“WWP is so vital and so accommodating to the circumstances that we are facing - steadfast, present, ready to serve and to love the women of our parish however they feel comfortable,” said Sherman. Thomas Aquinas in Wichita, Kansas, where virtual Bible study groups have already begun. We now have robust training and tools to help women do WWP in a virtual, online setting or in other settings outside the parish,” said Brenninkmeyer, who also is the organization’s chief purpose officer.Īmber Sherman is a Walking With Purpose small-group leader at St. “We’ve spent the past few months reinventing the way women can run a Walking With Purpose Bible study small group. Its website has information on starting one of its Bible studies. So Walking With Purpose Bible studies were redesigned to help women meet outside of the traditional parish setting. and Canada have been signing on to do the Walking With Purpose small-group Bible studies, even though many parishioners cannot gather in person due to the pandemic. The Greenwich-based program, founded in 2002 by Lisa Brenninkmeyer, is active in 400 parishes in 94 dioceses across 40 states as well as in Europe and Canada.ĭuring recent months, more and more parishes across the U.S. The organization Walking With Purpose has adapted its signature face-to-face Bible study groups into a virtual study program “that has become a lifeline for women during this period of isolation,” said the group’s founder. (CNS photo/courtesy Walking With Purpose) The group said it has seen the number of participants in its virtual Bible study grow during the pandemic. Women pray during a Bible study sponsored by the group Walking With Purpose in this undated photo.
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