The Community-Building Power of VBS
Vacation Bible School and the Fifth Task of Catechesis
LISANNE JENSEN
Ask a child the question, “How was Vacation Bible School today?” and you’re likely to...
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...
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...
Holy Hacks for Catechists
20 creative ways to share the faith
Patti Maguire Armstrong
This is the mission field. That thought hit me early on during my dozen years...
Why Do We Call It “Mass?”
Learn the meaning of the Latin phrase Ite, missa est
SUSIE LLOYD
Did you ever wonder where the word Mass comes from? The answer has been...
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.
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...
Catechesis and Persons with Disabilities
An excerpt from Salt and Light
MAUREEN PRATT
Catechesis is a must for all members of the body of Christ, including persons with disabilities. The...
Teaching When Kids Don’t Care — presented by Catholic Answers (Video 5-mins.)
Show host Cy Kellet and guest Chris Stephanick talk with a discouraged catechist who is a caller on Catholic Answers Live. If you've been...
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...
