What is Catholicism? -- The birth of the church -- The church grows and develops -- During the Middle Ages -- Modernizing the Catholic Church -- One God, three persons -- Mary, Mother of God -- The seven sacraments -- Essential beliefs -- Devotional practices -- The Catholic liturgy -- The Catholic approach to scriptures -- Heaven and hell : the afterlife -- The Catholic ministry -- Receiving the call -- Salvation in community -- Milestones of a Catholic life -- Conversion to Catholicism -- Catholics in the greater society -- Looking into the future.