Preparing Kids for Their First (or 521st) Communion
Focus on the fruits of Holy Communion
JARED DEES
How do we prepare young people to effectively receive the Eucharist? Whether you are preparing children to...
The Sacraments: Things to Get or Encounters to Enter
Parents often think that the Sacraments are "things to get" for their children.
We Shall Draw Water Joyfully
Baptism and the catechist
JONATHAN F. SULLIVAN
The God of power and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has freed you from sin and brought...
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...
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...
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...
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....
