Walking with Purpose

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Programming

Walking with Purpose is a parish-based Bible study program for adult women and is run by local lay women volunteers who are supported by the Walking with Purpose national staff. All women irrespective of faith background, age, or marital status are welcome. All of the studies present practical teachings consistent with Church doctrine and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

This program helps women grow closer to Christ as they lean on truths found in Scripture to live joy-filled lives.

What to Expect:

Each week's lesson incorporates at-home Scripture reading with questions to consider along with insightful answers. We then meet in small groups to share some of the questions and discuss ways in which we can link our everyday challenges with solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church.

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Walking with Purpose studies for 2023-2024:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Opening Your Heart will only be offered if there are at least five participants registered. Please do not purchase the study guide to Opening Your Heart until we know there are a sufficient number of women signed-up. We will contact you as soon as we know for sure.

Opening Your Heart: This study is a guide to a deep, lasting transformation of the heart focusing on the questions that we need to wrestle with if we want to experience all that God has for us. The Starting Point is the foundation Bible study for Walking With Purpose and is recommended for anyone new to this program. 

Discovering Our Dignity: A Study of Women of the Bible focuses on the experiences of women of the Old and New Testaments. Eve, Leah, Rachel, Deborah, Martha and Mary and many others were as flawed and broken as we can be, yet the power of God worked in their lives. Through their stories recorded in Scripture, these women of the Bible reach out to touch our “present” in a tender, honest and loving way — woman to woman — with ancient wisdom, sage advice, and insights from sorrowful failures and emotional wounds.

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Both Opening Your Heart and Discovering Our Dignity are 22-week programs
and run simultaneously on Thursday mornings. 

Program Dates:

 Materials Needed:

All participants in the scripture study program are asked to purchase needed materials on the Walking With Purpose Website.

Access to scripture readings is needed for both studies. The New American Bible is recommended.

All participants are asked to register by October 1, 2023 and to purchase a program study guide prior to our first meeting. Registration is at the top of the page.

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All women are invited to join in our first session on Thursday, October 5th, 2023 at 10am in Madonna Hall even if not registered. This will give you an opportunity to see what Walking With Purpose is like.

We are very much looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones!
Please come!