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Lent Reading Groups; Are Lent groups a Protestant thing?
Topic Started: Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 10:10 (216 Views)
Rootfroot	Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 10:10 Post #1
Posts: 37 Group: Members Member #220 Joined: February 16, 2009	Lent reading groups have historically been the preserve of Protetants. Why is that? Are you a Catholic who is taking part in a Lent Group this year? If so, what are you reading?
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SeanJ	Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 19:20 Post #2
Moderator Posts: 866 Group: Moderator Member #208 Joined: September 26, 2008	1. Until fairly recently, priests never encouraged Catholics to read anything tougher than a CTS booklet. 2. I am a Catholic but I had not planned to take part in a Lenten reading group. 3. What would you suggest? Would you be willing to lead a reading group on this forum? Sean



KatyA	Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 19:32 Post #3
Administrator Posts: 5,390 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Is a reading group similar to the discussions we are having onActs of the Apostles and The Gospel of Luke ? Excuse my ignorance, but I've never actually heard of a reading group in a parish. KatyA



Rose of York	Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 20:41 Post #4
Administrator Posts: 14,513 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Rootfroot Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 10:10 Lent reading groups have historically been the preserve of Protetants. Why is that? Bible study is one area in which Catholics are, in the main, neglected. Two years ago, I suggested to my parish priest, who is quite an expert on Scripture, that we would benefit from a parish Bible study group. He said it was a good idea, nothing has been done about it. I am just reaching the end of my private reading of St John's Gospel. It would have been good to share with others. Rootfroot, welcome to the forum. I second Sean's invitation to you, to lead a reading group on this forum.
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Rootfroot	Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 21:49 Post #5
Posts: 37 Group: Members Member #220 Joined: February 16, 2009	Thanks for the invitation. I'd love to MC a reading group for Lent. Elsewhere I'm actually hosting a live online discussion of the Holy Father's Lent booklet "Lent, the Journey to Easter Joy". But I recognise that live discussion online isn't for everyone, so I'd love to participate in discussion with people on this forum too. How do people feel about using the same text "Lent, the Journey to Easter Joy"? It's 72 pages long, so we'd be reading and discussing 10 - 15 short pages per week. Those pages would theme the discussion on the forum thread for the week. Perhaps it would be a good idea to post a short distillation of questions and themes at the start of each week to kick things off. Feel free to suggest other texts and other approaches.
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Rose of York	Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 22:20 Post #6
Administrator Posts: 14,513 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Rootfroot Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 21:49 Elsewhere I'm actually hosting a live online discussion of the Holy Father's Lent booklet "Lent, the Journey to Easter Joy". But I recognise that live discussion online isn't for everyone, so I'd love to participate in discussion with people on this forum too. How do people feel about using the same text "Lent, the Journey to Easter Joy"? It's 72 pages long, so we'd be reading and discussing 10 - 15 short pages per week. It sounds good.
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Timothy	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 02:55 Post #7
Posts: 299 Group: Members Member #84 Joined: May 1, 2007	I'm sorry I only just noticed this thread. I just posted a very similar thread myself: Discussion / Prayer Group - FORUM Thread
Posts: 299 Group: Members Member #84 Joined: May 1, 2007	"An adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelty." "Having a clear faith, according to the credo of the church, is often labelled as fundamentalism." Pope Benedict XVI


Gerard	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 13:55 Post #8
Posts: 3,099 Group: Members Member #12 Joined: September 26, 2006	For as long as I can remember, the diocese in which I live has resourced lent reading/discussion groups. Usually [sigh] they look at the Sunday readings. This year, however, they have broken out and are looking at St Paul (since this is the year of St Paul). The material is on line and it is very good. http://www.dabnet.org/PastoralTeam/adform/lent09.htm PJD - I think you must be in the same diocese Rose - I have never met a PP who is prepared to let a Bible study go ahead at a parishoners suggestion. They may exist, but I have not mat them. I have come across several who "delay it to death". It is no exaggeration to say that they are afraid of it.
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Patrick	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 14:20 Post #9
Administrator Posts: 3,629 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: September 25, 2006	Gerard Thursday, 19. February 2009, 13:55 Rose - I have never met a PP who is prepared to let a Bible study go ahead at a parishoners suggestion. They may exist, but I have not mat them. I have come across several who "delay it to death". It is no exaggeration to say that they are afraid of it. Until I started using the internet, I didn't realise Catholics had Bible Study groups - I'd always thought that was something Protestants and other sects did as that was all they had.



Rose of York	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 14:33 Post #10
Administrator Posts: 14,513 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Rootfroot Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 21:49 Feel free to suggest other texts and other approaches. Rootfroot, as the members are avid users of the internet, I suggest the reading group be based upon something available online.
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SeanJ	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 15:03 Post #11
Moderator Posts: 866 Group: Moderator Member #208 Joined: September 26, 2008	Like Gerry (see above) I have never found a priest interested in Bible study. And, I am interested in a Lenten reading plan. I followed Gerry's link to The diocese of Arundel and Brighton and downloaded the booklet which will be used there. I would be happy to use this booklet.



Gerard	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 15:16 Post #12
Posts: 3,099 Group: Members Member #12 Joined: September 26, 2006	So Protestants are discovering Lent and Catholics are discovering Bible Study Groups. We are on the way It is very possible to get Bible Study going in a parish but you need to be prepared to do it yourselves. There is much Catholic video/dvd/cd and special books that provide superb materials. I will read what goes on in this thread but don't have time enough to contribute much. I wish you all well here. Gerry
	"The institutional and charismatic aspects are quasi coessential to the Church's constitution" (Pope John Paul II, 1998).


James	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 19:51 Post #13
James Posts: 1,108 Group: Members Member #54 Joined: January 13, 2007	Like Katy, I am a bit unsure about what you mean. A reading group to me is like a poetry reading. Someone posts something they think may be of interest and move on. It has a sense of freshness and the unexpected about it. But taking, for instance, the 72 page book and going through it page by page, is a bit like the two studies mentioned. Count me in, but I would prefer the unexpected moments of revelatiom and pass on to another day!! Also, I think you will have to decide, as Timothy is already opting for something as well



Rootfroot	Thursday, 19. February 2009, 20:58 Post #14
Posts: 37 Group: Members Member #220 Joined: February 16, 2009	I'm fine with using the Arunel Diocese material. It's free and readily available here. The thread that I set up for the discussion is here Thanks for drawing my attention to that material. Matt Edited by KatyA, Wednesday, 25. February 2009, 14:33.
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OsullivanB	Wednesday, 25. February 2009, 13:49 Post #15
Posts: 2,192 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	Quote: The thread that I set up for the discussion is here. I can't access it. I just get an error code.



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