Do you desire to find purpose and meaning in your adult spiritual life?  Whether one is taking new steps from adolescence into adulthood, building family or vocational milestones in the daily walk of midlife, or reflecting upon life experiences within the later years, what remains constant in our Catholic faith Tradition is the loving and merciful invitation from God to follow Jesus Christ.

Adult studies at St. Luke’s aims to provide learning, reflection, and sharing opportunities in both large and small group gatherings to help adults grow in relationship with Christ. Such opportunities range from Bible Studies that enrich your understanding of Sacred Scripture, to Catholic teachings that help us better appreciate essential and mystical components of our rich Catholic Tradition, to casual small group gatherings that allow participants to gain practical life application from the mass readings, classic and modern Christian literature, and all sorts of spiritual topics related growing in Christ.

Meeting together in this way not only builds our knowledge of God but strengthens our faith, brings transformation to our spiritual lives, imparts a sense of community among participants, and ultimately enables us to be close to God and an encouragement to those around us.
Please consider joining no matter what adult stage of life you are at. While the amount of offerings vary throughout the year, new ideas for adult studies at St. Luke’s are ever growing.
For further questions or information email

Tony Joseph - Adult Studies Leader at  anthony1joseph1@gmail.com

Start the NEW YEAR with new perspective with 2 winter ADULT STUDIES offerings at St. Luke's:

Kingdom of Happiness: Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life

You are invited to the Kingdom of Happiness, a program that unveils Jesus’ plan for happiness in the Beatitudes. In a world that offers fleeting pleasures and false promises in place of true happiness, it’s time more than ever to turn to the Beatitudes and enter into the Kingdom of Happiness. The program:

• Shows how the Beatitudes are the path to happiness charted by Christ himself;

• Exposes the “anti-Beatitudes” as man’s false promises of happiness that lead only to misery; and

• Inspires a renewed resolve to live the Beatitudes through video profiles of real-life people living the Beatitudes.

Featuring teaching videos by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, and powerful profiles of normal people living out the Beatitudes in heroic ways, Kingdom of Happiness informs about the Beatitudes and shows the way to live them and achieve true happiness. 

Facilitator	Peter Flynn at petergflynn@gmail.com
Time & Place	Monday evenings at 7:00 - 9:00 PM Parish Center Room 23
Dates	January 27 to March 30
Materials	Study Guide is approximately $38.  Ordering details will be emailed when you register.

Untold Blessings

Our Ultimate goal is to be a saint.  It is our greatest calling and what our Creator desires for us.
 
In this study, Bishop Robert Barron paints the beautiful and mysterious image of what it takes to be a follower of Jesus Christ. He lays out three intriguing paths to holiness:

1. Finding the Center

2. Knowing You're a Sinner

3. Realizing Your Life is Not About You

The session structure is a  30 minute video followed by discussion.
No fee, materials, or structured pre-work or homework for these sessions.

Facilitator	Tony Joseph at anthony1joseph1@gmail.com
Time & Place	Sunday mornings at 10:15 to 11:15am- Parish Center Room 23
Dates	January 12 to March 1
Materials	No Cost or materials needed

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, or RCIA, is the process by which new people are initiated into the Catholic Christian community. People in the program, referred to as candidates, come from other Christian traditions or may have been baptized Catholic, and others, the catechumens, are unbaptized. Their journey of faith can be an inspiration to the rest of the faithful at St. Luke’s parish. Our candidates and catechumens are visible signs of our faith community, Christ’s Church, growing and becoming enriched.   For more infomation on this program please click here.