When Todd Duncan, a 22 year-old cradle Catholic from Erie, PA, was growing\nup everyone thought him to be the model young parishioner who had a\nmarked maturity in his faith. Todd thought so, too. Everything changed\nwhen he entered his first year at the Rochester Institute of Technology\nand realized that his Protestant friends had a much better grasp than he\ndid on matters of faith, the Bible and even theology. But God's\ngrace led Todd to true fellowship, to the St. Irenaeus Center and to a\nprofound love of the Catholic Church.
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\nDick Graham, a cradle Catholic and president of the Rochester, NY\nHibernian Society for Irish Americans, speaks on a subject very dear to\nhis heart: Roman Catholic apologetics. Admittedly a former "BIC," or\n"Bible Ignorant Catholic," it was not until he had to defend his\ndaughter's faith that he began to study apologetics. He discusses the\nhistory of Catholic apologetics and practical ways to study and also\nreminds us of the charge of St. Peter, who wrote in his first Epistle,\n"Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to\naccount for the hope that is within you, yet do it with gentleness and\nreverence."