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...
Helping Children Discover Joy in the Hail Mary
Question: I love teaching young children their first prayers, especially the Hail Mary. Any advice for teaching them the meaning behind its words?
VIRGINIA M. KIMBALL...
Sharing the Trinity with children
LEE DANESCO
There are few topics on any catechist's teaching schedule more intimidating than the Trinity. You assume that trying to teach the unity of...
Webinar by Sr. Eileen McCann on St. Joseph
A wonderful webinar presentation for the Year of St. Joseph: Joseph, Dreamer or Believer—Is There a Difference? by Sr. Eileen McCann, CSJ
View using the video...
Proclaiming the Cross and Resurrection
JOE PAPROCKI
When you watch late-night TV, you often see commercials for "miracle" products with claims so startling they seem to defy logic. And just...
Free Webinar Replay: Music for Enriching Catechesis with Children and Families
Music has the ability to support learning, enhance celebration, and build a deeper understanding of our faith.
In this workshop renowned family educators John Burland...
Profound Respect for the Dignity of Human Life
A continuing series on ways to instill a robust Catholic identity in those we teach
BY JOE PAPROCKI
In our exploration of Catholic identity in this...
PRIEST, PROPHET, & KING as a Way of Life
The threefold office of baptized persons
JASON GALE
In Baptism, the person receives an anointing in which he or she is “incorporated into Christ who is...
Pflaum Gospel Weeklies featured on CFN
This 7-minute video offers a look how the Gospel Weeklies bring evangelization and catechesis to parish and families. It features a Q-and-A with publisher...
Digital Citizenship and Equipping Future Saints
Discussing the moral use of technology within religious instruction
ANNABEL DOTZMAN
Take a moment to think about your daily routines. Technology, intrinsically neither bad nor dangerous,...
