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Leading a Bible Study is Easy
Our Journey Through Scripture Bible studies do all the heavy lifting for you. Led by today’s most trusted Catholic scholars, each study unpacks the biblical roots of our Faith, showing participants why Catholics believe what we believe.
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Choose Your Study
Choose from six video Bible studies and explore the foundations of the Faith.
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Get Your Leader Guide
Our guides have everything you need to confidently start and lead a Bible study.
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Form Your Group
Each study includes a free parish kit to help you get the word out and organize your group.
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Your Scripture Study
Journey Begins Here
More than an ordinary, book-by-book Bible study, our studies are biblical catechesis. Pick a topic that fits your group, whether you’re interested in Salvation History, the Sacraments, the Mass, Church Fathers or the Virgin Mary.
Journey through Scripture studies can be done in any order. That being said, here is a suggested flow for these studies:
Genesis to Jesus: This study gives the participant the “lens” to read and interpret Scripture, through the Heart of the Church. An excellent place to start!
Bible and the Sacraments: This is ideal for RCIA especially when going over the sacraments of initiation. This can also be good for youth group/Confirmation classes.
Parousia: The Bible and the Mass: This study goes deeper into where the Mass is found in Scripture using the pre-figurements from the Old Testament, most of which are covered in “Genesis to Jesus.”
Bible and the Virgin Mary: During the month of May or October, the month of the Rosary, many groups do this study, especially if you have a rosary group or Legion of Mary hosting.
Holy is His Name: Our most recent study, which guides participants on a journey to better understand the meaning of holiness – the holiness of God and the holiness to which we are all called.
Bible and the Church Fathers: A good capstone study, showing how the Church learned to read and interpret Scripture as shown in “Genesis to Jesus” and other studies.
Yes, please visit our Digital Library, and click on the Journey Through Scripture Thumbnail to view our selection of video Bible studies. Click on your preferred study and you can watch the first lesson.
Studies Overview
Confidently Study the Bible through the Catholic lens.
AVG. Study Length
12 Lessons
30 min/lesson
Est. Time to Complete
6 Months
Presenters
Scott Hahn
Matthew Leonard
Audience
OCIA, Adults
Languages
English, Spanish
+ 6 languages in captions
Preparation time
30min — 1hr
You will need a Leader Guide, which includes step-by-step instructions to guide your group. This guide includes six months of free video streaming of the study, but if you do not want to utilize the streaming, you can also purchase the DVD set. Your participants will each need a Participant Guide.
In addition, we have the following resources available:
To promote the study, you can download the study marketing assets.
Several of our studies have companion book(s) on which the study is based. This is recommended reading, though it is not essential to the study.
That is up to you. The Leader Guide is designed to make facilitating the study easier. It contains everything included in the Participant Guide—summaries, review and discussion questions, memory verses, prepared prayers, step-by-step instructions for each lesson, additional background information, and an answer key.
When you purchase 20 Participant Guides or more, you automatically receive a 15% discount. If you are an All-Access Member, you receive 25% off Leader and Participant Guides.
No, the Participant and Leader Guides do not come with streaming. You must purchase the Streaming Access separately.
The Streaming Access allows for a 1 year digital access to the Bible study.
When purchasing Participant and Leader Guides, we offer a 20% discount for parishes that have established an account with the St. Paul Center. Orders from parishes with an established wholesale online account, can order here. Only authorized parish employees can establish a Parish account with their parish email account here.
Yes!
All of our Journey through Scripture Bible studies have Spanish subtitles.
Three of our studies have Spanish study materials: Bible and the Virgin Mary, Bible and the Sacraments and Genesis to Jesus.
Bible and the Virgin Mary is also dubbed in Spanish (Streaming only – DVDs do not include dubbing).
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FAQs
You will need a Leader Guide, which includes step-by-step instructions to guide your group. This guide includes six months of free video streaming of the study, but if you do not want to utilize the streaming, you can also purchase the DVD set. Your participants will each need a Participant Guide.
In addition, we have the following resources available:
- To promote the study, you can download the study marketing assets.
- Several of our studies have companion book(s) on which the study is based. This is recommended reading, though it is not essential to the study.
That is up to you. The Leader Guide is designed to make facilitating the study easier. It contains everything included in the Participant Guide—summaries, review and discussion questions, memory verses, prepared prayers, step-by-step instructions for each lesson, additional background information, and an answer key.
When you purchase 20 Participant Guides or more, you automatically receive a 15% discount. If you are an All-Access Member, you receive 25% off Leader and Participant Guides.
When purchasing Participant and Leader Guides, we offer a 20% discount for parishes that have established an account with the St. Paul Center. Orders from parishes with an established wholesale online account, can order here. Only authorized parish employees can establish a Parish account with their parish email account here.
Yes, individuals who purchase the Participant or Leader Guide receive six months of free streaming from the time of purchase. Streaming is a free optional feature. There is no price difference if the purchaser opts not to use streaming.
Leaders who purchase multiple Participant Guides can reach out to customerservice@stpaulcenter.com to receive streaming access codes for participants. Each participant’s 6 months of streaming starts when that participant completes the instructions, not when you place the bulk order.
Canadian customers can purchase a physical copy of the Leader and Participant Guides at Sunrise Marian Distribution at 1-800-884-1171. International customers outside of the U.S. can purchase an electronic copy of the leader and participant guides below:
- Genesis to Jesus (Leaders | Participants)
- Bible and the Sacraments (Leaders | Participants)
- Parousia: The Bible and the Mass (Leaders | Participants)
- Bible and the Virgin Mary (Leaders | Participants)
- Bible and the Church Fathers (Leaders | Participants)
- Holy is His Name (Leaders | Participants)
Yes, please visit our Digital Library, and click on the Journey Through Scripture Thumbnail to view our selection of video Bible studies. Click on your preferred study and you can watch the first lesson.
Journey through Scripture studies can be done in any order. That being said, here is a suggested flow for these studies:
- Genesis to Jesus: This study gives the participant the “lens” to read and interpret Scripture, through the Heart of the Church. An excellent place to start!
- Bible and the Sacraments: This is ideal for RCIA especially when going over the sacraments of initiation. This can also be good for youth group/Confirmation classes.
- Parousia: The Bible and the Mass: This study goes deeper into where the Mass is found in Scripture using the pre-figurements from the Old Testament, most of which are covered in “Genesis to Jesus.”
- Bible and the Virgin Mary: During the month of May or October, the month of the Rosary, many groups do this study, especially if you have a rosary group or Legion of Mary hosting.
- Holy is His Name: Our most recent study, which guides participants on a journey to better understand the meaning of holiness – the holiness of God and the holiness to which we are all called.
- Bible and the Church Fathers: A good capstone study, showing how the Church learned to read and interpret Scripture as shown in “Genesis to Jesus” and other studies.
- Bible and the Sacraments, Bible and the Virgin Mary, Bible and the Church Fathers, Genesis to Jesus are presented by Matthew Leonard.
- Holy is His Name, Parousia, Eucharist in Scripture are presented by Dr. Scott Hahn.
Yes!
All of our Journey through Scripture Bible studies have Spanish subtitles.
Three of our studies have Spanish study materials: Bible and the Virgin Mary, Bible and the Sacraments and Genesis to Jesus.
Bible and the Virgin Mary is also dubbed in Spanish (Streaming only – DVDs do not include dubbing).
