based in New Orleans.
Click HERE to be brought to their webpage where you can purchase this study.