Christian Education
Fall 2010
Adult Education on Sunday mornings begins again after the summer recess on Sunday, October 3, 2010, at 10:00 AM. The mid-week Bible Study meets on Wednesday evenings beginning on October 6 at 6:30 PM (7:00 PM on Holy Days).
Except when noted, all adult-education classes meet in the Arch Room on the second floor of the Mission House, 133 West 46th Street. Access to the Mission House and the Arch Room is easiest via the Sextons’ Lodge, which is on the right-hand side of the narthex (vestibule) of the church, as one enters the church from 46th Street. Please ask a sexton or an usher for directions.
Studies in Church History
“The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin:
The Early Years”
Sunday, October 3, 1:00 PM, Saint Joseph’s Hall
Led by Mr. Dick Leitsch, parish archivist
This presentation is held in conjunction with the exhibition currently hanging in Saint Joseph’s Hall. The exhibition of images taken from the parish archives was curated by Terry Carlson and was sponsored by the Visual Arts Program of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin (VAP). VAP is led by Susan Wamsley and José Vidal.
“The Church in England during the Middle Ages
through the Lens of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales”
Sunday, October 10, 17, 24, and 31, 10:00 AM,
The Arch Room, Mission House, Second Floor
This four-part series will be led by parishioner Grace Bruni. October 10: Introduction; The Pardoner – sin, forgiveness, and despair; October 17: The Prioress – medieval anti-semitism; October 24: The Monk – monastic ideals and failures; October 31: The Wife of Bath – finding a place for women and the laity
Studies in Sacred Scripture
The Wednesday Evening Bible Study Class: “The Apocrypha”
Beginning Wednesday, October 6 at 6:30 PM
The Arch Room, Mission House, Second Floor
Led by Sister Deborah Francis, C.S.J.B. &
Sister Laura Katharine, C.S.J.B.
The class meets on Wednesdays, between 6:30 and 7:30 PM, following Evening Prayer (or between 7:00 and 8:00 PM on Holy Days, following the Evening Mass).
This year the class will be reading selections from the so-called “apocryphal” or “deutero-canonical” books of the Bible. Building on their reading of the Wisdom literature last year, the class will have the opportunity to study such central biblical themes as the end of prophecy and the rise of apocalypticism, in addition to wisdom themes in scripture.
“Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians”
Sunday, November 7, 14, and 21, 10:00 AM
The Arch Room, Mission House, Second Floor
Led by the Reverend Peter Powell
This series is designed to be an introduction to First Corinthians. The letter is an important part of the Pauline corpus and, in addition to its theological insights, provides the reader with an important perspective on early-Christian life and history. During Lent 2011, Father Powell returns to the adult-education class and will do a close reading of 1 Corinthians 15. The fall series will be good preparation for the Lent series, but is not a prerequisite.
Studies in Christian Spirituality
“Bishop Anthony Bloom’s Beginning to Pray”
Sunday, December 5, 10:00 AM
The Arch Room, Mission House, Second Floor
Led by Father Jay Smith
A brief introduction to a well-known work by a much-loved bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain.
