About Us

Since 1991, the Catholic Biblical Studies Program has been serving the greater Buffalo area as a source of knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Catholic Biblical Studies Program is to promote an understanding of the importance of the Bible to the life of God's people and to engage students in a critical, reflective and prayerful study of the word of God that will contribute toward a living and productive faith.

Essential to that mission is an unfolding awareness that impresses itself deeply in the mind and heart of each student:

That the word of God is powerful! It is a creative

word, accomplishing what it promises. "So shall

my word be…It shall not return to me void, but

shall do my will, achieving the end for which I

sent it." (Isaiah 55:11)

That the word of God is truly an encounter with

the living God. "…the Gospel…is the power of

God leading everyone who believes in it to

salvation…" (Romans 1:16)

That the encounter with the Word of God through

the word of God possesses a life-giving potential

to renew us. "Your rebirth has come, not from a

destructible, but from an indestructible seed,

through the living and enduring word of God."

(1 Peter 1:23)

That studying the Scriptures in their entirety gives

insight into the plan and purpose of God, revealed

throughout human history and brought to fullness

in Christ. This engagement effects personal

growth and understanding that is the fruit of

study and openness to God through God's saving

word. "Indeed God's word is living and effective,

sharper than any two edged sword. It penetrates

and divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow.

It judges the reflections and thoughts of the

heart." (Hebrews 4:12)