Journey With Jesus

Please join us for "Journey with Jesus" 
presented by
Dr. Joe Zalot, a Staff Ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center
and a parishioner at Saints Simon and Jude

PART ONE

“Journey with Jesus to Jerusalem” is the first of a two-part adult faith-formation and education program at Saints Simon and Jude parish during the spring of 2021. We will meet on the first five Sundays of Lent –– February 21, February 28, March 7, March 14, March 21 –– and on the first Sunday after Easter, April 11 (no class on Palm Sunday, March 28, and Easter Sunday, April 4). Classes will take place from 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM in The Meehan Center.  

The purpose of the program is (1) to provide a context for understanding Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection, and (2) to demonstrate the importance of these events for our Catholic faith today. We will be reading and discussing selections from the Bible, particularly from the Gospel of Matthew, as well as relevant sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The schedule of readings and the class notes are listed under the “Syllabus” below, feel free to download the notes and bring them to class. Overall, the program seeks to not only educate participants about essential aspects of their faith but also to help them to grow in their relationship with God and their fellow Catholics.

PART TWO

“Journey with Jesus From Jerusalem” is the second part of our spring 2021 adult faith-formation and education program at Saints Simon and Jude parish. In this part of the program, we will watch and discuss the first season of “The Chosen” (8 episodes, available at https://studios.vidangel.com/the-chosen). Classes will take place on Sundays from 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM in The Meehan Center and we will watch and discuss one episode per week. We will meet on April 18 and 25; on May 2, 9, 16, and 23 (no meeting on May 30 for Memorial Day); and on June 6 and 13. The purpose of the program is (1) to provide a context for a greater understanding of how Jesus called his disciples to follow him, and (2) to self-examine how we are called by Christ to be his disciples in the world today. The discussion leader is Dr. Joe Zalot, a Staff Ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center and a parishioner at Saints Simon and Jude.

Syllabus

February 21 – The Context of Christ's Passion and Death: Romans, Pharisees, Sadducees
Readings: None

Notes: “Context of Christ’s Passion and Death”

February 28 – Jesus and the Jewish Religious Authorities
Readings:

• Gospel of Matthew: 9:1-7 and 12:1-14 and 15:1-14 and 16:1-12 and 22:15-22 and 23 (entire chapter)
• Catechism #571-591

"Catechism of the Catholic Church"
 Notes: “Jesus and the Jewish Religious Authorities”

Notes: “Jesus' Passion and Death … and What They Mean for Humanity”

Notes: “Jesus' Passion and Death … and What They Mean for Humanity”

Notes: “What Happens When We Die?”
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1005-1014
Catechism of the Catholic Church #595-637

1. Matthew 28, Luke 24, and John 20-21
2. Catechism #638-658

Notes: "Jesus' Resurrection and Commissioning the Apostles ...
and What They Mean for Today"