2025 Fall Adult Formation Small Group Sign-ups

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NEW SMALL GROUPS WILL BE AVIALABLE, STARTING IN MID-DECEMBER, FOR THE NEW YEAR.

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, scroll down and 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.

Sign up for your class below. Find information about classes in this document (use + to increase the size, use the down arrow (to download the booklet) or print for a paper copy) or below. Some classes have size limits.

An overall look at class times and dates are listed in the document below (use + to increase the size, use the down arrow (to download the document) or print for a paper copy).

Closed Classes:

The Saint Monica Club - How to Wait, Hope, and Pray for Your Fallen-Away Loved Ones by Maggie Green| Level - Beginner | | Wednesdays: Oct. 8 - Nov.12, 2025 | 6:30-8:00pm at Holy Family Fireside Room| Leader(s): Cheryl Freund and (wait.hope.pray@gmail.comor (920 979-6648) and Annette Soldner

Acts of the Apostles from Little Rock Scripture Study and the New Collegeville Bible Commentary Acts of the Apostles| Level - Intermediate | Mondays: Sept. 8, 2025 – Nov. 3, 2025 | 6:30–8:00pm | Holy Family South Hall | Leader: Julie Baltz (baltzj63@gmail.com or (920) 960-4108)

The Acts of the Apostles is often referred to the Second Gospel of Luke or the Acts of the Holy Spirit. We will study the Acts of the Apostle and discover how the Holy Spirit acted through the apostles. The class will help you understand how the Catholic Church has grown out of its Jewish roots.

We will follow the Little Rock Scripture Study and video series The Acts of the Apostles. The book is not required. The New Collegeville Bible Commentary The Acts of the Apostles is an optional book to help build an understanding of scripture.

Materials Needed: There is no cost for this class. Optional book: New Collegeville Bible Commentary The Acts of the Apostles $9.95

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 the correct Liturgical Year.

The Infancy Narratives from Little Rock Scripture Study | Level - Beginner and long time Bible Students | Tuesdays: Sept. 23, 2025 – Nov. 4, 2025 | 6:00–7:30pm Holy Family St. Agnes Library | Leader(s): Tom Schuessler (schuess56@gmail.com or 920-210-4990) and Katy Schuessler

This group will read and reflect on Matthew chapters 1 and 2, and Luke chapters 1 and 2. In their infancy narratives in these chapters, we see the whole Gospel of Christ. Our reflections will challenge us to follow Mary’s example. Mary said “yes” to God and His will. We, too, can accept the Lord’s invitation to enter into a deeper relationship with Jesus as we move toward Advent. The commentary by Stephen Binz, The Infancy Narratives, provides insights on the texts and discussion questions for the group. When we meet, we will discuss this Scripture, and we will also pray together and support each other. Meeting Tuesdays for seven weeks, beginning September 23.

Materials Needed: Tom Schuessler will order your workbook. Cost: ~$14 to be paid to Tom.

The Saint Monica Club - How to Wait, Hope, and Pray for Your Fallen-Away Loved Ones by Maggie Green| Level - Beginner | | Wednesdays: Oct. 8 - Nov.12, 2025 | 6:30-8:00pm at Holy Family Fireside Room| Leader(s): Cheryl Freund and (wait.hope.pray@gmail.comor (920 979-6648) and Annette Soldner

The St. Monica Club is a club most Catholics don't want to be a member of but probably already are if they have a loved one who has left the Church. St. Monica is a model of both patience and persistence for all of us who have prodigal sons, daughters, friends, and extended family. She prayed, wept, and pleaded with her son and with God for over fifteen years. The power of her persistent intercessory prayer was indeed answered when her son Augustine became a Christian, and then a bishop. We know him as St. Augustine, Doctor of the Church. We too must persist which it isn't always easy, but it can be a means of developing a deeper prayer life and growing closer to God during the watchful waiting time. We will learn how to be a joyful witness to the Faith by our love for both our loved ones and for God. To be like Christ always proposing rather than imposing the Faith. This book will provide strategies for evangelizing the prodigals in your life, while nurturing your own spiritual needs as you wait in joyful hope for your loved one's return to the Church.

Materials needed: The Saint Monica Club - How to Wait, Hope, and Pray for Your Fallen-Away Loved Ones $14.95 Amazon or Sophia Institute Press
The participants will purchase their own books.

Mysteries of the Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries Paradisus Dei| Level - Intermediate | | Wednesdays: Sept. 17 - Oct. 29, 2025 (no class Oct. 1) | 7:00-8:00pm at Holy Family North Hall | Leader(s): Douglas Stadler (stadler.d@gmail.com or (920) 979-1357)

The Mysteries of the Rosary is an Immersive and Contemplative Experience
Filmed on location in the Holy Land, Rome, Lourdes, Fatima and Paris – it’s never been done quite like this before! From the Annunciation in Nazareth to the Shepherd’s Field in Bethlehem! From the Garden of Gethsemane to the Chapel of the Crucifixion and into the empty tomb! From St. Peter’s Basilica to the Pantheon and Catacombs! Praying your Rosary will never be the same.

Materials needed: There is no cost or materials for this class.

To Be Detrermined

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

Interior Freedom leads one to discover that even in the most unfavorable outward circumstances we possess within ourselves a space of freedom that nobody can take away, because God is its source and guarantee. Without this discovery we will always be restricted in some way and will never taste true happiness.
Author Father Jacques Philippe develops a simple but important theme: we gain possession of our interior freedom in exact proportion to our growth in faith, hope, and love. He explains that the strength between these three theological virtues is the heart of the spiritual life, and he underlines the key role of the virtue
of hope in our inner growth.

Materials needed: Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacques Phillippe | Price will vary $13.95-$18.95.

The Choice Wine from Paradisus Dei by Steve Bohlman| Level - Beginner | Tuesdays: Sept. 16- Nov. 4, 2025 6:00-7:45pm @ HF North Hall | Mike Immel (makimmel@att.net or (920) 579-0122) and Kathy Immel.

For couples engaged or married, this program will help to awaken their relationship and commitment to each other and God. Steve does a great job bringing our faith into our marriage. It is eye-opening and anyone who wants a better loving and lasting relationship would benefit. Participants will watch a 55-minute video and then break up into small groups to discuss.

Materials Needed: There is no cost or materials for this class.

This program 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!

No registration needed. Join at any time!

Materials Needed: $10 suggested donation if interested in a workbook

Based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Annotation Eighteen), the Lightworks program created by Father Joseph Tetlow, S.J. will lead “retreatants” through four weeks of daily prayer and weekly group spiritual direction. Rather than a book study, this program offers an at-home “retreat” format with three assigned Scripture readings per week, and reflections to accompany them. This group will be a good fit for women who already have an established habit of daily prayer and can commit to thirty minutes of prayerful reflection on the material five days a week for the duration of the program. The group meetings will involve sharing the fruits of prayer for the week and discerning God’s voice within the prayer experiences. The sessions are to be led by a certified spiritual director who has been trained in administering the program. (The reason the group needs to be very small is because of the nature of the sharing and discernment that goes along with the prayer material.)

Materials needed: There is not cost or materials for this class.

Walking with Purpose: Discovering Our Dignity | Level - Beginner | WOMEN ONLY | Fridays: Sept. 19 - May 15, 2026 following SMSA school calendar | 8:15-10:00am at St. Mary's Springs Academy | Leader(s): Allison Geiger (kageiger@att.net or (920) 810-7868), Laura Rector, and Katelynn Schneider

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 two 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. Mary’s “yes” to God—her fiat—changed everything. How else did her words and deeds influence Jesus and vice versa?
A series of talks accompanies this 22-lesson Bible study.

Materials needed: Walking with Purpose: Discovering Our Dignity by Lisa Brenninkmeyer| Cost: $45.00 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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