
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
In Ascension’s The Catechism in a Year podcast, Fr. Mike Schmitz guides you through the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church in 365 episodes, providing explanation, insight, and encouragement along the way.
Unlike any other Catechism podcast, The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) podcast follows a reading plan inspired by Ascension’s Foundations of Faith approach, a color-coded approach that reveals the structure of the Catechism, making it easier to read and understand. With this podcast, you’ll finally understand what it means to be Catholic and how the beliefs of the Catholic Faith come together.
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Read the ENTIRE Catechism of the Catholic Church in 365 days
Understand the essentials of the Catholic Faith and why they matter
Understand how Church teaching is rooted in Sacred Scripture
Absorb over 2,000 years of Sacred Tradition
Encounter God’s plan of sheer goodness for your life
Each 15-20 minute episode includes:
A guided prayer to help you enter into each episode
A reading from the Catechism of the Catholic Church
An explanation from Fr. Mike Schmitz about the reading
The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Previous Episodes
- Day 274: Social Duty of Religion (2025) 01.10.2025
- Day 273: Him Only Shall You Serve (2025) 30.09.2025
- Day 272: You Shall Worship the Lord Your God (2025) 29.09.2025
- Day 271: Love of God (2025) 28.09.2025
- Day 270: The Ten Commandments (2025) 27.09.2025
- Day 269: Our Missionary Witness (2025) 26.09.2025
- Day 268: The Precepts of the Church (2025) 25.09.2025
- Day 267: The Church as Mother and Teacher (2025) 24.09.2025
- Day 266: The Gift of Grace (2025) 23.09.2025
- Day 265: The Call to Holiness (2025) 22.09.2025
- Day 264: Man’s Merit (2025) 21.09.2025
- Day 263: Responding to Grace (2025) 20.09.2025
- Day 262: Habitual and Actual Grace (2025) 19.09.2025
- Day 261: Justification (2025) 18.09.2025
- Day 260: Summary of the Moral Law (2025) 17.09.2025
- Day 259: The New Commandment (2025) 16.09.2025
- Day 258: The New Law (2025) 15.09.2025
- Day 257: The Old Law (2025) 14.09.2025
- Day 256: The Natural Moral Law (2025) 13.09.2025
- Day 255: Human Solidarity (2025) 12.09.2025