Education

Five options for lifelong learning

Henry Ford said it best, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” If you want to broaden your knowledge, whether general or specific to the Catholic faith, there are great options available to you.

FORMED

Cost: Free, provided by your parish

Location: Online

Parishes across the Diocese of Toledo offer FORMED for their parishioners at no cost This powerful tool offers programs to deepen your faith like The Search, Symbolon, Wild Good and more Bible studies, sacramental prep materials, documentaries, books and audio talks from leading Catholic experts will help you grow in understanding your faith

Sign up for FORMED: https://formed org/signup

• Enter the zip code of your parish, select your parish, click “Next”

• Enter your name and email address, click “Sign Up”

LOURDES UNIVERSITY

Cost: Under $100

Location: Sylvania, Ohio, online options

Lourdes University offers Lifelong Learning programs . These classes are fun, social and inexpensive Another learning opportunity at Lourdes is their free monthly lectures

Information: www Lourdes edu/Lifelong

AUGUSTINE INSTITUTE SHORT COURSES

Cost: $23/month

Location: Online

These short courses include videos, slides and even quizzes to test for comprehension Courses vary from Praying with Teresa of Avila to The Bible Through Art and more are added each month

Information: https://shortcourses augustineinstitute .org/

COURSERA

Cost: Free options

Location: Online

Information: www coursera org

This online platform, founded by Stanford University,

offers thousands of courses on everything from nutrition to finance to poetry

FRANCISCAN AT HOME

Cost: Free, provided by the Diocese of Toledo

Location: Online

The Diocese of Toledo is creating learning tracks for lay leaders and volunteers using Franciscan at Home by the Franciscan University of Steubenville which will be available within the next year Watch for information in your parish bulletin

Information: https://franciscanathome com/ diocese-toledo