2025 Winter Adult Formation Small Group Sign-ups

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Holy Family is excited to present to you a variety of Small Group sessions.

Participants are requested to order their own materials before the start of the class, unless otherwise noted. Prices for books, listed below, do not include tax or shipping. Cheaper prices may be found by buying used books or by searching online. Please contact the group leaders with any questions regarding their class.

After you have selected your class, click on the "SUBMIT" button at the bottom of the page.

If you are in need of financial assistance to pay for the study, please contact Sabina at scarter@hffdl.org or 920-921-0580 ext. 501.

We hope you enjoy your study and being inspired by God.

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Gospel of Matthew Chapters 17-28 from Little Rock Scripture Study | Level - Beginner and long time Bible Students | Tuesdays: February 4, 2025 – February 25, 2025 | 6:30–8:00pm The Schuessler Home 706 Glenwood Dr, FDL | Leaders: Tom Schuessler (schuess56@gmail.com or 920-210-4990) and Katy Schuessler

We will learn how to go to adoration in an easy and clear learning style. We will spend short periods in adoration to get comfortable.

Materials needed: No cost or materials.

St. Teresa's of Avila's Nine Grades of Prayer is a series of videos and lessons which will help you explore the classic grades of prayer, including: vocal prayer, meditation, affective prayer, prayer of simplicity, infused contemplation, prayer of quiet, prayer of union, prayer of conformed union and prayer of transforming union.
St. Teresa of Avila has been called the Doctor of Prayer. This study intensifies as it progresses leading the participants into an ecstatic union with God. Narrated by Matthew Leonard, this class can help you make your lenten journey more meaningful.

There are 14 lessons, which will be covered in eight, 90 minute classes, starting February 3 and ending April 7 (no classes will be held on 3/3 or 3/10).
Workbooks can be purchased as digital or paperback. Currently books are $15.78 on Amazon and $21.97 through Science of Sainthood. topics of the sessions and more firmly commit to following Christ in your daily life.

Materials Needed: Julie Baltz will order the books. $16.65 due at 1st meeting or participants can order a digital or paperback. Final price TBD once order is placed. (After January 20 participants are responsible to order their own books.)

This is a Bible Study for looking at the upcoming Sunday Readings. Each week will use the investigations and comments of Bible scholars to learn the significant insights in each set of Sunday readings. We will further discuss and share how these readings apply to us and add enrichment to our lives. A great way to prepare for Sunday Mass!

Materials needed: Contact Dean to determine if you have or will need the Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word for Year C.

Gospel of Matthew Chapters 17-28 from Little Rock Scripture Study | Level - Beginner and long time Bible Students | Tuesdays: February 4, 2025 – February 25, 2025 | 6:30–8:00pm The Schuessler Home 706 Glenwood Dr, FDL | Leaders: Tom Schuessler (schuess56@gmail.com or 920-210-4990) and Katy Schuessler

Beginning with the Transfiguration of Jesus in Chapter 17, the Gospel of Matthew continues to reveal through Jesus' teachings what it means to be a disciple. This second part of the study of Matthew reveals a growing tension as Jesus ministers around Jerusalem, is arrested and crucified. We spend the last weeks on the Passion of Jesus beginning with his anointing in Chapter 26. Revealed as Emmanuel (God with us) at the start of the Gospel, Jesus will promise his continuing presence as the disciples are commissioned at the close of the Gospel. We will use the Little Rock Commentary for the study and reflection questions. We will also pray together and support each other, to help and encourage one another with challenges which we are facing.

Materials Needed: Tom Schuessler will order your workbook. Cost: ~$15 to be paid to Tom.

We live in a fallen world. This reality has become clearer in the last several decades as the secular world has sought to eradicate all traces of God and conquer Christendom. While this larger battle is mostly out of our control, we can take comfort in the fact that we are called to reign in another kingdom and leave the slavery of this world behind.

The best way to throw off the yoke of slavery this world seeks to bind us with is to live out the lessons Our Lord taught us in his Sermon on the Mount, most especially the Beatitudes. Sacred Scripture tells us that Christ “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6-7). He invites us to turn our won worlds upside down as well with the eight life-altering ways of living.

At times, the Beatitudes may seem paradoxical. Why would we want to be poor or meek? Why would we want to mourn? Why would we want to show mercy or be a peacemaker when the world rewards ruthlessness, and pure when it celebrates immorality? Why would we hunger for righteousness when the world has so much else to feed us with? And why would we want to be persecuted?

Yet Christ told us that those who live these ways of life would be blessed. This is what the word beatitude means – “blessed” – which also means “happiness.” If we have the courage to trust in his words and follow him, we will come to know what true happiness really is.

Embark on this 8-session journey with Father Jeffrey Kirby, who will show you the path to the kingdom and give you the strength and wisdom to turn your world upside down.

Materials needed: Contact Marian Freund about ordering your materials | Kingdom of Happiness- Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life| Tan Publishing | Cost: $20 | Final price TBD once order is placed.

If you have previously attended Marian's class, you do not need to sign-up.

An Introduction to Vatican II begins by focusing on the reasons which gave rise to Vatican II. Dr. Jem Sullivan examines the common misconceptions regarding the council, explores its general principles and themes, and finally considers the key documents which emerged from the council. Dr. Sullivan proposes and faithfully considers such probing questions as...

Why study Vatican II?
What is the relationship between the Church and the Modern world?
How can the Church defend the deposit of faith given the rise of science and the loss of religiosity?
What is the essence of the Sacred Liturgy and how can it be most faithfully preserved?
Are the ministers of the Church in need of reform?
Or is the Church itself simply "outdated"?

The Church's decision to form a council begins with Christ's commission to "preach the Gospel to all nations." The Magisterium is therefore given the task of teacher, and the responsibility of authentically interpreting the Word of God. Every Church council, including Vatican II, is first and foremost an ecclesial event that uniquely expresses, at a given moment in history, the divinely entrusted authority of the Magisterium and the communion of faith expressed in Church’s teaching office. If the Church is commissioned to teach, we as the Body of Christ must listen and continue to pass on the deposit of faith.

Materials needed: None

If you have previously attended Marian's class, you do not need to sign-up.

Reclaiming Feminism: The Church's Traditions and Teachings on the Dignity of Women from Tan Publishing | Level - Intermediate | Thursdays: starting May 8 - May 29, 2025 | 8:30 -10:00am | Holy Family St. Agnes Library | Leader: Marian Freund (meafreund@gmail.com or (920) 923-1775)

(Facilitated by Teresa Tomeo)
We've all heard about the "war on women," and most of us have been told that the Catholic Church is one of the main institutional oppressors of women. But it isn't true. There is indeed a war on women, but the Catholic Church stands firmly on the side of women against oppression!

The world has sold women a bill of goods. When it comes to abortion, birth control, or sex outside of marriage, women are told these actions or lifestyles are necessary for their true freedom. This so-called "freedom," however, has been narrowly defined by and limited to sexuality, and brings with it a host of physical, emotional and spiritual consequences.

In this elective, Teresa Tomeo takes a closer look at these "freedoms" and relates how medical science, sociological studies, and surveys performed by major secular institutions all show the truth of Catholic teaching concerning the fallout of the sexual revolution touted by radical feminists.

Compare for yourself what the culture says about the Church and women to what the Church really teaches about women.

Finally, Teresa Tomeo will help you understand the Scriptures in a new way in terms of Jesus' interactions with women. You'll be able to appreciate his desire for women to embrace their true dignity and identity as daughters of the King of Kings.

Materials needed: None

If you have previously attended Marian's class, you do not need to sign-up.

Inspired by the National Eucharistic Revival, Emmaus 90 is a 90-day journey from January 19, 2025 to April 24, 2025 that brings you, for those who seek to step closer to Jesus Christ through prayer, scripture and formation. It’s a personal commitment to grow in holiness with the support of hundreds of fellow participants("pilgrims") and the leadership of nationally-recognized educators. Invite one or two others to join your small group on this journey to Jesus, on the road to Emmaus.

We will offer a weekly Watch Party to view the live-streamed Thursday formation or you may watch it on your own. This will also be recorded and sent to your email. Although the first watch party is on January 23, the actual program starts on January 19.

Sign up by January 5 to receive the guidebook by January 19. An electronic copy will be sent to your email upon registering.

Materials needed: Participants order and sign up for Emmaus 90 directly from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (use this link to sign up) Cost: $20.00 + shipping

Consecration to Mary | Level - Beginner | Saturday: March 15, 2025 9:30-11:00 am | Holy Family South Hall| Leader: Dawn Meyer (jobbagee@icloud.com or 920-517-7557)

Have you consecrated yourself to Mary? This class will offer participants all they need to know about St. Maximilian Kolbe's formula for consecration to the Blessed Mother.

The goal of consecration is to welcome Mary into our lives and develop a trusting relationship with her. In doing so, we can "win the whole world for Christ through Mary!"

Materials needed: None

That Man is You! honestly addresses the pressures and temptations that men face in our modern culture, especially those relating to their roles as husbands and fathers. The program harmonizes current social and medical science with the teachings of the Church and the wisdom of the saints to develop the vision of man fully alive!

Materials Needed: Cost: A suggested $10 donation for the workbook can be made at any session if one is used.

Join at anytime!

Throughout Church history, men and women have spent their lives on mission, committed to spreading the gospel message. They were disciples who made disciples. What does that look like for the Catholic woman today? How do we practically follow in their footsteps, ensuring that the message of Jesus Christ continues to reach every nation and generation?

Passionate Discipleship is a Bible study focused on equipping women to know Christ and to make Him known. Throughout this Bible study, we will study 2 Timothy verse by verse as we immerse ourselves in Paul’s last and deeply personal letter to his beloved friend and mentee, Timothy.

Passionate Discipleship is ideal if you...

-Want to explore the heritage of faith we have received from the Church

-Desire to become a true, dynamic disciple of Jesus Christ

-Are ready to pass the torchof faith to the next generation

Materials needed: Walking with Purpose: Passionate Discipleship by Lisa Brenninkmeyer| Cost: $25.00 plus shipping

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Leaders will contact particpants via email before the start of their group with any extra details. They are also available for any questions regarding book purchases. If you do not hear from your group leader, before the class, please contact them. Use this link https://www.hffdl.org/sm for leader information. Thank you leaders!

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