Faith & Scripture Studies
For more information, please contact: Paul Ambro at paul@sthelenchurch.org or 281-485-8867
St. Helen Tuesday Faith & Scripture Study Group
Our St. Helen Scripture study group meets on selected Tuesday nights in St. Helen’s Braden Center at 7:30pm to learn more about and share in our understanding of the Bible and our Catholic Faith. Our current and next studies are listed below. To register for future class notifications, please email Paul Ambro at paul@sthelenchurch.org
Metanoia – A Journey With Christ Into Conversion
Starting Tue, Sep 19
Jesus invites each of us to an ever deeper and more profound conversion. This conversion – this metanoia – is a constant need. This continual need for conversion should be for us a source of hope and encouragement that keeps us seeking the transformative grace of God’s Holy Spirit. Metanoia will turn us from the things that keep us complacent and bring us into a radical relationship with Christ. Metanoia ultimately turns us to Jesus. This 10-part series will help deepen your understanding and experience of this process of ongoing conversion.
The accompanying book is highly recommended to use alongside this study: Living Metanoia: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in Christ. For more information or questions, please contact Paul Ambro at paul@sthelenchurch.org.
Our tentative schedule is listed below. Sessions will be held in St. Helen’s Braden Center from 7:30pm to 9pm. You can also subscribe to our Adult Faith Formation calendar here: St. Helen Adult Faith Formation Calendar
| Session | Date |
|---|---|
| Session 1 – Who Do You Say That I Am? | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Session 2 – What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life? | Sep 26, 2023 |
| Session 3 – Death & Life | Oct 3, 2023 |
| Session 4 – Sin & Mercy | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Session 5 – Jesus Prays | Oct 17, 2023 |
| Session 6 – Hunger & Thirst | Oct 24, 2023 |
| Session 7 – Jesus Calls & Empowers | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Session 8 – Jesus’ Power Over the Evil One | Nov 14, 2023 |
| Session 9 – This Teaching is Hard | Nov 28, 2023 |
| Session 10 – Do You Love Me? | Dec 5, 2023 |
St. Helen’s Women’s Bible Study
Please join the Women’s Bible Study Group this Fall on Wednesday Mornings. We will be exploring Mary – A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother (Ascension Press). Meet and Greet with introduction to the study and 1st video session on Wednesday, August 23, 9:15am in Braden Center. A dedicated attendance meets requirements for Parent’s Sacramental Prep Hours. We will discuss zoom attendance at this meeting for those in need of Child Care. For more information on the study or how to order the workbook ($25) contact Tina Little (281-773-4014).
Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother is an extraordinary pilgrimage that reveals Mary’s unique role in God’s kingdom and in our lives. Filmed on location in the Holy Land, Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother will place you in the midst of the powerful drama of her earthly life, taking you through her joys … and her sorrows. You will learn how she works in our lives today, drawing us ever closer to her divine Son. Seeing Mary in this way will change you forever. Mary will become a part of your daily life, and in your daily life, you will become more like Christ.
| Session | Date |
|---|---|
| Session 1: Introduction | August 23, 2023 |
| Session 2: The Annunciation | September 6, 2023 |
| Session 3: The Visitation | September 20, 2023 |
| Session 4: The Nativity | October 4, 2023 |
| Session 5: The Presentation & The Finding of Jesus in the Temple | October 18, 2023 |
| Session 6: The Wedding at Cana | November 1, 2023 |
| Session 7: Mary at the Cross | November 15, 2023 |
| Session 8: Mary Crowned with Glory | November 29, 2023 |
| Session 9: Christmas gathering | December 13, 2023 |
Linda’s Bible Study Group
Starting in October!
WHEN YOU PRAY: A Clear Path to a Deeper Relationship with God
Cultivate a Rich and Lasting Prayer Life
You might find it difficult to find time to pray or you’re unsure what to do when you do pray. You might struggle to trust God and surrender to His will. Even the saints struggled in prayer, had complicated problems, and made mistakes. They were like us, but each time they fell, they got up again and learned to rely more on God’s grace, and eventually they were changed. What God did in countless saints, He wants to do in ordinary people like us. We will learn how to pray with the same consistency, trust, peace, and passion that led the saints to deep transformation in their souls. Begin your journey of prayer rejuvenation and strengthen your relationship with God so that you can give God your entire heart.
*All classes are held in the church parlor. To get to the church parlor, enter the side-entrance of the church under the bell tower, continue down the hall until you see the open double-doors on the left. NOTE: There will be no classes held on 11/23 or 11/24 due to it being Thanksgiving week.
Registration is required. Please register for this class at: https://tinyurl.com/prayer99Register
If you have any questions, please email Linda Asbach at lindabiblestudy99@gmail.com
This study is available in either evening or daytime sessions:
EVENING CLASSES on Thursdays 7:00-8:30pm or DAYTIME CLASSES on Fridays 12:00-2:00pm
| SESSION | CLASS 1 | CLASS 2 | CLASS 3 | CLASS 4 | CLASS 5 | CLASS 6 | CLASS 7 |
| EVENING | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/30 | 12/7 |
| DAYTIME | 10/20 | 10/27 | 11/3 | 11/10 | 11/17 | 12/1 | 12/8 |
Previously Offered Studies
- How to Get the Most out of Mass – Apr-May 2023
- Lectio Eucharist (Linda’s Study) – Spring 2023
- Forgiven / Presence (Mom’s study) – Spring 2023
- Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible: Jan – Mar 2023
- What We Believe: Dec 2022 – Feb 2023
- Fulfilled (a Theology of the Body study): The Promise of the Christian Life (Fall 2022)
- Difficult Teachings: The 40 Most Challenging Teachings of Jesus (Fall 2022)
- Book of Revelation (Fall 2022)
- Luminous Mysteries and Divine Mercy Chaplet study (May 2022)
- No Greater Love (Spring 2022)
- The Wild Goose, 14-part series about the Holy Spirit (Spring 2022)
- The Bible and the Early Church Fathers (Fall 2021 and Spring 2022)
- Humanae Vitae (Jan-Feb 2022)
- Eucharist In Scripture (Fall 2021)
- Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life (Spring 2020)
- Romans (Fall 2019)
- Revelation (Spring 2019)
- Fulfilled (Spring 2018 and Fall 2018)
- Forgiven (Fall 2017)
- Who Am I to Judge? (Spring 2017)
- Follow Me – Gospel of John (Fall 2016)
- Priest, Prophet, and King (Spring 2016)
- Year of Mercy (Fall 2015)
- A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother (Spring 2015)
- Exodus: Called to Freedom (Fall 2014)
- The Lamb’s Supper (Spring 2014)
- Oremus (Fall 2013)
- The Book of Proverbs (Spring 2013)
- Year of Faith (Fall 2012)
- Mighty in Power: The Miracles of Jesus (Spring 2012)
- Biblical Walk Through the Mass (Fall 2011)
- The Seven Last Words of Christ (Spring 2011)
- The Book of Job (Fall 2010)
- The Letter to the Hebrews (Fall 2009)
- Genesis to Jesus (Spring 2009)
- Year of St. Paul (Fall 2008)
- 2 Corinthians (Spring 2008)
- 1 Corinthians (Fall 2007 – Winter 2008)