The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures just as she venerates the body of the Lord, since, especially in the sacred liturgy, she unceasingly receives and offers to the faithful the bread of life from the table both of God's word and of Christ's body.
Dei Verbum, paragraph 21

How I love your law, Lord!  I study it all day long.
Psalm 119:97

When people approach [the Gospels] in faith and openness, the texts become a place of rendezvous, a place to encounter God, a medium not only of enlightenment but of nourishment and transformation.
Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life

For many, reading and learning with a group enhances the process of studying the Bible.  Saint Pius offers several opportunities for parishioners to meditate together on Scripture, as well as seasonal programs for studying other great Catholic books.  While some study groups have a beginning and an end, others are ongoing - explore the links in the menu to find an opportunity that's just right for you! 

Throughout our 2022-2023 Year of Encounter, we will reflect upon the Greatest Commandment and the Parable of the Good Samaritan as a paradigm for encountering Christ and encountering others:

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.”

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Luke 10:25-37