Teaching Kids to Respect Others: Racism — a one-hour webinar with Kevin Dowd
In this session, Kevin Dowd draws our attention to Church teaching on the issue of racism and invites us to consider how to bring...
Advice from Master Catechists—September 2012
Your questions, answered by Master Catechists.
Reconciliation and First Eucharist Preparation: An evangelization opportunity
BY DAVID DZIENA
A friend of mine (let’s call her “Jamie”) recently posted this question on Facebook:
I am struggling with something. I am not...
Five Ways to Use Manuals to the Max
Simply providing information does not necessarily assure faith formation. Similarly, simply providing a catechist with a manual does not necessarily assure that he or...
Education in Community Life: The Fifth Task of Catechesis
By Sr. Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND
An Excerpt from The Six Tasks of Catechesis
A community is a group of people who are united because they...
Love Builds on Knowledge of the Beloved — on the first task of catechesis
Promoting Knowledge of the Faith as a Ministry of Love
BY CHRISTOPHER KLOFFT
Because I teach theology on the undergraduate level, I have the opportunity to...
The Fruits and Challenges of Restoring the Order
On the age for Confirmation for children and youth
JONATHAN F. SULLIVAN
The sacrament of Confirmation poses something of a challenge for catechetical leaders in the...
Effective Teaching: Metaphors Make Lessons More Memorable
Using objects, stories, songs, or even jokes
JARED DEES
St. Patrick’s most famous teaching tool was the shamrock. According to legend, he used the three-leafed clover...
More Than Math!
How Catechists Teach Differently Than Any Other Kind of Teacher
Jared Dees
When I first started out as a religious educator, I used to be envious...
A Lenten Mailbox for Catechists
Our hard-working editor at CATECHIST, Kass Dotterweich, takes great care to reply directly to the countless questions we get annually from our readers about teaching and helping students live the Catholic faith.
