Catholic Bible Institute of Southern Arizona – Diocese of Tucson
Orientation Session – Aug. 22, 2015
8:30
Mass in OMOS Church (optional)
9:00
Registration / Handout Distribution / Book Sales / Refreshments
9:15
Welcome & Opening Prayer: “Enthrone the Bible”
9:30
Introductions, overview of today, icebreakers
9:45
Session 1: Introduction to the Catholic Bible Institute
10:45 Break (new registrations and textbook sales available)
11:00 Session 2: Principles of Catholic Biblical Interpretation
12:30 Lunch (new registrations and textbook sales available)
1:30
Session 3: Biblical Fundamentalism vs. Contextualism/ Criticism
2:45
Break
3:00
Session 4: Introduction to the Bible and Biblical Studies
4:20
Final Announcements & Closing Prayer
4:30
Clean-up & Departure
CBI Team Members:
Sister Lois Paha, O.P. – CBI Coordinator: lpaha@diocesetucson.org
Mike Berger – Co-director: mberger@diocesetucson.org
Ofelia James – Executive Assistant: ojames@diocesetucson.org
Pat Gerardo – Support Staff: pgerardo@diocesetucson.org
Margaret Lordon – Reader Coordinator
Cindy Phillips, Corinne Gay, Steve Contreras – Our Mother of Sorrows Parish
Msgr. Thomas Cahalane – Pastor, Our Mother of Sorrows Parish
Fr. Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D. – LIS Director: just@loyolainstitute.org
Books and Readings for Year One: New Testament
1) The Holy Bible (any “Study Edition” that has extensive introductions, notes, maps, etc.)
2) Dei Verbum, “Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation” (Vatican II; http://vatican.va)
3) Ronald D. Witherup, S.S. Biblical Fundamentalism: What Every Catholic Should Know.
Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001.
4) Kurt Aland. Synopsis of the Four Gospels: RSV. New York: American Bible Society, 1982.
5a) Raymond E. Brown. An Introduction to the New Testament. New York: Doubleday, 1997.
OR for “Enrichment/Audit” students only:
5b) or Pheme Perkins. Reading the New Testament. 3rd edition. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2012.
6) Other recommended biblical resources: http://catholic-resources.org/Bible