topics: 1. Who is Jesus? 2. Why did Jesus die? 3. How can we have faith? 4. why and how do I pray? 5. Why and how should I read the Bible? 6. how does God guide us? 7. who is the Holy Spirit? 8. what does the Holy Spirit Do? 9. How can I be filled with he Holy Spirit? 10. How can I rest evil? 11. Why and how should I tell others? 12. Does God heal today? 13. What about the Church? 14. How can I make the most of the rest of my life? There is absolutely no denial of the Catholic understanding of the Holy Eucharist. An understanding of the Eucharist is something that comes after a person is a believer and is open and ready for instruction. ALPHA is for the inquiry stage. It leaves off where the core of the RCIA teaching on the Sacraments would pick up. I have not personally attended Alpha but did attend an Alpha conference in 2009 and have watched all of the videos and read the materials for the 14 sessions. The program materials at that time at least were entirely orthodox... Much to my surprise actually...now I am sure the actual presentation may not always conform to the authorized content but if it does, I thought it was excellent. Katheryn, can it really be heretical if nine Catholic bishops plus the preacher to the Papal household have endorsed it? History indicated that a majority of bishops