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St. Thomas More Study GroupI will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Psalm 32:8
Facilitators:Kathy Siemer
JoeCarol ThorpSTUDY SESSIONS FOR FALL 2024 AND SPRING 2025:
EPIC: A Journey Through Church History - Church History Taught from a Solidly Catholic Perspective
This is a 20-week program and will be offered in 2 parts,
Part 1: September 14, 2024 to November 24, 2024
Part 2: January 25, 2025 to March 22, 2025
Classes are virtual on Saturdays 9:00-10:30 AM.
You may register for the Spring Session even if you did not attend the Fall Session
To register, please click here.
Some background: In August 2020, two STM parishioners initiated the Zoom Bible studies during the COVID pandemic. Prior to this, STM Bible studies were primarily held at our parish (in person).About this study group: Our focus is to learn more about our loving God by studying the Bible. We use the Catholic-based Ascension Press Bible Series because their format is user-friendly and includes books, workbooks, and online video access for each study session.
We do two study sessions within a 12-month period (in the spring and fall); and the number of weeks per study varies according to the subject chosen. The study group is limited to 12 participants per session.
Each study session has a workbook that guides the participants with weekly homework assignments (readings, questions, and video), which we review during our Saturday sessions. We meet via Zoom on Saturdays from 9:00am–10:30am. All participants are required to obtain their own study materials from Ascension Press for that particular session (https://www.ascensionpress.com).
We have no theological leader in our group, so we place our complete trust in the Holy Spirit and the Holy Family. We start and close all our sessions with simple prayers to the Holy Spirit, Our Lord, Mother Mary, and St. Joseph – invoking their help and guidance. To keep us on tract (‘theologically’), the answers to each study question is located in the back of the workbook, which we check throughout our group discussion.
The following is a list of our past study sessions:
- James: Pearls for Wise Living - February 3, to April 20, 2024
- The Prophets – Sept 16, 2023 – November 18, 2023
- The Mass - Jan 28, 2023, to Feb 25, 2023
- Hebrews – Oct 8, 2022, to Dec 3, 2022
- No Greater Love - Mar 19, 2022, to Apr 30, 2022
- Bible Timeline - Sept 11, 2021, to Mar 5, 2022
- No Greater Love - April 17, 2021, to May 15, 2021
- Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life - Jan 1, 2021, to Mar 13, 2021
- Revelations - Oct 10, 2020, to Dec 19, 2020
Our upcoming study sessions will be announced in our parish ebulletin or just click here to contact us.