Color & Light

This Easter season we’ll study and meditate on five paintings that capture the joy and splendor of our resurrection faith.

• Leader: Calvin Smith – dre@stbridgetberryville.org.
• Thursdays @ 1:00pm beginning 5/1

Trinity House Gatherings

In five family gatherings over the course of the school year we’ll eat together, learn how to cultivate thriving, peaceful homes, and build a community of support and friendship. Childcare is provided for lesson times. It’s “family night, date night, and Bible study all in one.”

• Saturdays at 6:30pm
• Next gathering: 5/17
• Hobert Hall
• Contact Calvin Smith – dre@stbridgetberryville.org

The World According to Hobbits

“The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work” wrote J.R.R. Tolkien of his own creation. How so? In this class we step into the Middle-Earth in order to look back at our own world and understand what it means to live out a Catholic world-view. In the process we’ll read selections from the books, watch snips of the movies, find the inherent Catholicism in the story, and think deeply about life in our own world.

• Wednesdays @ 7:00pm in Hobert Hall
• Beginning 2/12
• Leader: Calvin Smith – dre@stbridgetberryville.org

Slowing Down to the Speed of Joy

Small Group book study. “The speed and busyness of our lives stand in direct opposition to what we say matters most. It’s time for a new strategy. It’s time to embrace the speed of joy. Slowing Down to the Speed of Joy isn’t just a book. It’s a way of life. It will quite simply and in every way imaginable change your life.”

• Leader: Erin Stroot – erin.stroot@gmail.com
• 6:00pm in the Stroot home (Berryville)
• 3 Meetings: 2/23, 3/30, 4/27

The Great Divorce

A class on C.S. Lewis’ classic dream-novel, which imagines a ghostly busload of passengers touring heaven. As they meet those in heaven we learn the many reasons that they – and we – often choose hell over joy. (NB: despite the title, this book is not about divorce.)

• Leader: Alice Doyle
• Thursdays @ 1:00pm. Hobert Hall.
• Beginning 2/13

Prayerful Yarn

Do you crochet, knit, or something in between? Join Prayerful Yarn as we make prayer shawls for the community. Our group meetings will be once a month with time for prayer and watching The Chosen. Everyone is welcome! Please email Alyssa Lutz for more details.

• Monthly meetings on Tuesdays at 6:00pm
• Hobert Hall classroom
• Leader: Alyssa Lutz: email

Walking with Purpose

Our mission is to help every Catholic woman encounter Jesus Christ through study of Sacred Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  Our vision for the future is that, as more Catholic women deepen their relationships with Jesus Christ, eternity-changing transformation will take place in their hearts- and by extension- their families, communities, and ultimately, our nation

There is no actual walking involved!  We use a study guide to do daily 15-minute lessons 5 days a week, then we come together once a week in small groups to discuss what we’ve learned.  Each meeting is a gift of time to refresh, grow, and worship, free of judgment or pressure. WWP is a No-Judgement Zone.  We welcome all women, of any faith, background, age, or status, interested in studying God’s Word as taught by the Catholic Church.

We will be using the study guide Discovering Our Dignity.

The study starts in September 2024 and ends in May 2025.

In Discovering Our Dignity we will discuss how Women of the Old and New Testaments were as flawed and broken as we can be, yet the power of God worked in their lives. Discovering Our Dignity will allow you to learn from their experiences and uncover ways to deal with unwanted circumstances and deferred hopes.

Through their stories recorded in Scripture, women of the Bible reach out to touch our “present” in a tender, honest, and loving way-woman to woman-with ancient wisdom, sage advice, and insights from sorrowful failures and emotional wounds.

Learn how God worked in the lives of Biblical women:

• Sisters Leah and Rachel overcame jealousy when they learned that God offered all that they really needed.
• Abigail’s faith was so strong she didn’t despair, no matter how unpleasant life was with her husband.
• Deborah had been given grace by God to act as His prophet, for the good of her people.

Come every week or when you can. It doesn’t matter if you know much or little about Scripture. This fall we are offering two options:

• Thursday 10:15 – 11:45am OR Thursday 7:00-8:30pm in Hobert Hall
• All women are welcome to join this Bible Study,
• Leaders: Marcia Cochran – Click to email or Sarah Jawaid – Click to email.

For more information on ordering the book or questions please contact Marcia or Sarah.