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2024
Summer School
In preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year 'Pilgrims of Hope', 2024 has been designated a Year of Prayer by Pope Francis. For our Summer Scripture School this year, we explore some of the examples of prayer found in the Bible. The course will take place online, and in-person in Maynooth.
Holy Week & Easter
In this year's Holy Week & Easter Scripture Course, our three presenters will look at how the idea of salvation is presented in the Old Testament, the Gospel of John, and in the writings of St. Paul.
2023
Advent
The theme of this year's Advent course was "hope." Each speaker gave two presentations on hope in the Book of Esther (Jessie), the Letter to the Romans (Kieran), and the Gospel of Mark (Seán).
Six Presentations
Jessie – Inspiration from the Book of Esther
Introducing the Book of Esther
Esther as a Word of Hope
Seán – Good Friday
Paul's Foundation of Christian Hope
Hope in Romans 8
Jessie – Easter Sunday
On the Way
Sowing the Seed
Passages Featured
Esther
Romans 5–8
Summer School
The focus of the 2023 Summer School was "Unlocking the Bible: Keys for Understanding Today." We explored how one might read the Scriptures and to provide "keys" for encountering the Bible richly and responsibly, so that we may experience the Word of God as truly alive and active.
Twelve Presentations
Kieran – The Letters of Paul in their Context & Today
Three Worlds of Paul of Tarsus
Paul as a Counter-Cultural Apostle
The Letter
St. Paul Writes to the Church Today
Seán – Reading & Interpreting the Bible through History
The Bible as a Small Library
The World of the Scribe
The Emergence of the Church's Bible
The Bible in the Church
Jessie – Reading the Bible as Literature
The Social World of the Bible
The Bible as Literature
The Theme of Covenant
Reading the Bible Today
Passages Featured
Given the scope of this particular course, numerous texts are looked at rather than specific parts of biblical texts. However, the following are engaged with to some degree:
Exodus
Galatians
Philemon
Romans
1 Corinthians
Holy Week & Easter
As we prepare to enter the mystery of Easter, Kieran, Seán and Jessie reflect on readings from the Easter Triduum.
Nine Presentations
Kieran – Holy Thursday
The Passover (Exodus)
The Lord's Supper (St. Paul)
Footwashing (John)
Seán – Good Friday
Praying the Servant Song of Isaiah
Praying Hebrews 4 & 5
Praying the Passion According to John
Jessie – Easter Sunday
The Old Testament Readings
The Exodus Reading
The Resurrection
2022
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Advent
This short course focuses on the Gospel of Matthew as a preparation for the Gospel of the coming year. Join with us as we explore how it is that the theologian and storyteller Matthew helps these first hearers and now us to get to know Jesus.
Six Presentations
Kieran – “Flourishing are the poor in spirit”: The Sermon on the Mount for Today (Matthew 5-7)
The happy statements of the Sermon on the Mount
A focus on prayer, and in particular, the Lord’s prayer as it if given us
Seán – “Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice’.” (Matthew 9:13)
The Notion of Fulfillment
A Reflection on the Meaning of the Actions of Jesus
Jessie – “If you have ears hear!” Parables of the Kingdom in Matthew 13
The Parables in Matthew's Context
The Parables as an Invitation to Enter into the Kingdom of God
Summer School
This theme of this course is walking the Synodal Pathway, exploring the call to mission in several texts throughout the Bible and how they might help as we journey towards the 2023 Synod.
Fifteen Presentations
Jessie – Following the Spirit in Luke-Acts
Seán – The Synodal Pathway in the Gospel of John
Kieran – "You are a Chosen People, a Royal Priesthood, God's Own People": Reading 1 Peter Today
Lent & Easter
In this course, our presenters explore the portrayal of Jesus in Luke-Acts, focusing particularly on how the evangelist understood his ministry, death, and resurrection.
2021
Advent
In this course, our three presenters look at the theological importance of birth, Jesus's portrayal as the fulfillment of the scriptures and a new Davidic king, all the while rooting these explorations in the readings of the Advent liturgy.
Six Presentations
Jessie – Restorer of Life & Nourisher of Old Age (Ruth 4:15)
The Long Awaited Child in the Hebrew Bible
The Birth of a Child: Crisis & Hope
Seán – This Happened to Fulfill The Scriptures (Matthew 1-2)
"Christmas Culture" & Nourishing Easter Faith
Matthew & God With Us
Kieran – Let Us Go Now to Bethlehem (Luke 1-2)
What Is Luke Up To?
The Christmas Gospels
Pentecost
Pentecost is the climax of the faith year and yet somehow it can feel under-celebrated. What could be more important than the gift and the call to bring the Good News to the whole world?
Summer School
In this course, Jessie, Seán and Kieran cast a wide net across a series of biblical texts to explore how the Bible's understanding of humanity "people of faith" grew and evolved throughout its history.
Fifteen Presentations
Jessie – Biblical Models of the People of God (5 Sessions)
Seán – Experience of Church in Mark, John, and 1 Peter (5 Sessions)
Kieran – The Pauline Assemblies: Rows, Reconciliation, Renewal (5 Sessions)
Passages Featured
Lent & Easter
In this Lent & Easter program, our three presenters will each reflect on biblical texts that are used in the liturgical celebration of Easter, specifically the Servant Songs of Isaiah, the Passion Narrative in the Gospel of John, and the teaching on Christ's death and resurrection in Romans 6.
2020
Advent
In this course, Jessie, Seán and Kieran look respectively at praying the Psalms, staying vigilant in Mark, and learning from Philippians, aiming to provide a word of hope during the time of pandemic.
Three Presentations
Jessie – Praying the Psalms in Advent: Honest Prayers When Life is Hard
Seán – Reading Mark in Advent: Wakefulness in Winter as We Attend to the Gift
Kieran – Learning from Paul: Holding on to the Word of Life (Phil 2:16)
Summer School
In this course, Seán, Jessie and Kieran look at the Hebrew Prophets, Jesus in Matthew, and the Letters of Colossians & Ephsians respectively, exploring how they might have been understood in their time, and how they might offer a word of hope for us today.
Eighteen Presentations
Seán – "He will not break a bruised reed nor quench a smoldering wick" (Matthew 12:20) Jesus as the Servant of God in Matthew's Gospel
Jessie – "In the days to come..." Wisdom from the Old Testament Prophets for living in the light of the future
Kieran – “In him, all things hold together.” Cosmology and Christ in Colossians and Ephesians
Passages Featured
Genesis 17:1-8; Exodus 2:23-4:17, 19:2-6; Deuteronomy 28:1; Isaiah 6, 49:1-6; Jeremiah 1:4-16, 22:1-23:8; 2 Kings 24:1-25:22; Psalms 44, 126, 137; Matthew 1; Galatians 1:13-17.
Proverbs 8:22-26; Sirach 24:1-9; Wisdom 7:22; 1 Corinthians 15:20-29; 42-49; 1 Enoch 48:2-6; 2 Enoch 19:1-4; Colossians 1:15-20; Ephesians 1:3-14.
Courses By Topic
Old Testament
New Testament
The Pentateuch
Genesis
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Advent 2021
Pentecost 2021
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
Exodus
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
Deuteronomy
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
Matthew
General
Advent 2022
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
The Infancy Narrative
Advent 2021
Parables
Advent 2022
Sermon on the Mount
Advent 2022
Summer School 2020
Historical Books
Judges
Advent 2021
Ruth
Advent 2021
1 & 2 Samuel
Advent 2021
1 & 2 Kings
Summer School 2020
Ezra
Summer School 2021
Nehemiah
Summer School 2021
Mark
General
Summer School 2021
Advent 2020
Wisdom & Psalms
Psalms
Summer School 2021
Advent 2020
Summer School 2020
Proverbs
Summer School 2020
Wisdom
Summer School 2020
Sirach
Summer School 2020
Luke-Acts
Luke
General
Lent & Easter 2022
The Infancy Narrative (Luke 1-2)
Advent 2021
The Holy Spirit
Summer School 2022
The Passion Narrative
Lent & Easter 2022
Acts
Pentecost 2021
Prophets
Isaiah
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Advent
Lent & Easter 2021
Summer School 2020
Jeremiah
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
Baruch
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Ezekiel
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Micah
Advent 2021
John
General
Holy Week & Easter 2024
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Summer School 2022
Pentecost 2021
Passion Narrative
Lent & Easter 2021
Deuterocanonical Books
1 & 2 Enoch
Summer School 2020
Paul
Romans
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Advent 2021
Lent & Easter 2021
Summer School 2021
Galatians
Summer School 2021
1 Corinthians
Holy Week & Easter 2023
Pentecost 2021
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
Ephesians
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
Philippians
Summer School 2021
Advent 2020
Colossians
Summer School 2021
Summer School 2020
1 Thessolonians
Summer School 2021
Other Letters & Revelations
Titus
Summer School 2021
Hebrews
Holy Week & Easter 2023
1 Peter
Summer School 2022
Summer School 2021
Revelations
Advent 2021
Summer School 2021