Fr. Bacik’s lectures are video recorded and made available online by Knowledge Stream from WGTE Public Media.
To view his lecture notes for each presentation, please visit the Digital Collection Archive at Lourdes.
His past lectures from recent years are listed below in reverse chronological order. Click on the titles to view the lectures.
- Examining a Conspiracy Theory – Sept. 29, 2022
- Maintaining our Democracy – May 24, 2022
- Caring for our Physical, Mental, Social, and Spiritual Health – April 28, 2022
- Improving Personal Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes – Nov. 23, 2021*
- The Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well: An Inspiration for Our Spiritual Life – March 12, 2020*
- The Eucharist as a Memorial Meal: An Advent Reflection – Dec. 12, 2019
- Maintaining Hope in Our Troubled Time – Nov. 14, 2019
- Finding Our Unique Path to Holiness: Developing the Gift of Discernment – Oct. 10, 2019*
- Bridging the Catholic Liberal – Conservative Divide: Christian Perspectives – Sept. 12, 2019
- Bridging the Globalist – Nationalist Divide: Christian Perspectives – Aug. 8, 2019
- Bridging the Generational Divide: Christian Perspectives – July 11, 2019
- Bridging the Racial Divide – June 6, 2019
- Developing an Easter Spirituality – May 9, 2019
- The Vatican Summit on Sex Abuse – March 31, 2019
- Advent Reflection – December 13, 2018
- Bridging the Economic Divide – Nov. 8, 2018
- Bridging the Political Divide – Oct. 11, 2018
- Bridging the Religious Divide – Sept. 13, 2018
- Bridging the Gender Divide – Aug. 9, 2018
- Easter Part 3 – Pentecost – April 19, 2018
- Easter Part 2 – The Council of Jerusalem and Tribalism – April 12, 2018
- Easter Part 1 – The Jerusalem Church and Existential Ethics – April 5, 2018
- Gun Control – March 4, 2018
- Learning to be Patient– Dec. 7, 2017
- Pope Francis and His Critics – Nov. 16, 2017
- Catholic Lutheran Dialogue – Oct. 19, 2017
- Combating White Supremacy – Aug. 29, 2017
- Pope Francis and His Critics on Gender Issues – Aug. 24, 2017
- Pope Francis and His Critics on Justice Issues – July 20, 2017
- Pope Francis and His Critics on Church Doctrine– June 15, 2017
- The Health Care Debate – May 25, 2017
- Political Discourse Today – May 18, 2017
- Apocalyptic World View – March 12, 2017
- Pope Francis and the Completed Year of Mercy – Jan. 5, 2017
- Sexual Ethics – Nov. 17, 2016
- Political Ethics – Oct. 18. 2016
- Sports and Ethics – Sept. 13, 2016
- Karl Rahner and Existential Ethics – Aug. 9, 2016
- Charles Curran on Contraception – July 19, 2016
- Bernard Haring on Legalism – June 28, 2016
- Interfaith Dialogue – May 25, 2016
- Richard McCormick on Abortion – May 17, 2016
- Jesus in the Gospel of John – May 4, 2016
- Christ According to Matthew – April 12, 2016
- Advent Reflection: Cultivating a Spirit of Forbearance – Dec. 5, 2015
- The Vatican Synod of the Family: Addressing Challenging Issues – Nov. 16, 2015
- Pope Francis: Reflections on His Visit to the United States – Oct. 19, 2015
- Thomas Merton: Prophetic Peacemaker – Sept. 21, 2015
- Pope Francis and His Encyclical on the Environment – Aug. 18, 2015
- Thomas Merton: Dialogue with Eastern Religions – July 21, 2015
- Thomas Berry on Developing a Cosmological Spirituality – June 9, 2015
- Thomas Merton on Franciscan Spirituality – May 19, 2015
- The Resurrection According to John – April 29, 2015
- The Resurrection According to Luke – April 22, 2015
- The Resurrection According to Matthew – April 15, 2015
- The Resurrection According to Mark – April 8, 2015
- Religion and Violence – March 30, 2015 – The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo (YouTube video)
- Karl Barth: Worshipping God, Opposing Hitler – Nov. 21, 2014
- Theological Journey of a Pastor With Gratitude to My Teachers – Nov. 2, 2014
- Reinhold Niebuhr on American Exceptionalism – Oct. 17, 2014
- Bernard Lonergan: Conversion as a Path to Spiritual Growth – Aug. 19, 2014
- Teilhard de Chardin: Fostering a Dialogue Between Christian Faith and Evolutionary Science – July 15, 2014
- Karen Armstrong: Developing the Virtue of Compassion – June 9, 2014
- Edward Schillebeeckx: Betting Our Lives on Christ – May 20, 2014
- Developing a Paschal Spirituality – April 16, 2014
- Andrew Greeley on the Catholic Imagination – March 13, 2014
- The Feminist Theology of Rosemary Reuther: A Challenge to Pope Francis – Feb. 21, 2014
- Immigration Reform – Jan. 16, 2014
- Advent Reflections: Spirituality – Dec. 21, 2013
- Elizabeth Johnson and the Quest for the Living God – Nov. 16, 2013
- A Church for the Post Modern World – Oct. 15, 2013
- John Courtney Murray on Religious Liberty – Aug. 20, 2013
- Hans Kung on Church Reform – July 16, 2013
- Karl Rahner – June 17, 2013
- Paul Tillich – June 10, 2013
- Martin Buber: The Personal Dimension of Life – June 3, 2013
- The Papacy: Past and Present – May 20, 2013
- Gospel Stories in Contemporary Life – April 6, 2013
- Lent and Reconciliation – March 3, 2013
- Gandhi’s Response to Violence – Nov. 4, 2012
- Vatican II on Revelation: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities – Oct. 9, 2012
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 8 of 8 Heaven, Hell, Purgatory: Reinterpreting the Last Things – Aug. 25, 2012
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 7/8 Living as a Christian in the World Today – Aug. 18, 2012
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 6/8 Dealing with our Graced but Sinful Church – Aug. 11, 2012
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 5/8 Finding God in Everyday Life – The Theology of Grace – Aug. 4, 2014
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 4/8 Developing the Virtue of Committed Openness – July 28, 2012
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 3/8 Learning to Pray Better – July 21, 2012
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 2/8 Improving our Personal Relationships – July 14, 2012
- Karl Rahner Made Practical – Pt. 1 of 8 Becoming a More Mature Person – July 7, 2012
- The Spiritual Journey Today: With Guidance from Henri Nouwen – May 1, 2012
- The Parish as Leaven in the World – Sept. 27, 2011
- Vocations – March 29, 2011
- Biblical Spirituality – Sept. 28, 2010
*Note: The title on the KnowledgeStream website may not match the video content. We are working with WGTE to correct this.