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Thursday, December 12, 2024

The Heartbreak of Suicide: Suggestions for Parishes, and Resources to Bookmark

PAT GOHN For many of us in catechetical settings in churches or schools, it is normal to encounter the daily hurts and struggles of the...

Education in Community Life

By Sr. Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND A community is a group of people who are united because they share common values. A priest once told...

Pastor Transitions: He’s Here!

Part 3 of a 3-part series MARTI JEWELL One day you discover that you are laughing again! That is the wonderful post-grief experience of noticing...

Pastor Transitions: Uncertainty in In-Between Times

Part 2 of a 3-part Series MARTI JEWELL We just don’t know what to do,” were the words of one faith formation director. You’ve begun moving...

Pastor Transitions: He’s Leaving! Now What?

The First in a Three-Part Series on Navigating Changes in Pastoral Leadership MARTI R. JEWELL You just heard the announcement. Anticipated or unexpected, it has come....

Leading DRE: 3 Summer-Break Planning Strategies

Before you Pause, Look Back and Look Forward DEANNA BARTALINI The catechetical year is winding down. You’ve made it through whirlwind months of working on...

A Parish Guide to Integrated Faith Formation

Catechist.com recommends... As we emerge from the pandemic, parishes have an incredible opportunity to connect the home or domestic church with the wider parish community....

A Webinar + Book: Partnering with Parents to Nurture Faith

Join Denise Utter for an insightful conversation on how to better partner with parents to nurture faith Co-Sponsored by the University of Dayton, the Institute...

NCCL’s Family & Intergenerational Faith Formation Survey

The NCCL Needs Your Help to Create a National Profile of Family and Intergenerational Faith Formation. Please take the survey and share it with...

Parish leader: “I built it and they didn’t come.”

Sometimes, despite our best efforts, programs fail. Our great ideas are overlooked. What we think should matter to people doesn't. Rather than jumping to...