In Bible study, no one is treated as an outcast or even a client. Everyone is a child of God. “There’s no ‘us’ and ‘them’ around that table — just ‘us,’” said Tara Ruszkowski ...

Mary Kee knows the benefits of Bible study groups, which she has participated in for upwards of 20 years, usually at her home parish of St. Theresa Church in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn.