Next Endow Study

* 1. After taking the course on Letter to Women, Endow participants are eligible to take any of the other courses offered. Please rank the following classes according to your interest. 1 is most interesting and 8 is least interesting.

Light of the Nations: The Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium)
How can I understand the reality of Christ’s Church – her origins, her mission, her message? Since Vatican II, this document has lost nothing of its value or brilliance.

Discover Your Dignity, Part I
How has God created me in His image – and what does that mean for my life as a Catholic woman? Part I leads a woman from conception through mid-life to see God's workings in the course of a woman's life.

Edith Stein: Seeker of Truth
Who was Edith Stein – and how did her quest lead her to the Truth of Jesus Christ? Many Endow women would identify themselves as seekers on a quest for truth, just as Edith Stein was.

Mother of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Mater)
Who can I look to as the most perfect model of femininity, virtue, and discipleship? This course examines Mary, a woman totally involved in God's plan, as a model for every woman facing her own mission.

Aquinas for Beginners, Part I: A Tour of the Summa
How do I know Church teaching is true? This course is devoted to understanding many of the ideas about human beings and our relation to God that St. Thomas Aquinas explores in his Summa Theologiae.

God Is Love (Deus Caritas Est)
What are the different types of love – and how do they apply to God’s relationship with me as His Daughter? In his first encyclical, God Is Love, Benedict xVI expounds on the reality of love.

On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering (Salvifici Doloris)
Pope John Paul II explores the ways we experience suffering, he reflects on the origins of suffering, and he shows us how it is only in Christ that we find meaning in our suffering.

Of Human Life (Humane Vitae)
How do I express dignity and make life-giving choices in the everyday experience of marriage and family? This encyclical is perhaps the most contentious and well-known papal intervention in the history of the Church.