Our Story
Formation that doesn't stop at Confirmation
Catholic Academy began with a simple observation: many faithful Catholic adults never received another hour of formation after their Confirmation class. We wanted to change that.
Why we exist
The Catholic Academy is a place to be introduced — or re-introduced — to the Catholic faith, and to continue your Catholic education long after the sacraments of initiation. Confirmation was never meant to be a graduation. It is a sending: the moment the Holy Spirit strengthens us to keep learning, keep asking, and keep growing for the rest of our lives.
This site was built out of a conviction that many Catholic adults simply fell out of practice with parts of their faith — not from a lack of belief, but from a lack of ongoing formation. Life gets busy. Catechesis stops in eighth grade or after Confirmation, and the questions that come later — about suffering, about the sacraments, about what the Church actually teaches and why — often go unanswered.
So we gathered the core of the faith — the Creed, the Sacraments, the Commandments, Sacred Scripture, the saints, prayer, and the Church's own reasoned defense of her teaching — into one place that is clear, honest, and welcoming.
Who it's for
Catholic Academy is open to everyone: cradle Catholics who want a refresher, converts and those in OCIA preparing to enter the Church, parents trying to answer their children's questions, and anyone — Catholic or not — who is simply curious what the Church actually teaches, as opposed to what they may have heard secondhand.
There is no test to pass and no account required. Learn at your own pace, in whatever order your questions arise.
Our Mission
To help every visitor know the Catholic faith more clearly, live it more fully, and love the God who gave it to us — in truth and in charity.
Our Motto
Veritatis et Fidei — "of truth and of faith." We believe the Catholic faith is both reasonable and revealed: it can be examined honestly, and it asks to be received humbly.
Our Promise
Faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, charitable toward every honest question, and free for anyone who wants to learn.
What we teach
Organized the way the Church has always taught
Since the earliest catechisms, the faith has been handed on through four pillars. Everything on this site fits into one of them.
I. The Creed
What we believe — the Trinity, creation, the Incarnation, and the life of the world to come.
II. The Sacraments
What we celebrate — the seven sacraments through which grace enters ordinary life.
III. The Commandments
How we live — the moral life as a response to the love God has already shown us.
IV. Prayer
How we pray — the Our Father and the whole tradition of Catholic devotion.