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                                                                                                                                      The Bishop Helmsing Institute can help you to draw closer to Christ!  Want to learn more about the Catholic faith?  The Bishop Helmsing Institute starts courses every 4–6 weeks.  Phone them at (816) 714–2331.  These classes are for adults and are wonderfully well‐thought out, faithful to the Magisterium, inexpensive and have little homework.  Sign up for a class near you soon and see what you have been missing. Click on the crest below to go to their website. We are also new electives (each 4 weeks in length)  this year including: 
                                                                                                                                      Lectio Divina
                                                                                                                                      The Apostolic Fathers
                                                                                                                                      The Early Church Fathers
                                                                                                                                      Theology of the Body
                                                                                                                                      Crusades
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                                                                                                                                      Hot Item #2:  Support our Bishops in letting Congress and the White House know that we oppose the HHS Mandate against Religious Freedom. 
                                                                                                                                      U.S. Bishops reiterate opposition to HHS mandate despite Obama’s recent ‘changes’
                                                                                                                                      http://usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/index.cfm

                                                                                                                                      Six things everyone should know about the HHS mandate:
                                                                                                                                      http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-021.cfm

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                                                                                                                                      Please join us for the Third Annual Bishop Helmsing Apologetic Conference on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Catholic Center, 20 W. Ninth St., Kansas City, Mo. from 8:30 AM. to 3:00 PM.  Our keynote speaker is Dr. Mark Zia, Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College.  Breakout speakers include Fr. Gregory Lockwood, Dr. Tim Brennan, Dr. Claude Sasso, Scott McKellar, Dino Durando and Catherine Broderson as well as Dr. Zia.

                                                                                                                                      Single tickets are $12; couples are $20 with lunch included.  Register by clicking here.