Adult Catholic Education Series
Join Jack and Karen Henz – our parish’s husband and wife catechist team: Certified Catechist Trainers and Graduates of Kino Catechetical Institute. Learn the truth about your faith from an adult perspective, where your questions are discussed and answered. A mature adult Catholic faith is a blend of both ‘head and heart’ knowledge.
The classes are a series of focused, two-hour Bible Studies, over a number of sessions, which typically includes a video lecture presentation from a Catholic-based organization such as Ascension Press, Word on Fire, the Augustine Institute and others. All the content carries a review and approval by Catholic Bishops or their representatives.
Time is provided for an overall, group discussion of the video with prepared questions; individual questions and impressions are encouraged so everyone can learn from each other.
Workbooks, and sometimes other books are included in the Registration cost. The parish provides beverages and handout materials without charge.
All classes meet in the upper classrooms, 7-8-9 (next to the Faith Formation Office).
No fee is required to join the class if you already have the books, want to share them, or simply want to listen to the video and discussion.
In the past the same class was offered on Thursday mornings and evenings. In Fall 2023, there will be two different classes offered in the morning and evening.
The Fall 2023 Thursday MORNING Class
The Bible and the Mother of God with Brant Pitre
Why is Mary so important to Catholics, and why have so many people been devoted to her over the centuries? In this series, Dr. Brant Pitre examines what the Old and New Testaments, the life of Christ and the early Church Fathers reveal about the life and identity of Mary. He will also discuss the Sacred Scriptural and Sacred Traditional basis of the 4 Catholic doctrines about Mary. Topics will include: The New Eve, the New Ark, Mother of the Messiah, the Queen Mother, the Perpetual Virgin, Mother of Sorrows, and The New Rachel.
8 Sessions will meet most (but not all) weeks from from 9:15-11:30am, Sep 7 - Nov 16.
In order to get the most out of the class and discussion, some home study is required. This includes reading Bible verses and paragraphs from the Catechism in order to answer study questions, and pages from the Workbook and paperback.
Registration Cost: $15 for a Study Kit which includes an Augustine Institute, Lectio Study Workbook, and the paperback “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary”.
Free access to the videos is available on Formed.org.
The Study Kits can be purchased directly from Corpus Christi using the registration form below, and will be available in the first class on September 7. Please reserve your copies in advance by registering early.
The Fall 2023 Thursday EVENING Class
The Bible Timeline with Jeff Cavins
Are you someone who has just starting to listen, or are regularly listening, to Fr Mike Schmidt’s daily podcast, “The Bible in a Year”? Do you have questions about some of Fr. Mike’s presentations, or want to have more discussion on them? Do you want to learn more about the meaning of certain Bible verses from a Catholic perspective in a comfortable adult group setting? This series of presentations may be just what you and others have been asking for.
In The Bible Timeline: The Story of Salvation, presenter Jeff Cavins will show you how fourteen of the Bible’s narrative books tell the biblical story from beginning to end. Using a unique color-coded chart, you will learn the major people, places, and events of the Bible and discover how they all come together to reveal the remarkable story of our faith. The Bible Timeline will teach you how to read and understand the Bible and introduce you to the wonderful narrative of the Bible in a way that will transform your life.
24 Sessions will meet most, but not all weeks from from 6:15-8:30pm, Sep 7 - May 2024.
Registration Cost: $40 for a Study Kit which includes an Ascension Press Study Workbook, a Bible Timeline chart from Genesis (Creation) to Revelation (100 AD), and 1-year on-line, video access at AscensionPress.com.
In order to get the most out of the class and discussion, home study is advised. It includes answering questions from the Workbook after reading Chapters and sometimes shorter books of the Bible, and some references from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
You will need a copy of a current Catholic Study Bible. Copies of the Catechism paragraphs to be read will be provided in advance of each class.
The Study Kits can be purchased directly from Corpus Christi using the registration form below, and will be available in the first class on September 7. Please reserve your copies in advance by registering early.
*NOTE: This class is also offered at the Wednesday morning, Coffee Break Women’s class with Anne Young, if you want to attend a morning session. Please attend this class to purchase your Study Kit.
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