Coping with the Church Sex Abuse Scandals: Resources for Catechists (with updates)
This is not an easy time for the Catholic Church in the U.S., or the world, for that matter. We are scandalized by the...
Prayer Before You Begin
Jesus, help us to awaken in others the memory of God.
Help us to have a living relationship with You and with our neighbor....
An Advent Calendar for Adults
Advent is a four-week period of increased prayer and preparation before Christmas.
We are well acquainted with the practice of employing Advent calendars with children...
Live-streamed Eucharistic Adoration — Wherever You Are!
By Pat Gohn
I have been on my parish Adoration Team — doing a scheduled one-hour-a-week on Fridays — since February, 2001. It's a habit...
Imitating God – As Beloved Children
COLLEEN R. VERMEULEN
After we’ve put our faith in Jesus as our Lord, we share in God’s divine life. The Holy Spirit flows in us,...
5 Tips for Engaging Young Adults
A professor at Loyola Institute of Ministry offers advice
BETH DONZE
It’s a refrain heard repeatedly in Catholic Church parishes across the country: “We would like...
10 Strategies for Lifelong Spiritual Learning
Here are ten strategies that keep you learning and help you explore learning opportunities. The list begins with ideas that will help keep you current and the required minimal time and cost. As your circumstances permit, you may wish to engage in a more extended or more formal experience.
Adult Catechesis Can Fill Waiting Time Before Events or Meetings
QUESTION: Our parish traditionally hosts a Nativity play featuring first or second graders playing the parts of the Holy Family, angels, innkeepers, and animals...
Advice from a Master Catechist: Friends Are Leaving the Church
Question: I have a growing number of friends who are leaving the Catholic Church for mega churches. I want to share with them how...
Attending to Spiritual Direction: What it is — and how it helps
By Joy Davis
“As she has always done, today the Church continues to recommend the practice of spiritual direction, not only to all those who...
