Summer Assignments!

Year 2

Summer is a time for fun in the sun and catching up on your reading--or both at once! Okay, so I'm a book nerd (and proud of it).

This year's summer reading assignments for CBS students are paperback classics that easily go with you on day trips and on vacation. When you're finished, six reflective questions will help deepen your understanding. (Answers are, of course, due at Opening Scripture Days.)

Here's where you can find the details online: CBS Summer Assignments.

Advanced Years

Year 1

Best of Barron

6th Week of Easter, Year I
John 16:12-15

Bishop Barron writes:

"Friends, the theme of today’s Gospel declares that when the Spirit comes, he will guide us into all truth. There is a story I’ve heard about Jean-Luc Marion.... A student asked a pointed question about God. Marion looked at her and said, 'Go to Sunday Mass for a year and then return and ask me that question again.'

"Marion’s response was not just a clever one-liner. If true knowledge of God depends upon immersion in the Holy Spirit, then that knowledge is a function of an entire form of life.
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"[Understanding] the divine mystery flows from life in the Holy Spirit. And so today we pray, 'Come, Holy Spirit, come!'"

For Bishop Barron's reflection in its entirety, click here: http://dailycatholicgospel.com/get-reflections.

Returning Students: Register by June 15th

Everything needed to register for the Catholic Biblical School Years 2, 3 and 4 can be downloaded at this online address: http://catholicedaohct.org/beyond-the-basics/registering-for-years-2-3-and-4.

Summer reading assignments and questions can be found on another page of that same site. Once you are on the "Registering for Years 2, 3 and 4" page, click on "Student Matters" in the menu (on the right-hand side of the page). There you'll find a link to the Advanced Year Summer Assignment.

NOTE that the new CBS webpages have been moved to the Office of Education, Evangelization and Catechesis site at www.CatholicEdAOHCT.org.

And remember: Scripture Day is August 26! Details can be found on the CBS online calendar (also to be found at www.CatholicEdAOHCT.org.) Reserve the date now! Two renowned scripture scholars will be with us from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.

Updated Class Schedule

Catholic Biblical School first-year classes will meet at the following times and locations in 2017-18:

CBS 100 Year One (Blue Workbook) Weekly Class Schedule*:

Christ Redeemer, Milford

Mondays 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Begins September 11, 2017

St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield
Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Begins September 12, 2017

Caritas Christi Center, Hamden, CT
Wednesdays, 10:00 am-noon
Begins September 13, 2017

Our Lady of Loreto, Waterbury
Thursdays 6:30-8:30
Begins September 14, 2017

For details, go to www.CatholicEdAOHCT.org and click on Catholic Biblical School in the main menu.

Please also note: The required Opening Scripture Day (orientation) for first-year students will be on Saturday, September 9, 2017, 8:50-3:00 p.m. ("Coffee and" available at 8:30)

*NOTE: All CBS classes are subject to adequate enrollment. No news is good news. You will be notified only if changes need to be made.