DREs or leaders

Like the call to have a regular spiritual practice, the need to "have a life" outside of parish work is essential. It not only...

by Kate Ristow for a Catechist Formation Interest Survey. Whew! What a relief! After months of following up on leads, networking, interviewing, praying, and...

Do the newly initiated deserve an extended period of hand-holding and deeper inquiry? Can the spirit of mystagogy pervade all of catechesis in your parish? Or, where you live, is it true that CCD really means communion, confirmation, done?

Vacation Bible School has become a fruitful blessing to the Catholic Church in recent years. Once seen as a Protestant tradition, numerous Catholic publishers now provide informative and exciting thematic materials that celebrate great stories of the Bible and tenets of our Catholic faith. Today, most diocesan offices make recommendations for resources, and parishes can find online catalogs from their favorite publishers.

Master Catechists answer questions from readers

DRE Data brings you concrete suggestions and up-to-date information and insight about parish catechetical leadership.

Marge heaved the large storage box out of the back of her vintage Volvo station wagon.

A stranger asks one of my students for money. As a catechist, how might I have used this story? A new parish policy affecting the religious education program fee has been approved without my input. Is this grounds for quitting at the end of the year?

Can you give us pointers on how best to merge our religious education programs? How can I find renewed enthusiasm for my ministry?

Not everyone supports committee work!