Spring Lake, New Jersey

Laurie Watson Manhardt, PhD, is a Catholic wife, mother, and grandmother. After teaching at Huron Valley School in Michigan, she taught second grade catechism for several years in New Jersey, preparing children to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Eucharist.

After teaching an inter-faith Bible Study for ten years, Laurie 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, she developed the Come and See Catholic Bible Study Series for adults and children.

Presently, Laurie and her husband Jim host a home Bible study for couples in mixed marriages. She also serves 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.