The focus of Year Three of Why Catholic? is "Life in Christ; Walking with God." Fall sessions will be on the Beautitudes, freedom and responsibility, conscience, virtues, moral law, sin, mercy, grace and the church.

Sign up for the winter small group sessions will be Feb. 13, with the sessions to run from March 6 to April 10. Focus will be on the implications of the Ten Commandments.

"Some 5,000 people in 90 parishes throughout the diocese have participated in years one and two of Why Catholic?," said Chris Malmevik, associate director of catechesis in the diocesan Office for Catechesis. For more information about Why Catholic? go to www.dio.org/whycatholic or contact Malmevik at .