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Scripture and Religious study groups usually meet in the St. Joseph Room. We encourage you to join any that fit your schedule. New studies are ongoing, so check back often to see what the next study will be. If there are books or materials associated with a current or future study, you can order those resources on this page or through our Director of Adult Faith Formation.
While we often focus on Scripture Studies in our meetings, we periodically diversify our offerings by looking at things such as Church councils, Church history, moral and theological Church teachings pertinent to our times, prayer, discipleship, evangelization, holiness, and more. Our current studies are listed below.
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The Gospel of Matthew: The King and His Kingdom Study Program
by Jeff Cavins and Sarah ChristmyerThe Story of How Christ Established His Kingdom
The Monday evening group will begin on August 26th and will run from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in the St. Joseph Room.
The Wednesday morning group will begin September 4th and run from 9:30 to 11:30 AM in the St. Joseph Room.
In this 24-part study of the Gospel of Matthew, presenter Jeff Cavins explains how Jesus is challenging and empowering us to a new level of holiness and shows how we must be thoroughly immersed in the kingdom of heaven on earth, the Church, to live it.Components of the Matthew Bible study program include:
- Matthew: The King and His Kingdom videos, which consist of 24 separate videos presentations that are 50-minutes each.
- Matthew: The King and His Kingdom Workbook, which contains session summaries, home reading assignments, study questions and responses, and talk notes designed to accompany the videos.
Participants in the Matthew: The King and His Kingdom program should have a Catholic Bible and are encouraged to purchase the workbook. The workbook can be purchased through the Ascension Press website https://ascensionpress.com/collections/matthew-the-king-and-his-kingdom.
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RCIA - Stands for - Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. RCIA meets on Sundays at 9:15 AM beginning September 22, 2019. On November 10, will have the Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming. On that day and following, we will begin by meeting at the 8:00 AM Mass and will participate in "Breaking Open of the Word". Our regular class lecture will be held after that.
Although RCIA is generally intended for people who want to receive their Sacraments of Initiation and be fully received into the Catholic faith, we invite all parishioners to attend our sessions. This includes people who are Catholic and have all of their Sacraments of Initiation but also want to learn more about their faith.
For more information regarding any of the above programming, please contact our Adult Faith Formation Director, Sean McVeigh, at s.mcveigh@dbqarch.org or 319.377.4869.