Day 120: The Apostolic Church (2025)

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The fourth mark of the Catholic Church is her "apostolic" nature. Fr. Mike explains the three ways the Church is apostolic and discusses how this characteristic shapes the unique structure and Tradition of the Catholic Church. He also encourages us to pray for our local bishops, who continue to shepherd us in the Faith today as the Apostles' successors. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 857-862.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to The Catechism in a Year podcast,
0:09.3	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in scripture and passed down
0:13.8	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.5	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church
0:21.3	discovering our identity in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home.
0:25.3	It is day 120 reading paragraphs 857 to 862. As always, I'm using the Ascension edition of the
0:31.0	catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any
0:34.6	recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own catechism in your reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com
0:41.3	slash C-I-Y.
0:42.9	You can also click follow or subscribe in your podcast app for daily notifications and updates.
0:46.8	Also, just, you know, it's Day 120.
0:48.3	Thank you so much to all those who have supported the production of this podcast with your prayers. Thank you for, oh, man,
0:54.4	all the financial gifts that have kept this podcast going. We could not do this without you.
0:59.2	You know, today we're launching into the fourth mark of the church. The first three, the church is
1:03.7	one, holy and Catholic. We talked about that the last couple days. Today, the fourth mark is the church
1:08.6	is apostolic. And there's a couple reasons. Well, there's a couple reasons why the church is apostolic. And there's a couple reasons.
1:11.2	Well, there's a couple reasons why the church is apostolic.
1:13.9	No, there's one reason why the church is apostolic.
1:15.8	It's because she's founded on the apostles.
1:17.9	Paragraph 857 highlights.
1:19.8	She's apostolic for that one reason, founded on the apostles.
1:22.5	But she is apostolic in three ways.
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