VLCFF Courses Offered Through the Diocese
March 29, 2024

Two five-week courses are being offered through the University of Dayton’s Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF) and the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston. These courses are hybrid models. They are composed of both weekly live two-hour zoom lectures as well as a rich variety of online course materials and discussion experiences through the University of Dayton’s Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF). The courses are being underwritten by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston’s Office of Evangelization & Catechesis, who pays 100% of the tuition and the cost of any books associated with the courses.

The course instructor is Dr. Rodica Stoicoiu. For further information or to register, contact Rodica at rodicastoicoiuphd@gail.com with your name, address, email, and phone number.

Introduction to Prayer

Class begins the week of April 8, 2024
(5-week session – Wednesdays at 7pm)

“Prayer is our means of taking a sighting, of re-orienting ourselves – by re-establishing contact with our goal. In the presence of God many components of our life fall into perspective and our journey makes more sense. Prayer is inseparable from living” (Casey, p.5). This course explores prayer as essential to our lives as Christian people, as individuals and within our community of faith. Through this course, students will explore the qualities, forms and expressions of prayer that help to form and sustain our lives as Catholic Christians. We will look at prayer as revealed in Sacred Scripture, explore both personal and liturgical prayer and examine the relation between prayer united with Jesus and discipleship.

This course is part of the sequence in the level 1 catechist certification series. This is a hybrid course, which will include materials online and a two hour Zoom meeting once a week for five weeks on Wednesday evenings beginning the week of April 8th (on Wednesday April 10th at 7pm).

Ecclesiology: Reframing the Church

Class begins the week of April 8, 2024
(5-week session – Mondays at 7pm)

This course is the third in the VLCFF Introductory ecclesiology sequence and continues to build the knowledge base for students about the Church. This course focuses primarily on the Church of Vatican II and how the Church is understood from the Council’s teachings on liturgy, Scripture, structure, the role of the laity and its relation with the world. The ongoing Synod will also frame part of our conversation.

This is a hybrid course, which will include materials online and a two hour Zoom meeting once a week for five weeks on Monday evenings beginning the week of April 8th (on Monday April 8th at 7pm).