My first year as a catechist
COLLEEN DUGGAN
For several weeks last year, my parish announced the need for volunteer catechists and each time I heard the reminder, I felt the...
Evangelizing Through the Good
On living a heroic Christian life
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
Anyone even vaguely acquainted with my work knows that I advocate vigorous argument on behalf of religious...
“THE GOOD” — A BRIEF RECAP FROM HISTORY
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
It’s simply a fact … that the most powerful force for evangelization in the first decades and centuries of the Church’s life...
End-of-Year Inventory
Piles of Bibles. Workbooks. Boxes of pens. Stacks of papers.
Doing our Easter Duty
Michael Daley
It's not every day that you come across profound theological truths reading the sports page. Yet, this is just what happened to me...
Happy Easter!
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Creating a Eucharistic Culture
Keeping the Eucharist central to our catechesis
WILLIAM O'LEARY
While attending a conference last July, I was reminded of the Gospel account in Mark about the...
Assessing Needs
Planning adult faith formation
SR. JANET SCHAEFFLER, OP
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time...
Leading DRE: Communicating with Parish Leaders
From optional to optimal
COLLEEN VERMEULEN
Great to see you!” I exclaimed as I sat down for a cup of coffee with a fellow DRE from...
Leading DRE: Improving Communication Between Catechists and Leaders
Investing in quality over quantity, and deepening relationships
COLLEEN R. VERMEULEN
As DREs and faith-formation leaders, we can sometimes feel inundated with communication requests: voicemails, emails,...