Bible Studies and Catholic topical studies 2021 - 2022

Program: Dr. Brant Pitre from the Augustine Institute
Thursdays: Video begins at 9:15 AM followed by a discussion
Cost: FREE, materials will be provided for each session.
Location: St. Matthew library in the undercroft
Contact person: Lorraine Curtin at lorraine.curtin@icloud.com.

Would you like to get more out of the Sunday mass readings? Dr. Brant Pitre from the Augustine Institute presents an easy to understand commentary each week of all three Scripture readings with a robust teaching pairing together the Jewish Scriptures and the Jewish tradition along with the teaching of the early Church Fathers and the Catechism. See the connections to the whole story of salvation and develop your ability to hear and understand God’s Word.

Program: From the Institute of Catholic Culture, see lecturers in the chart below.
Evenings: 7 PM; session length varies - see chart below
Dates: One session per month -see chart below.
Cost: FREE, materials will be provided for each session.
Location: St. Anthony room in the undercroft (zoom link also available upon request for those unable to attend in person)
Registration: Julia Hoenig at 614-404-6366 or juliemayhoenig@reagan.com. Seating is limited. Please register early to be guaranteed a seat.

The Institute of Catholic Culture seeks to fulfill the Church’s call for a new evangelization by offering orthodox educational ‘courses’ structured upon the classical liberal arts.  The mission to restore the Catholic Church to her former glory begins by educating the faithful in the Church’s great inherited tradition enabling the Christian faithful to reach out an evangelical hand to those outside the Catholic Church.

For nine consecutive months, St. Matthew Parish will offer an evening lecture covering authentic Catholic history, theology, sacred scripture, literature and politics.  Each topic is independent of the others, so feel free to come and go as the topics appeal.  

Program: Rev. Sebastian Carnazzo, Ph.D. from the Institute of Catholic Culture
Tuesdays: 9:15 - 10:45 AM
Dates: Sept 28 - Dec 14 and Jan 11 - Feb 15
                         (no class Nov 23) 
Cost: FREE, homework will be assigned reading from the Acts of the Apostles and Paul's epistles
Location: St. Raphael room in the undercroft (zoom link also available upon request for those unable to attend in person)
Registration: Contact Julia Hoenig at 614-404-6366 or juliemayhoenig@reagan.com. 

As St. Peter once wrote: "So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand…" (2 Pet 3:15-16). This statement is as applicable today as it was two millennia ago. While St. Paul's letters contain great "wisdom," they also contain many things "hard to understand." But there is a solution to this age-old problem and it begins with answering important historical questions. Who was St. Paul? To whom, from where, and why was he writing? In this course, we will learn the answers to these critical questions as we study, in their original historical context, the Letters of St. Paul and find therein, as countless generations have before us, ancient and invaluable "wisdom" for our Christian lives today.

Program: Bishop Robert Barron from Wordonfire.com
Wednesday: 7 - 8:30 PM
Dates: Oct 6 - Nov 10
Cost: FREE, materials will be provided at each session.
Location: St. Gabriel game in the undercroft 
Registration: Contact Pat Martin at (614) 886-3881 or
irishspeaker1@gmail.com

Recent decades have witnessed a surge of the religiously unaffiliated, especially among young people. Many former believers have simply turned their backs on Christianity and no longer accept its teachings. But what are those teachings? And are they the same as what so many people reject?

In The Creed, a new film series blending both documentary footage and dynamic talks, Bishop Robert Barron guides viewers into the depths of the Nicene Creed, a fourth-century statement of faith that has profoundly influenced both Eastern and Western spirituality, theology, and liturgy.

Explore the meaning of “belief” and whether it contradicts reason; the creative love of God the Father; the shocking mystery of his Son’s Incarnation and the great drama of his Crucifixion and Resurrection; the life-giving power of the Spiritus Sanctus, or “Holy Breath,” shared between them; and the mystical reality of the Church, which calls all of humanity out of the world of sin to receive forgiveness and participate in Christ’s divinity—not only in the next world but here and now.

The Creed will help you rediscover the great intellectual and spiritual depths of Christian doctrine and reclaim the unity, clarity, and conviction of the Christian faith.

Discovering the Mass in the Bible 
Acclaimed author and teacher Dr. Brant Pitre digs down to the biblical roots of the Eucharist, through its foreshadowing in the miraculous events of the Old Testament, the Gospels, and Apostolic teaching.

"The Lamb of God," "The Bread of Life," "The Body and the Blood of Christ"... these are phrases we know from the Mass. But do we understand what they mean in the greater and deeper context of Scripture and Church teaching? We'll discover firsthand how Christ's Body and Blood are an integral and wondrous part of God's plan for our salvation.