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Laurie Watson Manhardt, PhD is a Catholic wife, mother and grand-mother. After teaching young girls at the Huron Valley School in Michigan, she then taught second grade catechism for several years in New Jersey, preparing children to receive the sacraments of reconciliation and Holy Eucharist.
After Laurie taught in an inter-faith Bible Study for ten years, she recognized the need for orthodox, layperson-friendly Catholic Bible study materials that could present the finest of Catholic Biblical scholarship available. Together with three Biblical scholars, Father Joseph Ponessa, SSD from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Monsignor Jan Majernik, STD from the Franciscan School of Biblical Studies in Jerusalem, and Father Jan Liesen, SSD from the Biblicum, who teaches at the Seminary Rolduc in the Netherlands and also serves on the Papal Theological Commission, she is offering the “Come and See ~ Catholic Bible Study” series for adults and children.
Presently, she and her husband Jim host a home Bible Study for couples in mixed marriages. She also helps serve in a weekly Bible Study for teenagers in her parish in Vero Beach, Florida. She is particularly interested in helping people who feel called to start a Catholic Bible Study in their home or parish. |
Programs/topics include:
· God’s Word can Transform You
· Deepening the Catholic Heart
· Why I am a Catholic
· The Eucharist – Our Food for the Journey
· How to Start a Bible Study in your Parish
· Home Bible Study as a means of Evangelism
· Getting Teens into God’s Word
· Summer Catholic Bible Study School
Endorsements
Thank you very much for the “Come and See” Catholic Bible Study series. Bible Study and Adult Education are critical tools for Catholics in the process of faith formation. Thank you for your commitment to this process and sharing your faith through the books. May God always guide you and fill you with the gift of the Holy Spirit to continue in this ministry.
Most Reverend Gerald M. Barbarito , Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida
I am grateful that you have such a heart for God that you honored Him by making His Word accessible to people like me (homebound in a wheelchair). I love the Lord, but don’t always understand what I am reading. That’s why I need an organized structured study.
Cathi Reiman, homebound woman from Ohio
Thank you for the opportunity to review the Catholic Bible Study material. I have reviewed the book myself and find it very interesting. Your labor of love has certainly produced great fruit. Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D., Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Thank you so much for the “Come and See: Catholic Bible Study” book. It is truly wonderful and just what I needed!
Genevieve Zalatorius, Prague, Czech Republic
I have heard Laurie Manhardt speak at the Women’s Conference here in New Jersey and am very happy to recommend her.
Father Brendan Williams, Pastor, St. Veronica Church, Howell, NJ
Contact Information: Laurie8150@aol.com
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