Remember middle school? Many parents would rather not. It’s often a rough ride, filled with insecurity, peer pressure, awkwardness, and world-rocking change. This book provides practical, hands-on advice for helping your child through this minefield―with information about what he or she is really going through, but isn’t likely to share.

Best-selling learning-styles expert Cynthia Tobias and veteran teacher Sue Acuña reveal what they’ve found by listening to kids when parents aren’t around―and give you insider tips on how to bless your middle-schooler with success in class, at home, and in relationships.

Topics include:

• advice for keeping communication lines open

• predictable physical and social issues

• solutions for problems like self-centeredness and over-the-top emotions.

 6 Sessions       PARENTS

Starts:  Sept. 2025

THIS GROUP NEEDS A LEADER

Give Up Worry for Good! will help you learn that it is possible to stop worrying. And Zimak will give you the tools you need to do it.

Drawing deeply from Scripture, Zimak challenges you to walk in confidence with the Holy Spirit and to share what you’ve discovered with others—even as you continue to work on your own to break that worry habit once and for all. Get rid of the stressful, energy-sapping behaviors that keep you on edge and rob you of joy by cultivating habits of contented, peaceful living every day with promises from the Word of God:

•  Turn to God for help.

• Do what you can.

• Expect difficulties.

• Surrender.

• Look back with thanks and trust.

Give Up Worry for Good! will keep you focused and motivated as you seek victory over anxiety.

8 Sessions  ADULTS

Starts:  Sept. 2025

THIS GROUP NEEDS A LEADER

Quiet Strength, Men's Bible Study explores six tough questions men ask. Each of the six

Bible studies is crafted especially for men, and provides biblical answers, relationship- building discussion questions, fun activities, and character-building insights from the life of Super Bowl XLI Winning Head Coach Tony Dungy.

On your own or with a group, you can discover the answers to these questions:

• What is my game plan?

• What is my strength?

• What is success?

• Where is my security?

• What is my significance?

• What is my legacy?

  6  Sessions     MEN

Starts:  Sept. 2025

THIS GROUP NEEDS A LEADER

In this edgy, honest, and often audacious book of Catholic spirituality, blogger and popular podcaster Maria Morera Johnson explores the qualities of twenty- four holy women who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult circumstances.

Through humorous, empowering, and touching portraits of twenty-four spiritual mentors who inspired her, Johnson shows how their bravery, integrity, selflessness, perseverance, and hope helped her and can help others have courage to reach for a closer connection to God.

She presents remarkable holy women and saints in a way that brings their vivid personalities to life and helps readers live out the challenges of their lives with virtue and conviction.

Two of these women are:

•  the gun-toting Servant of God Sr. Blandina Segale, who tried to turn the heart of Billy the Kid; 

• Nazi resister Irena Sendler, who helped smuggle children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II—in a way that brings their vivid personalities to life and helps readers live out the challenges of their lives with virtue and conviction. 

6  Sessions     WOMEN

Tuesday, 6:30 PM

Starts:  Sept.  16, 2025

Leaders: Lisa Packer & Mary Dunnigan

Location: Parish Hall 1

This fall, prepare for a heavyweight title bout unlike any other! 

Have you ever considered that the early church wasn't always a singular, perfectly aligned entity? Many believe there was essentially one early church, later imperiled by false teachings. But what if the New Testament itself was a developing statement, reflecting the rich, sometimes complex, tapestry of early Christian belief?

"St. Paul versus St. Peter" – a profound Bible study series delves into the lives, ministries, and theological contributions of these two towering figures of early Christianity.

Though united in faith, Peter, the Apostle to the Jews, and Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, led remarkably divergent missions. Their relationship was a fascinating blend of cooperation, tension, and mutual transformation, shaping the very foundation of the Church. 

6 Sessions   MEN

Monday Evening

Thursday Daytime

Thursday Evening

Starts:  Sept.  15, 2025

Leaders:  Andy McGowan  & Joe Meister  

The women in the Bible asked the same three questions we all still ask today: How does everyone else see me? How do I see myself? How does God see me?

Naomi’s story, found in the book of Ruth, is a story of lost identity. She lost her husband and her sons, which in her culture left her completely without a home or a means to support herself. She was a Hebrew woman in Moabite territory, alone among strangers. She reacted by letting her circumstances define her. But even in her angry, fearful, rather dramatic season of feeling like the victim, God kept showing his faithfulness.

Follow Naomi in this 4-session Bible study (DVD/video streaming sold separately) as she journeys from comfort and security to despair and bitterness; from hopeless drifting to faithful obedience; and from loss to redemption in one short lifetime. You’ll learn that when we go through trauma, loss, and hardship, it’s normal to feel Just.   So.   Done.  Yet God remains close. He is not done. He can and will redeem even in our darkest circumstances.

Sessions include:

1. When Hard Times Hit

2. Behind the Scenes

3. Better than Being Fixed

4. From Bitter to Blessed

 4 Sessions     WOMEN

Thursday, 11:00 AM

Starts:  Sept. 18, 2025

Leader: Barb St. Louis

Location:  Vesting Room

The Mass is nothing short of amazing. Through it, we encounter God in the most intimate way possible as we hear him speak to us in the Liturgy of the Word and as we receive him Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Holy Eucharist.

The words, the gestures, and the rituals of the Mass are rich in meaning. Everything we say and do in the Liturgy is steeped in biblical language. A Biblical Walk Through the Mass explores the extraordinary biblical roots of the Liturgy and reveals what it all means and why it all matters. This fascinating tour of the Mass will renew your faith and deepen your love for and devotion to the Holy Eucharist.

Filmed at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, this

10th anniversary edition of A Biblical Walk Through the Mass is newly revised and updated.

10 Sessions   ADULTS

Wednesday, 10:30 AM

Starts:  Sept.  17, 2025

Leader:  Ginny Degnan 

What if God is saving the best for last? 

The last book of the Bible unsettles many people, but the message that Revelation really brings is hope.

In this six-session video Bible study, Bible teacher and author Margaret Feinberg digs into John's Revelation to show us how the final book of the Bible reminds us of God's power and promises during times of great suffering and persecution.

This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including the study guide itself, an individual access code to stream all videos, and Scripture memory cards.

Topics include:

• • Tempted to Give Up on God?

  • Have You Lost Perspective?

  • When Life's Not Fair

  • How to Overcome the Enemy

  • When All Hell Breaks Loose

  • The Promises of Heaven

6 Sessions     ADULTS