Adult Formation
Great Wednesdays at St. John’s
St. John’s Book Group
The Women’s Book Group invites you to the May 19th meeting at 2:00pm on Zoom when they’ll be discussing “Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism” by Sebastian Smee.
“The Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic’s gripping account of the “Terrible Year” in Paris and its monumental impact on the rise of Impressionism.
From the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the “Terrible Year” by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans―then imperiled again as radical republicans established a breakaway Commune, ultimately crushed by the French Army after bloody street battles and the burning of central Paris. As renowned art critic Sebastian Smee shows, it was against the backdrop of these tumultuous times that the Impressionist movement was born―in response to violence, civil war, and political intrigue.”
Interested readers may contact the church office for more information. New members are always welcome.
If you are interested in our Alpha class, please speak to The Rev. Kerbel. The class will be offered again in 2026.
Special Programming Presented by St. John’s
The Gospel of Mark – March 29, 2026
Fifty Years After the Vietnam War – November 11, 2025
Prisms of Faith: Moving Beyond Tolerance to Deep Engagement – March 16, 2025
The Harlem Renaissance at 100 – November 11, 2022
