REV. DEACON PROF. DR SHERMAN KUEK
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DEACON SHERMAN'S TALKS

Deacon Sherman travels around the region and beyond to teach courses, speak in faith formation events, and to facilitate retreats. He has taught many different courses that he has written over the years, and these days, he mainly focuses on presenting the God Redeeming Our World (GROW) catechesis, which consists of eight separate seminars as a full series presented either in English or Bahasa Malaysia. This GROW catechetical series aims to help Catholics to understand their faith systematically and comprehensively.

Because his itinerary each year is very full, requests for him to speak should  be made at least ONE YEAR before the intended date of the event to make it possible for him to meet your requests. Requests may be sent directly through e-mail to Deacon Sherman.
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SEMINARS
(ENGLISH)

SEMINAR-SEMINAR
​(BAHASA MALAYSIA)

THE GREAT REVOLT
Seminar One of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Seminar One lays the metaphysical and theological foundations for the entire seminar by asking whether God exists and how He can be known, before unveiling Him as Trinity and Creator of both the visible and invisible realms. It traces the drama of creation, covenant with the first parents, the fall, and the entry of evil, showing humanity’s loss of original gifts and the emergence of sin as an absence of good rather than a created thing. By the end, the narrative has moved from natural theology to a deeply biblical account of angelic rebellion and human rupture, yet it already hints at a divine rescue, preparing the way for the historical covenants that follow in Seminar Two.
PEMBERONTAKAN BESAR
Seminar Satu siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita (AMDK)
Seminar Satu bermula dengan soalan asas, sama ada Allah benar‑benar wujud dan bagaimana kita boleh mengenali-Nya. Ia menerangkan bahawa Allah adalah Allah Tritunggal dan Pencipta segala yang kelihatan dan tidak kelihatan. Kemudian diceritakan tentang penciptaan, Adam dan Hawa, perjanjian pertama, kejatuhan manusia, dan bagaimana dosa serta kejahatan masuk ke dalam dunia. Di sini juga disentuh tentang malaikat yang jatuh dan gangguan setan terhadap manusia. Semua ini membuka jalan bagi kisah seterusnya tentang bagaimana Allah merancang untuk menyelamatkan manusia, yang diteruskan dalam Seminar Dua.​​
THE DIVINE RESCUE
Seminar Two of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Building directly on the primal revolt and the protoevangelium in Genesis, Seminar Two narrates God’s determined response through a sequence of covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David, each widening the scope of His family from one household to a kingdom. The familiar stories of flood, exodus, and entry into the Promised Land are read less as moral tales and more as stages in a single salvific strategy, by which God slowly forms a people capable of bearing the Messiah. The Ten Commandments, land, and kingship are presented as both gifts and tests, since Israel’s recurrent infidelity makes clear that even a well-ordered law cannot finally heal the heart, thereby creating a growing expectation for a definitive Saviour that sets up Seminar Three.
PENYELAMATAN ILAHI
Seminar Dua siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita (AMDK)
Seminar Dua meneruskan cerita tentang kejatuhan manusia dengan menunjukkan bagaimana Allah tidak menyerah, tetapi mengadakan beberapa perjanjian, bermula dengan Nuh, kemudian dengan Abraham, Musa, dan Daud. Setiap perjanjian ini menjadikan umat Allah semakin berkembang, daripada satu keluarga menjadi satu bangsa dan kerajaan. Kisah-kisah air bah, keluaran dari Mesir, dan kemasukan ke Tanah Perjanjian dijelaskan sebagai langkah-langkah dalam rancangan penyelamatan, bukan sekadar cerita lama. Pemberian Sepuluh Perintah dan pengasasan kerajaan Israel adalah berkat, tetapi juga dugaan, kerana Israel sering tidak setia. Keadaan ini menimbulkan kerinduan akan seorang Penyelamat sejati, yang diperkenalkan dalam Seminar Tiga.​
THE AWAITED SAVIOUR
Seminar Three of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Seminar Three begins where the royal covenant falters, situating Israel’s exile and prophetic literature within wider world history to show that judgment and displacement are themselves instruments in God’s pedagogy. The prophets are portrayed as heralds who deepen and purify Israel’s hope, promising not merely political restoration but a new covenant, a suffering servant, and an outpouring of the Spirit. Against this backdrop, the Incarnation, mission, passion, and resurrection of Jesus are presented as the precise fulfilment, albeit in unexpected form, of those messianic expectations. The seminar ends by wrestling with the reality and historicity of the resurrection, so that the Christ-event naturally leads into the birth of the Church and sacramental life explored in Seminar Four.​
PENYELAMAT YANG DITUNGGUKAN
Seminar Tiga siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita (AMDK)
Seminar Tiga bermula apabila kerajaan Israel sudah jatuh dan umat diusir dari tanahair mereka. Di sini diterangkan bahawa pengusiran dan hukuman bukan sahaja tanda murka, tetapi cara Allah mendidik umat-Nya. Para nabi diutus untuk menyeru agar Israel bertaubat dan berpaling kepada Allah, serta memberi harapan tentang perjanjian baru melalui seorang Hamba yang menderita, dan juga pencurahan Roh Kudus. Dengan latar ini, kelahiran Yesus, pelayanan-Nya, sengsara, dan kebangkitan-Nya dijelaskan sebagai jawapan kepada janji para nabi. Seminar ini juga membentangkan bukti-bukti bahawa kebangkitan Yesus itu merupakan suatu peristiwa yang nyata. Akhirnya, kisah Yesus membawa kita kepada kelahiran Gereja dan sakramen, yang diterangkan dalam Seminar Empat.​
THE DIVINE UNION I
Seminar Four of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Having shown Christ’s paschal mystery as the answer to Israel’s hope, Seminar Four turns to the Church as the final covenantal form into which the redeemed are gathered. The Church is described as born from the pierced side of Christ and ordered toward His return, living temporally yet oriented to eternity. This immediately requires an account of her inner life, so the liturgical year, last things, creeds, and sacraments are treated as the concrete ways by which Christ continues to govern, sanctify, and teach His Body. The seminar concludes by introducing the sacraments of initiation in particular, which then justifies a more detailed sacramental theology in Seminar Five.​
KESATUAN ILAHI I
Seminar Empat siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita
Seminar Empat menunjukkan bagaimana melalui salib dan kebangkitan Yesus, lahirlah Gereja sebagai keluarga baru Ilahi. Gereja wujud di dunia sekarang, tetapi sentiasa menunggu kedatangan semula Yesus. Kehidupan sebagai Gereja di dunia ini mengkehendaki agar kita menurut rentak kehidupan yang tertentu. Oleh kerana itu, diterangkan tahun liturgi, perkara-perkara akhir seperti syurga dan neraka, dan ringkasan iman dalam pengakuan/kredo kita. Sakramen-sakramen juga diperkenalkan sebagai cara Yesus hadir dan bekerja dalam Gereja-Nya. Pada akhir seminar ini, tumpuan diberi kepada sakramen-sakramen inisiasi, terutamanya Baptisan, Penguatan, dan Ekaristi, yang menjadi asas kepada penerangan lebih mendalam tentang sakramen dalam Seminar Lima.​
THE DIVINE UNION II
Seminar Five of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Seminar Five continues the sacramental trajectory by examining each sacrament in depth, beginning with the Eucharist as “source and summit” and unfolding the inner structure of the Mass as a real making-present of Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice. Holy Orders and Matrimony are then shown as sacraments of service that configure particular lives to Christ’s priestly and nuptial self-gift for the sake of the Church. Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick are treated as sacraments of healing that address sin and suffering without collapsing into magical guarantees of physical cure. In this way, the seminar presents the sacraments as the ordinary economy of grace that sustains the communion introduced previously and prepares for the broader Catholic life of prayer and devotion developed in Seminar Six.​
KESATUAN ILAHI II
Seminar Lima siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita
Seminar Lima - Kesatuan Ilahi II - memberi tumpuan khusus kepada tujuh sakramen Gereja. Ekaristi dijelaskan sebagai sumber dan kemuncak hidup Kristiani, dan Perayaan Misa Kudus dijelaskan langkah demi langkah supaya umat memahami apa yang terjadi di altar. Sakramen-sakramen Tahbisan dan Perkahwinan dilihat sebagai sakramen untuk melayani orang lain, sama ada sebagai paderi atau sebagai suami isteri yang memberi diri bagi keluarga dan Gereja. Sakramen-sakramen Pengakuan dan Pengurapan Orang Sakit pula membantu menyembuhkan dosa dan menguatkan orang yang menderita, walaupun tidak semestinya menyembuhkan penyakit jasmani dengan segera. Dengan cara ini, seminar ini menunjukkan bahawa sakramen-sakramen adalah saluran rahmat harian dan menyediakan umat untuk melihat amalan doa dan devosi dalam Seminar Enam.​
THE LIFE OF COMMUNION
Seminar Six of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Having grounded Christian existence in sacramental grace, Seminar Six turns to sacramentals and the Church’s daily prayer as the texture of a life lived within that grace. It clarifies the distinction between sacraments and sacramentals, yet shows their continuity in disposing the faithful to receive divine life more fruitfully. The Our Father, Liturgy of the Hours, and the Rosary are presented not as optional pious extras, but as privileged ways of entering into Christ’s own prayer and the Church’s continuous praise. Devotion to the saints and especially to the Blessed Virgin Mary is then located within the communion of saints, such that heavenly intercession becomes the experiential bridge from sacramental life to moral transformation, which is the explicit focus of Seminar Seven.​
KEHIDUPAN DALAM PERSEKUTUAN
Seminar Enam siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita (AMDK)
Seminar Enam menerangkan bagaimana hidup dalam rahmat Sakramen diteruskan melalui sakramentali dan doa harian Gereja. Ia menjelaskan bahawa sakramentali seperti air berkat, rosari, dan tanda salib tidak sama dengan Sakramen, tetapi membantu kita membuka hati kepada rahmat Allah. Doa Bapa Kami, Ibadat Seharian, dan Rosari dihuraikan sebagai doa utama yang mengajar kita berdoa seperti Yesus dan bersatu dengan doa Gereja yang universal. Devosi kepada para kudus dan terutamanya kepada Perawan Maria yang Terberkati diterangkan sebagai hubungan keluarga dengan ahli-ahli Gereja yang sudahpun berada di syurga. Semua amalan ini membantu dalam transformasi umat, dan menyediakan jalan kepada perbincangan tentang kehidupan moral dalam Seminar Tujuh.​
THE MORAL LIFE
Seminar Seven of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Seminar Seven takes the preceding doctrinal and devotional formation and asks what kind of life it ought to generate, introducing Catholic moral theology as the art of living in communion with God and neighbour. It begins with the basic structure of the moral life, then treats sexuality, marriage, and family as privileged arenas where the unity of love and life, taught sacramentally, must be honoured in practice. Contemporary issues, including contraception, bioethics, gender ideology, and same-sex relationships, are analysed through the lenses of natural law, magisterial teaching, and the intrinsic dignity of every person, including the unborn and the poor. Moral exhortation here is consistently grounded in grace and chastity rather than mere legalism, thereby preparing for a final seminar that turns outward to mission and witness.​
KEHIDUPAN BERMORAL
Seminar Tujuh siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita (AMDK)
Seminar Tujuh menjelaskan bahawa iman bukan hanya berkenaan dengan pengetahuan dan doa, tetapi harus tampak dalam cara kita hidup setiap hari. Di sini asas moral Katolik diterangkan, termasuk kebebasan, hati nurani, dan rahmat. Kemudian perhatian diberi kepada isu-isu seperti seksualiti, perkahwinan, dan rumahtangga, supaya umat memahami hubungan antara suami isteri dan betapa pentingnya keterbukaaan kepada kehidupan. Isu-isu semasa seperti kontrasepsi, pengguguran, rawatan perubatan moden, identiti jantina, dan hubungan sejenis disentuh dengan bahasa yang jelas dan penuh hormat, dengan menekankan martabat setiap manusia. Seminar ini menjemput umat agar hidup secara suci dengan bantuan rahmat, bukan hanya dengan mematuhi hukum semata-mata, dan mempersiapkan mereka untuk menjadi saksi di dunia, seperti yang ditekankan dalam Seminar Lapan.​
TELLING THE STORY
Seminar Eight of God Redeeming Our World (GROW)
Concluding the entire GROW seminar series, Seminar Eight draws the entire narrative outward, insisting that a life formed by Scripture, Tradition, sacraments, prayer, and moral conversion must become evangelical witness. It explores evangelisation as the Church’s ordinary vocation, then grapples with the salvation of those in other religions and of non-Catholic Christians, carefully articulating real but imperfect communion and the demands of authentic ecumenism. Care for creation is reframed as a dimension of evangelisation and of human ecology, rather than a merely secular environmental concern. The seminar culminates with vocational discernment and charisms, suggesting that each believer’s concrete calling is the personalised place where the whole story of “God redeeming our world” continues to unfold in history.​
MENYEBARKAN CERITA
Seminar Lapan siri Allah Menebus Dunia Kita (AMDK)
Dalam mengakhiri seluruh siri seminar AMDK, Seminar Lapan menunjukkan bahawa semua yang telah dipelajari, daripada sejarah penyelamatan hingga sakramen-sakramen dan moral, mesti berpuncak dengan misi. Setiap umat Katolik diseru agar memahami maksud penginjilan dan bagaimana berkongsi iman dengan cara yang bijaksana dan penuh kasih, walaupun dunia ini kadang-kadang menolak Injil. Isu tentang agama-agama lain dan umat Kristian bukan Katolik diterangkan dengan seimbang, mengakui ada unsur kebenaran dan kebaikan, tetapi juga keunikan Gereja Katolik. Penjagaan alam sekitar dijelaskan sebagai sebahagian daripada tanggungjawab iman, bukan agenda duniawi semata-mata. Akhirnya, seminar ini membantu umat mencari panggilan dan karisma masing-masing, supaya mereka dapat mengetahui kehendak Allah akan tempat dan cara pelayanan mereka masing-masing, sambil meneruskan cerita “Allah Menebus Dunia Kita” dalam kehidupan seharian.​

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