SPIRITUALITY AND PRAYER The Ignatian Examen: Discovering the Presence of God in Your Day Updated for the St. Ignatius called the Examen called this prayer the most important 15 minutes of the day. This is a 4-week small group program that explores how this prayer New Year! can help us to grow in our communion with the divine and help us to recognize how God is active in our everyday lives. Participants must be able to commit to attending at least 3 of the 4 sessions. Sundays at 3:30pm, March 3-24. Register at bit.ly/examen2019

Holy Happy Hour Every quarter YAM (Young Adult Ministry) hosts a spiritual social featuring a speaker and topic St. Thomas More related to or spirituality. CHURCH Appetizers are included! Our next speaker is Steve Nicholson, SJ, a stmgaparish.org Jesuit scholastic currently working at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. His topic will be “Live the Questions”. Wednesday, January 16, 7pm. George’s Bar and Restaurant. Adult Faith Formation & SCRIPTURE STUDY Education 2019 The Word Study the Sunday scriptures with biblical language scholar Jerry Pendrick. Sundays, 10:40am, Library. RENEW Pray with and explore the Sunday scripture reading from a historical and theological perspective. Tuesdays, 1:30pm, Parish Library. Walking with Purpose Our weekly women’s scripture reflection group. Mondays, 7pm, Mulhern Hall.

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Financial Peace University STM Coffeehouse How are Christians supposed On certain Sundays after to handle money? With Dave the 9:30am Mass we chat Ramsey’s Financial Peace with a local expert on University, you can take control of your money, get out various themes and topics of debt, and create a plan for your future. This 9-week course offers invaluable while enjoying a cup of tools and methods to budget, pay down debt, create a plan for the future, and joe. deal with things like real estate and insurance. Starting in January 17, 9 weeks Upcoming presenters and topics: (preview January 13). $109 per family. Contact Andy Otto at [email protected] - Feb. 3: Josh Pease - Mindfulness and Self-compassion for Christians for more information. Register now at fpu.com/1074560 - Apr. 7: Susan Reynolds - The Changing Landscape of US Catholicism

Women and the Church Join a panel of five Catholic women for Women’s Month as they discuss feminism and women’s issues in the . Panelists: Dr. Diana Hayes; Dr. Susan Reynolds; Callie Tabor, PhD cand.; Sarah Otto, mDiv; Sr. Mary Priniski, OP. March 20, 7pm, Mulhern Hall.

Wine & Paint Spend a social evening learning how to paint with parishioner Terresa Ford and a glass of wine! Space will be limited. Registration information to MORE Theology come. April 11, 7pm, Mulhern Hall. Each semester of the academic year we will be offering engaging and fascinating courses on theology, church history, and spirituality. Registration opens January 6. Information can be found at stmgaparish.org. Summer Book Study: If God Is Love The History of American Catholicism Introduction to Liturgy This year’s summer book study will read If God Is Love, Mar. 4, 8, 25, 2019 — Mondays, 7pm Apr. 24 – May 29, 2019 — Wednesdays, by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland. These two Instructor: Dr. William Cossen 7pm Quaker challenge our traditional (and often Instructor: Dr. Louanne Bachner unhealthy) images of God and call us to restore grace as the centre of Christian life. You must purchase the book ahead of time. Registration information to come. The Black Catholic Revolution and Its Reverberations, 50 Years Later Thursday evenings, May 16-July 25 (10 weeks). Dr. Matthew J. Cressler, scholar of race and religion in America, will speak about the history of the Black Catholic movement and its potential to forever change the face of U.S. Catholicism. Feb. 7, 7pm, Mulhern Hall. (See reverse for more offerings)