“You Are the Light of the World”: Pope Francis’ new mandate on clerical sexual...
BARB SZYSZKIEWICZ
Pope Francis has issued a mandate on the reporting and investigation of clerical sexual abuse. The document, titled Vos estis lux mundi (You...
End-of-Year Inventory
Piles of Bibles. Workbooks. Boxes of pens. Stacks of papers.
Doing our Easter Duty
Michael Daley
It's not every day that you come across profound theological truths reading the sports page. Yet, this is just what happened to me...
Leading DRE: Communicating with Parish Leaders
From optional to optimal
COLLEEN VERMEULEN
Great to see you!” I exclaimed as I sat down for a cup of coffee with a fellow DRE from...
Leading DRE: Improving Communication Between Catechists and Leaders
Investing in quality over quantity, and deepening relationships
COLLEEN R. VERMEULEN
As DREs and faith-formation leaders, we can sometimes feel inundated with communication requests: voicemails, emails,...
Leading DRE: Improving Communications with Parents
A bridge for relationship and growth
COLLEEN R. VERMEULEN
As catechetical leaders, we experience firsthand the reality that “parents are the principal and first educators of...
The Catechist and Scripture — A Parish-Based Retreat
DEANNA G. BARTALINI
Praying and reflecting on who we are as catechists
This retreat is designed so that a local director of religious education and a...
5 Tips for Forming Catechists’ Spirituality
DR. LORI DAHLHOFF
Nurturing the spirituality of catechists is crucial to providing effective religious education.
Daily meditation on Scripture
Incorporate guided meditation on Scripture into meetings...
4 tips for communicating with catechists
Reflecting on Jesus' examples of communicating with his disciples, here are four tips for communicating with catechists from parish catechetical leaders' experiences from around...
V Encuentro National Gathering – Sept 20-23 – (Resource links)
The Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry (V Encuentro) is an historic ecclesial gathering of 3,000 Hispanic/Latino Ministry leaders/delegates from dioceses, ecclesial movements, schools,...
