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...
Assessing Needs
Planning adult faith formation
SR. JANET SCHAEFFLER, OP
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time...
Creating a Eucharistic Culture
Keeping the Eucharist central to our catechesis
WILLIAM O'LEARY
While attending a conference last July, I was reminded of the Gospel account in Mark about the...
Evangelizing Through the Good
On living a heroic Christian life
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
Anyone even vaguely acquainted with my work knows that I advocate vigorous argument on behalf of religious...
“THE GOOD” — A BRIEF RECAP FROM HISTORY
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
It’s simply a fact … that the most powerful force for evangelization in the first decades and centuries of the Church’s life...
Helping Children Discover Joy in the Hail Mary
Question: I love teaching young children their first prayers, especially the Hail Mary. Any advice for teaching them the meaning behind its words?
VIRGINIA M. KIMBALL...
“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...
Keeping Parents Engaged After Their Children’s First Sacraments
Following up after Baptism and First Communion
LISANNE V. JENSEN
Photographs have been snapped. Family and friends have celebrated together. Gifts have been opened. The signed,...
Why Do We Call It “Mass?”
Learn the meaning of the Latin phrase Ite, missa est
SUSIE LLOYD
Did you ever wonder where the word Mass comes from? The answer has been...
The Fruits and Challenges of Restoring the Order
On the age for Confirmation for children and youth
JONATHAN F. SULLIVAN
The sacrament of Confirmation poses something of a challenge for catechetical leaders in the...
