2020 CATECHIST HONORS—Meet Our Top 10 Honorees!
Each year Catechist Honors celebrates the generous mission of gifted catechists, including parish catechetical leaders, youth ministers, and religion teachers in Catholic schools. This...
Pope Francis abolishes the pontifical secret in cases of sexual abuse
Many news outlets this week reported that Pope Francis has made some procedural decisions within the Vatican that include the abolishing of the pontifical...
Who Is Knocking at Our Door?
I had never heard of the Mexican tradition of Las Posadas until I served in a tri-lingual parish that worked very hard at incorporating different ethnic customs into the community's prayer life.
An Advent Calendar for Adults
Advent is a four-week period of increased prayer and preparation before Christmas.
We are well acquainted with the practice of employing Advent calendars with children...
Catechetical Aesthetics
Beauty, goodness, and truth as needed foundations to catechesis
TIMOTHY P. O’MALLEY
Medieval historiography contends that the function of stained glass was to educate the illiterate....
Mother Angelica, Catechist to the World
SUSIE LLOYD
Stop me if you’ve heard this: the Church is out of touch, a relic of the past, and could not possibly understand the...
The USCCB’s General Assembly in Baltimore, June 11-14, 2019 (Links to stay informed)
The 2019 Spring Assembly of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops is taking place June 11-14. Here are the links you need to...
The Call to Catechetical Leadership
Discerning the path of growth into a new role
BARBARA RAMIAN
Every so often during a major snowstorm here in the Northeast, we hear on the...
2019 Catechist Honors: Meet our inspiring finalists!
Catechist Honors celebrates the dynamic mission of gifted catechists, parish catechetical leaders — especially directors and coordinators of religious education (DRE/CRE) — plus youth...
“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...
