Diocesan Resources
How to Start and Sustain Parish Bible Study (2015)
National Bible Week 2015: How to Start and Sustain Parish Bible Study
The good news is that Bible study is already happening in every parish. As the pastor prepares the weekend homily, as lectors practice to proclaim the Word, as catechumens gather for faith formation, as religious educators instruct the young, as those who attend daily Mass offer their faithful attention, as parish leaders quietly use the Scriptures in their personal prayer—the Catholic faith community is reaping the rewards of Bible study. No parish has to invent the concept of Bible study from scratch, for it already exists. What parish leaders can do is create opportunities for guided and more purposeful explorations of Scripture. This will ensure that the supreme Christian vocation “to encounter, pray, and live the Word” (Lineamenta for the 2008 Synod, no. 24) is being nurtured in the fullness of Church Tradition.