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...
Advice from a Master Catechist: “Why Do I Have to Go to Mass?”
Question: I need help with my youth ministry apologetics. The middle- and high-school students often ask me some version of the following question: “Why...
Prayers in the Face of Violence and Terrorism
As the world reels from the recent terrorism against New Zealand mosques, we, once again offer these prayer resources for our readers. First, a...
Practice Simplicity
KATHY HENDRICKS
When my husband and I put our house on the market several years ago, we were thrown into an extensive round of clutter...
Prayer Teams
An investment with holy dividends
DAN O’ROURKE
There were more than 100 people in the room when our pastor, Fr. James Mallon, author of Divine Renovation,...
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...
YouTube Videos in Today’s Classroom
Tips for sharing safe, distraction-free video content
ANNABEL DOTZMAN
In our ever-changing world, technology continues to develop at a record pace. If we stop for a...
A Catechism Update!
Pope Francis revises teaching on the death penalty to better reflect the sacred dignity of
the human person — and promote a culture of life
PAT...
