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...
Men of St. Joseph and the New Evangelization
A Profile of a Parish-based Ministry for Men
ZACHARY MORGAN
Facilitating relevant ministries for the spiritual edification of men can be difficult. Men’s ministries most often...
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...
Perseverance and the Prayer of a Catechist
Tips For Growing a Healthy Prayer Life
MARCEL LE JEUNE
I once surveyed a class of parishioners about their prayer lives, asking them to rate how...
Mini-Mystagogy
How to Teach the Sacraments After Students Experience Them
Jared Dees
The Directory for Catechesis (DC) and other Church documents on evangelization and catechesis suggest...
Notes to a Newbie Catechist
On Surviving — and Thriving — in Catechetical Ministry
JOY DAVIS
You’ve been asked to volunteer as a catechist. Maybe someone tapped you on the shoulder...
Catechist: “I’m discouraged. They’re not in church on Sunday.”
Often we might hear our youngsters say, "We don't go to Mass on Sunday." This challenges us to a precarious balance: to not respond...
Supporting Parents: Tips for effective parent meetings
Providing services and programs for parents and guardians is at the heart of parish catechetical effort.
How can the parent meetings be both informative and...
Reaching Hearts on the Peripheries
A Look at Evangelization Grounded in Ignatian Spirituality
BY FR. WILLIAM M. WATSON, SJ
Important elements of Francis’ evangelical vision are inspired by St. John Paul...
Curating and Targeting Adult Faith Formation
On Moving Away From One Size Fits All
John Roberto
Typical parish adult faith formation approaches often utilize a “one-sizefits-all” program — a Lenten speaker series,...
