Catholic Bible Study?

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It doesn’t seem that Bible studies are all that common in Catholicism. Why not? Should we have more? Where can I find Catholic Bible studies online?
 
I took this course:

biblestudyforcatholics.com/

It is designed for parishes. I took the “Bible Timeline” course on all of salvation history including a full read of the Bible, and the Book of James, and the Acts of the Apostles. There are more, our parish has been plugging through them for several years now.

Website includes “Find a Bible study” feature.

This is hosted by Jeff Cavins, a Catholic convert. He inserts a lot of personal experience into his talks but there is plenty of solid scholarship as well. The drawback to these videos is that they do not include any subtitles or visual aids, not even Bible verses projected on the screen. If you cannot hear, then this is not a course for you.
 
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It doesn’t seem that Bible studies are all that common in Catholicism. Why not? Should we have more? Where can I find Catholic Bible studies online?
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They’re fairly common in my diocese, especially Little Rock Scripture Study, which we have found easy to use. We’ve really enjoyed it.

Maybe you and others can organize to start one in your parish, or find someone in your parish who would like to facilitate. (You can co-facilitate to share the responsibility.)

littlerockscripture.org/en/Default.aspx
 
:bible1::bible1:We have a very small parish, so we can’t afford the larger programs. BUT… we arrange our own. Now we are planning to do a study according to the mysteries of the rosary. We will do the Joyful mysteries during Advent, the Luminous during ordinary time, the Sorrowful during Lent, and of course the Glorious during the Easter season. Using the Catechism as a guide, I think we do pretty well. The challenge is bringing the OT into it.:bible1::bible1:
 
Once we borrowed “Our Father’s Plan” from a bigger parrish. It is a dvd set with Scott Hahn and Jeff Cavins, and Cavins uses the Bible Timeline which is brilliant! It really makes sense of the jumble of books that the bible is.:yup:
 
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I took this course:

biblestudyforcatholics.com/
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This is a really good program. 👍

I have the Great Adventure Bible Timeline course myself. It would be great if you could do it with a group at your parish, but if that doesn’t work out, going through it on your own works too. That’s what I’ve done. The set I have uses audio CDs instead of the videos (it was a bit less expensive that way), but I have seen some of the videos on EWTN. It’s true that there aren’t really visual aids on the videos – so the CDs work just as well.

What I like about it is that it isn’t one of those “Bible in a Year” plans that can be overwhelming and ultimately get abandoned. The fact that the course focuses on selected books to take you through the journey makes it a lot more approachable. And, you get so into it, that you end up wanting to read the rest! But based on the context of the books chosen for the course, you end up with a solid foundation for further study.

I also love that the whole thing is color coded, making it easier to remember what point you’re at in history while you’re reading. It also comes with a colored bracelet to help your remember what the colors stand for (although it’s too big for my wrist, haha). And the study materials and lectures help bring everything together. I’ve used it along with my Catholic Study Bible, and even though it’s not my preferred translation, the extra material study material in it really complemented the Bible Timeline course.

I’d really love to do more of their courses!
 
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