Narrative and Literature as Elements of a Meaningful Presentation of the Catholic Faith

Thursday, August 13, 2026 / 1-2:30pm EST

In order for catechesis to be effective for Catholic formation, participants need to find the content meaningful and be able to integrate it into their lives. In this presentation, we will discuss how narrative elements and the use of imaginative literature are particularly effective in bridging the ‘meaning gap’ and providing ways for participants to assimilate what they are taught. A Q&A will be included in the latter part of the presentation.
 
This webinar is free and requires no registration. Join us at the Zoom link below:
https://zoom.us/j/97296400310?pwd=4CbIV1U4nv4sRFoaLsURXi67Z3V9AT.1

Speaker

Dr. Holly Ordway

Holly Ordway is the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word on Fire Institute, and Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a subject editor for the Journal of Inklings Studies. She is the author of the award-winning Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages, and her book Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography was released in 2023, in time for the 50th anniversary of Tolkien’s death.

She has also contributed chapters on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien to volumes such as Tolkien Among the Theologians, Life on the Silent Planet: Essays in Christian Living from C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy, C.S. Lewis in Poets’ Corner, The Inklings and King Arthur, and C.S. Lewis’s List.

Learn more about Dr. Ordway.

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