Chapter 9: The Samaritan Woman

Jn 4:5-42

1.  For what do you thirst?  What motivates you?

2.  Under the crucifixes in the Missionaries of Charity's convents is a quote from Christ on the cross, "I thirst."  For what does He thirst?

3.  How are you called to slake the thirst of others?

4.  The Samaritan woman becomes an unlikely evangelist.  What unusual sources have revealed God and His goodness to you?

Chapter 8: The Hemorrhage Woman

Mk 5: 21-43

1.  What helps you not to be overcome by despair or anxiety for your children as you send them out into our fallen world?

2.  Why does the image of the hemorrhage woman introduce the Catechism of the Catholic Church on The Celebration of the Christian Mystery (i.e. sacraments)?  See image following page 276, paragraphs 1115 and 1116.

3.  Share an example of the power of the sacraments.

4.  In what area are you being challenged to increase your faith?

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Our summer literary selection:

 

Additional Resources:

Cliff Notes Summary
Cliff Notes Glossary
Cliff Notes Critical Essay: Death Comes for the Archbishop as a Catholic Novel

1.  Share any favorite quotes or vignettes.

2.  Cather was not Catholic.  Why do you think she chose this subject matter?

3.  How does the story relate to the modern Church?

4.  How do Father Latour and Father Vaillant contrast/compliment one another?