Advice from a Master Catechist: Beginning Family-Based Catechesis in a Parish
Question: “I’m trying to help our parish move to family-based catechesis, yet I have no experience with this kind of model. What are the...
It’s Okay Not to Know Everything
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SR. BRITTANY HARRISON, FMA
My first day on the job as a novice catechist, I looked over my classroom of wiggly fifth-graders...
Advice from a Master Catechist: Vetting Volunteers
Question: When soliciting volunteers to help with faith formation programs, what might be a respectful and noninvasive way to vet someone’s catechetical background? We...
Mother Angelica, Catechist to the World
SUSIE LLOYD
Stop me if you’ve heard this: the Church is out of touch, a relic of the past, and could not possibly understand the...
Women on a Divine Mission
GIVEN is a new institute dedicated to mentoring young Catholic women
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ
Do young people know the gifts they have been given? The newly...
Healing and Hope for Adults after Abortion
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PAT GOHN
This is a most tender subject. And chances are good that many people — both women and men...
Collaborate with Faith Formation Leaders
6 ways youth ministers and DREs (and others) can form mutually enriching bonds
BECKY GROTH
Being the youth minister at a parish, whether paid or volunteer,...
Three Keys to Offering Catechesis for the Families (without overhauling your programming)
JARED DEES
An increasing number of parishes are experimenting with new ways to engage entire families in children’s catechesis. We have long focused almost exclusively...
After RCIA
Keeping adults engaged
LISANNE V. JENSEN
Adults who wish to become Catholic, desire full communion with the Catholic Church, or simply want to learn more about...
Catechetical Aesthetics
Beauty, goodness, and truth as needed foundations to catechesis
TIMOTHY P. O’MALLEY
Medieval historiography contends that the function of stained glass was to educate the illiterate....
