Catholic Bible study project wins entrepreneurial award

The business apostolate His Way at Work (HWAW) has bestowed an award for the project “Según tu Palabra” (“According to Your Word”), an initiative by a young Spaniard, Yael Moreno, that aims to facilitate Bible study among Catholics.

Developed through the EROI Incubator at the Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV, by its Spanish acronym), “Según tu Palabra” took first prize at the 10th annual HWAW event held in Cancún, Mexico, in October.

‘Making reading the Bible trendy again’ Moreno, who holds a degree in translation and interpreting from the University of Granada and specializes in the Syriac language, won the award with her proposal to create a “Bible with notes” (laid out to provide space for annotations) along with a mobile phone app that through a few simple questions offers a personalized study tailored to the user.

In an interview with EWTN News Español, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, Moreno explained that the proposal aims to “make reading the Bible trendy again” and to help Catholics “overcome their fear of reading the Bible,” because they think it is “an encrypted book that must be deciphered.”

This aspiration took shape during her childhood.…