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Classes
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The following Adult Religious Formation Classes are offered at the Shrine of Saint Bernadette. All classes will deepen your faith and further your knowledge.
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Classes
Entertaining Angels
In 10 well-researched lessons, Mike Aquilina and Fr. Mitch Pacwa draw on the saints, the Catechism, and Scripture to remind you of the precious gift God has given us in the good angels. You will also find that learning about them helps you discover more about the God who created them! Discover that angels are spiritual, personal, and immortal creatures, with intelligence and freewill, who glorify God without ceasing and serve him as special messengers of his saving plan!
Facilitator: Father Rick Zerwas
Course Length: 10 Sessions
Course Dates: Monday afternoons from 12:00pm to 1:00pm and Monday evenings from 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Course Location: Room B-12
Course Start Date: Monday, August 22nd, 2022
Registration: Please register and pre-purchase workbooks at the parish office. For more information, please call the Parish Office.
Course Description:
Every Sunday, Roman Catholics (like many other Christians) stand to profess their faith in the God who created "all things visible and invisible." We also confess our sins in the presence of "all the angels and saints." But how often do we really think about these unseen creatures who are always ready to help us?
Theology of the Body- Fulfilled Series: The Promise of the Christian Life
Facilitator: Brenda Sais
Course Length: 12 Sessions
Course Dates: Wednesday evenings from 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Course Location: Room A-11
Course Start Date: Wednesday, September 16th, 2022
Registration: Please call the Parish Office to register. For more information, please call the Parish Office.
Course Description:
The first words placed in the mouth of Christ in John’s Gospel are not: “Follow all these rules or you’re going to hell.” Rather, Christ probes our hearts with a question: “What are you looking for?” (John 1:38) Christianity is not primarily a religion of law, as it is so frequently considered. It is first and foremost a religion of longing. The purpose of God’s law is to point our longing toward real satisfaction and away from the counterfeits. The “whole life of the good Christian is a holy longing,” wrote Saint Augustine. “That is our life, to be trained by longing.” In this life-changing series, Christopher West takes you on an eye-opening tour of the first pillar of the Catechism of the Catholic Church – beginning with the “ache” of human longing and ending with a vision of the Creed like you’ve never heard – and in the process demonstrates beyond any shadow of a doubt that Christianity is not the backward list of prohibitions it is so often assumed to be. Rather it’s the religion of desire that holds out to us the hope of infinite bliss and fulfillment.
FOR ALL THE SAINTS" BOOK STUDY STORY OF A SOUL ST. THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX
Facilitator: Melissa Holt
Course Length:
Course Dates: 1st and 3rd Saturdays from 9:45am to 11:00am
Course Location: TBA
Course Start Date: Saturday, Ocotber 1st, 2022 (The Memorial of St. Thérèse)
Registration: Please call the Parish Office to register or for more information.
Course Description:
More than a century ago, St. Thérèse lived the simple and hidden life of a Carmelite nun in the small town of Lisieux, eighty miles from Paris. She died from tuberculosis when she was only twenty-four. Despite her short life, she is one of the most well-known and beloved saints of our time. Her spirituality of the "little way" of confidence and love led to her canonization in 1925, just twenty-eight years after her death. In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II proclaimed her a Doctor of the Universal Church, the only one of his pontificate. Thérèse's autobiography, Story of a Soul, is a spiritual classic and a "must read" for every Catholic seeking to grow in his or her relationship with Jesus Christ.
Book ICS PUBLICATIONS: ISBN: 978-0-935216-58-5
CATECHISM of the Catholic Church Study
Facilitator: Deacon Terry Palmer
Course Dates: Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm to 7:30pm and Thursday mornings from 10:00am to 11:00pm
Course Location: Wednesdays in A-14 and Thursdays in Room B-12
Course Start Date: Currently meeting and is continuous
Registration: No registration is required. For more information, please call the Parish Office.
Course Description:
Join us in exploring the beliefs of the Catholic Church as they are stated in the Catechism. Learn the important tenets of the Church, such as: Why are infants baptized? Does attending Mass wash away sin? What are plenary indulgences? Please bring your Bible and a Catechism book for this class.
Exploring Sunday’s ReadingsFacilitator:
Course Dates: Tuesday mornings from 10:00am to 11:00am
Course Location: Room C-5Course Start Date: Currently meeting and is continuous
Registration: No registration is required. For more information, please call the Parish Office.
Course Description:
Join us in gaining a deeper understanding of the following week’s Sunday Mass readings. We meet weekly throughout the year.
Exploring Sunday’s Readings with Deacon Rudy
Facilitator: Deacon Rudy
Course Dates: Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Course Location: Room C-4
Course Start Date: Currently meeting and is continuous
Registration: No registration is required. For more information, please call the Parish Office.
Course Description:
Join us in gaining a deeper understanding of the following week’s Sunday Mass readings. We meet weekly throughout the year.
Saint Bernadette’s Women’s GroupFacilitator: Marie Maestas
Meeting Dates: Thursday evenings from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Meeting Location: A-14
Meeting Start Date: Currently meeting and is continuous
Registration: For more information, please call the Parish Office.
Course Description:
The purpose of this group is to help us draw closer to God and get to Heaven. We will learn about the riches of our Catholic faith and the spiritual journey that leads to Heaven as taught by orthodox Catholic teachers, saints, and Doctors of the Church.