Today Bishop Boyea’s Year of the Bible reaches Chapter 12 of the Book of Genesis and the unfolding of the great story of Abram/Abraham. To help explain this story and its significance to us today, here’s a great explainer video by Father Jim Rolph, Chaplain to Powers Catholic High School in Flint.

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