Holy Trinity's mission statement is Know - Grow - Go: to come to know God personally, to grow in our relationship with Him, and to go forth as His instruments in the world. Grow Group is intended to help us with the second part. More than just adult faith education, Grow Group is a chance to come together with other parishioners, make new friendships, learn about our Catholic faith, pray together, and share faith together.
Grow Group is an Adult Faith Formation/Discussion group we started several years ago in response to requests for an evening opportunity for adult parishioners to grow in their faith. Our topics are wide ranging - we don’t have a syllabus we need to follow, as you might find with, say, a bible study or with OCIA. Most of the time, we use short videos to seed our discussions, though sometimes we’ll read something together. It’s a great group of parishioners - usually about 30 or 40 - meeting on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:15 in the Fireside Room. I’ll admit that as I get older (and more reclusive!), most Wednesday evenings I’d rather just stay at home and do my own thing. But then every time I walk out of Grow Group, I walk out grateful that I came.
This year, we’ll begin meeting on September 23rd. We then meet every other Wednesday through May, with a few adjustments here and there for the holidays, etc. Topics I’m thinking about this year include:
A five-part series with Fr. Columba Jordan about cultivating a living faith.
A look at Pope Leo’s encyclical on Artificial Intelligence.
Answering objections to Catholic beliefs about Mary.
Finding Safety in Jesus
A possible series on the Early Church