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Climbing the Mountain- Discovering Your Path to Holiness Facilitator Study Guide FFaacciilliittaattoorr SSttuuddyy GGuuiiddee Climbing the Mountain- Discovering Your Path to Holiness Facilitator Study Guide ISBN: 978-1-933684-90-1 Library of Congress Number: applied for © Copyright 2008 Direction for Our Times All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of the Publisher. Publisher: Direction for Our Times 9000 West 81st Street Justice, Illinois 60458 708-496-9300 www.directionforourtimes.org Direction for Our Times is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Manufactured in the United States of America Table of Contents: Introduction 6 - 8 How it All Began and How to Use this Study Guide Part I: THE MISSION 9 – 20 Week 2: Mission, Mystical Phenomena, Long Journey of the Volumes, Anne‘s Background, Secular Orders, St. Francis of Assisi, Distraction, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross 21 – 38 Week 3: Vocations and Obedience, St. Padre Pio, Darkness and Comfort, Grace, Joy of Saying Yes, Why Now?, St. Faustina, Pope John Paul II and the Mission, St. Genevieve Torres Morales 40 – 58 Week 4: Eucharistic Adoration, Intercessory Prayer, Growing in Holiness, ―I Want You Back!‖, St. Monica, The Rescue Mission, St. Maximilian Kolbe PART II: Heaven 59 – 75 Week 5: Courage, Introduction to Heaven, St. Clare of Assisi, Contemplation, Family, Suffering, Venerable Cornelia Connelly 76– 91 Week 6: Valley of Solitude, Wisdom, Saints and Today‘s World, St. Teresa of Avila, Our Blessed Mother, St. Anne, Hope and Home 92 – 106 Week 7 Work and Learning, Mary‘s Intercession, Holy Trinity, Passion and Resurrection, Understanding, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, St. Katharine Drexel PART III: CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN 107 – 121 Week 8 Love of Neighbor, Love of God, St. Catherine of Genoa, Piety, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini 122 – 133 Week 9 Discouragement, St. Maria Maravillas De Jesus, Counsel, Service to Others, Dorothy Day, Designating Sainthood 134 – 149 Week 10 Joy in Service, Love of Jesus, Knowledge, St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Dignity, Mother Angelica 150– 161 Week 11 Love of the Divine Will, St. John of the Cross, Sacrament of Penance, Fear of the Lord, Unity with Jesus, St. Josephine Bakhita CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN STUDY GUIDE INTRODUCTION HOW IT ALL BEGAN In 2006, a number of Christian faithful in Dallas, Texas, became aware of an ordinary woman from Chicago, Illinois (now living in Ireland), who has an extraordinary calling. Anne, a lay apostle, is receiving messages from heaven and was called to record these messages in a set of ―Volumes.‖ After reading the Volumes, many people were deeply moved by the simplicity of the words and the feeling that Jesus and Mary and others in heaven were speaking directly to them. Anne‘s life reminds them of their own; she has a family and a career and, by all accounts, is an everyday woman like the rest of us. After writing the Volumes, Anne wrote her account of her extraordinary visits to heaven, with Jesus as her guide and where she meets many of the known and unknown saints. The fruits of her writings became the book, Climbing the Mountain, which again greatly impacted the lives of those who read it. Later, in the Fall of 2006, a Catholic lay woman in Dallas, Texas, felt called during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (and while studying another book) to prepare a study guide on Anne‘s writings. That call was confirmed and others were invited to assist and reflect on Jesus‘ words and messages, as conveyed through Anne. The purpose was discerned as building up the kingdom of God through studying Anne‘s writings and sharing this within the community. Hence, the Climbing the Mountain Study Guide Core Team was born. One woman passed away shortly after joining the Core Team. Several other women close to the Core Team or planning to do the study passed away during the development process. We asked and continue to ask these prayerful women to intercede for us, and we feel comforted that they each strengthen and oversee our efforts from their new home with God. Several other faithful women were part of our original group, but due to critical family or health issues, each felt called to turn and focus their time and energy on other matters. We appreciate their continued prayers. The Core Team has worked since January 2007 to research, write and organize this Study Guide. You are holding the results of their effort in your hands. With much prayer, time, trial and attention, we are pleased to present this Study Guide for the first session of the Climbing the Mountain book study. We are deeply grateful to our families first and then to all in our faith community who have aided in this effort, particularly by their prayers, and we hope that each of these faithful friends and supporters will continue to pray for and guide us and our study in the coming weeks. We appreciate the pastor of St. Monica who has graciously allowed us to use St. Monica‘s facilities in Dallas, Texas, to hold our book study on Monday evenings in the fall of 2007. 6 Introduction We warmly welcome you to this study, and we hope that you are truly inspired both by the words of Jesus, Mary and the other saints as conveyed by Anne and by the encouragement of your fellow ―climbers‖ as you journey through the coming weeks. Our prayer is that you will each take what you have learned and use it to continue to promote the kingdom of God in your families, neighborhoods and workplaces and among your friends in the Body of Christ. With love and blessings in Christ, The Climbing the Mountain Study Guide Core Team Gabrielle Arrieh-Comeaux Margie Giangiulio Susan Grygier Sharon Mitchell Vita Rinaldi Mona Simons September 10, 2007 HOW TO USE THIS STUDY GUIDE This Climbing the Mountain Study Guide has been broken down into 10 weekly sessions over 12 weeks. Each week from 2 through 11 will consist of a large group meeting with prayer, announcements, music and sometimes a short DVD. After that, the large group will break up into assigned smaller groups, each with a facilitator whose purpose is to guide the discussion for that group. The facilitator is not an expert, just a ―mountain climber‖ like all the other participants. In the small groups, we will start with shared prayer and then go over the weekly lessons, discussing the questions and the material presented. In preparation for each week from 2 through 11, participants will have already read the pertinent pages in the book and written the answers to the questions in this Study Guide as their ―homework.‖ The small group discussions are an opportunity for each group member to speak and share her insight into the material for the benefit of the rest of the group. We strongly encourage each group member to contribute, and no one group member to dominate. After the small group meetings, we will go back into the larger group to hear in some cases a guest speaker, as well as a wrap up and closing prayer from a Core Team member. Week 1 of the study will be our get-acquainted week, where we will meet our small group members, obtain our books and study guides and receive our first homework assignment. Week 12 will be a celebration week, where we will have a small party and hear testimonials from those who wish to share with the group about how they have enjoyed and benefited from the book and this study. If you have a smaller group and this format does not work for you, you can simply condense the study to 10 weeks and share on your answers as a group 7 Introduction All rights to the Climbing the Mountain book belong to Direction for Our Times, Justice, IL, 708-496-9300. For further information, see www.directionforourtimes.org. All efforts have been made to accurately quote and attribute material from any outside sources, both electronic and printed. Still, mistakes can happen. Please contact us if you are aware of any incorrect citation of outside sources as referenced in this Study Guide. Important Information The Climbing the Mountain Study Guide Core team developed this work using the book Climbing the Mountain by Anne, a lay apostle and Bill Quinn. In late 2007, Direction for Our Times published a revised and updated version, Climbing the Mountain by Anne, a lay apostle. Some sections of the original book were eliminated, while other sections were added to reflect new developments in the mission. (Please note: nothing in Part Two- Heaven or Part Three- Climbing the Mountain, was changed). Direction for Our Times would like to offer the use of this Study Guide regardless of which version you own. Therefore, in all references to page numbers, the first number in brackets { } refers to material from the original book, while the second number in square brackets [ ] refers to the page where it can be found in the revised and updated version. 8 Introduction Study Guide for Climbing The Mountain CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN Week 2 Answers are highlighted. Part One: THE MISSION In the original Climbing the Mountain, read the Prologue and Chapter 1 pages {3-13} and Long Journey of the Volumes {267-275}. In the revised edition, read Introduction as Found in Each of the Volumes pages [253-257] and From the Beginning pages [231-240]. Then, read the following and answer the questions: {10}[253-255] Visits to Medjugore had a strong influence on Anne and members of her family.
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