Summer Scripture Days

Summer Scripture Days
August 20-22, 2024

The Eucharist in Scripture

In this Year of Eucharistic Revival, we will examine the many layers of God's gift of the Eucharist to His people through Old Testament foreshadowing and New Testament teachings.

Topics include:

Old Testament Images of the Eucharist presented by Cathryn Torgerson-Wade
The Eucharist in the New Testament presented by Colleen Vermeulen, Anne Guminik, Rich Budd, and Doug Taylor-Weiss
Biblical Theology of the Mass and Covenant presented by Jeremy Priest

This retreat takes place in the Bethany House on the grounds on St. Francis Retreat Center. Bethany House guest rooms are single or double occupancy and each have a private bathroom. The entire facility is air conditioned and there is Wi-Fi throughout the building.

Any adult over the age of 18 is welcome to attend. The retreat begins on Tuesday with registration at 9:00am, followed by the orientation session at 9:30. The retreat concludes around 1:00pm on Thursday, after lunch.

Lodging options:

Single occupancy: $225

Double occupancy: $175

Commuting: $130 (Commuters are welcome to stay for dinner, but the presentations will take place Tuesday and Wednesday 9am-5pm, and Thursday 9am-1pm.)

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Meet the Presenters

Colleen Vermeulen

Colleen is a wife, mom, author, speaker, Bible teacher, and military officer.
Raised as an engaged but not evangelized Catholic, Colleen encountered Jesus in a life-changing way in her late teens, through a local Baptist church. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Cornell University, she served on active duty in the US Army, volunteering in church young adult groups, children’s faith formation, and music ministry.

Colleen left the active duty Army in 2010 in order to devote herself more fully to ministry and a (future) family life. She earned master of divinity and master of nonprofit administration degrees from the University of Notre Dame, prior to settling in Michigan with her husband and young family, where she continues to serve in the Army Reserve. Colleen has taught in the Diocese of Lansing’s Theological Studies Program at Siena Heights University, been a ministry consultant/coach for the Evangelical Catholic, facilitated University of Notre Dame Theology Online courses, and worked in her own parish (Christ the King, Ann Arbor) as an assistant to Barbara Morgan, Director of Religious Education. Throughout the years she has volunteered in the Alpha, Liturgy of the Word for Children, and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd ministries at her parish and given talks to inspire deeper steps of discipleship across southeast Michigan.

Cathryn Torgerson

Cathryn fell in love with Scripture when working on her Master’s Degree in Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. After graduation, she taught theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary as an Adjunct Professor and became a founding member of the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan faculty. A year later, she left her corporate job to teach full time for CBSM and has now taught all four years of the program multiple times.

Cathryn continues to teach while also serving as the CBSM Director of Curriculum. In this role she develops and coordinates the faculty support files and the CBSM workbooks. As a consequence of her teaching and curriculum work, she has also outlined the entire Bible. She has a passion for helping people meet God through His Word and falling in love with their Catholic Faith.

Jeremy Priest

Jeremy is the Director of the Office of Worship for the Catholic Diocese of Lansing, MI, as well as Content Editor for the Adoremus Bulletin.

Reading the New Testament and prayerfully praying through it was the principal way that Jeremy came to meet Jesus as a college student. His personal motivation as a CBS teacher is to help others encounter the Lord through hearing His Voice in the Sacred Scriptures and so to become disciples of Jesus Christ. His favorite scripture verse is Romans 5:8, “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Doug Taylor-Weiss

Doug’s motivation to teach stems from his fervent belief that the New Testament is hidden in the Old and the Old is revealed in the New. A Catholic convert and former Protestant minister, Doug is fascinated by the Truth and it is this excitement that fuels his enthusiasm as both a substitute teacher at Sacred Heart Academy and as an RCIA Catechist.

In his spare time, Doug enjoys writing poems, singing Gregorian chant in an Orthodox choir and spending time with his wife, Debra, who paints beautiful icons.

Anne Guminik

Anne Guminik joined CBSM in 2015 as an Instructor in Years A, B and D. She approaches each year with a desire to learn with and through each of her students and their experiences. Her motivation for teaching at CBSM comes from the absolute joy of sharing the saving plan of God which He makes evident through His Word and His promises! Anne also enjoys seeing the student’s “a-ha!” moments when they make Scriptural connections and grow in understanding. She is privileged to be a witness to the power of the Holy Spirit in creating new disciples.

Anne received her initial education in Occupational Therapy and worked as a therapist for 20 years. She later received her MA in Pastoral Studies and began serving her parish as a Liturgy Coordinator and RCIA coordinator. She teaches part-time at Sacred Heart Major Seminary and is a member of the Lay Associate Companions of the Cross.

Anne’s favorite Scripture verses include John 19:30, “It is finished” and Revelation 22:20, “Yes, I am coming soon.”

In her free-time, Anne enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with her four children and two grandchildren.

Richard Budd

Richard Budd joined CBSM in 2023, teaching Year D. In over twenty years of ministry, Richard has taught in Catholic Schools, directed parish faith formation programs, worked in college campus ministry, high school ministry, RCIA, and more. He currently serves as the Director of Marriage and Family Life Ministry for the Diocese of Lansing.

He has been married to his wife Maureen for eight years and lives with her and their five children in Lansing, attending Church of the Resurrection parish. Richard enjoys reading, trying to learn the guitar and watching the Detroit Lions and Michigan Wolverines with his sons.

After being instituted as a lector while in seminary, Richard’s love for scripture and his sense of a responsibility to teach scripture grew. When asked to give his favorite scripture verse, he can’t decide between John 6:68 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life.” and Philippians 2: 5-11 “Have this mind among yourselves which was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”