Catechist Formation

Catechist magazine would like to say “thank you” to catechists around the country for answering the call to share the Good News.

And the difference it makes to your students…

by Daria Sockey  It’s the great joy of being a catechist, the thing that makes you want to come back each week: proclaiming the...

One key to Lent is a journey from the mountaintop to the plain below.

by Kate Ristow  From the first days of his papacy, we learned that our newly elected Holy Father, Pope Francis, was a man of...

by The staff of Catechist Editor’s Note: Catechist magazine is proud to recognize the outstanding work of exceptional catechists. In this section we...

by Margaret Matijasevic As catechists, the essence of our vocation is to echo the word of God through the life we live and the...

The learning area needs to inspire and engage your students. Here is an idea for how to decorate and arrange your learning space and prayer table during the final weeks of your program.

The primary resource that people have turned to for Pope Francis’s viewpoints is his first apostolic exhortation, titled Evengelii Gaudium (“On the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World”). I, too, am enthusiastic about his approach and vision of evangelization and catechesis.

Catechetical leaders and catechists build their parish religious education programs to meet the needs of all children, including those with special needs. The National Directory for Catechesis tells us that “each person with a disability has catechetical needs that the Christian community must recognize and meet. All baptized persons with disabilities have a right to adequate catechesis and deserve the means to develop a relationship with God” (n. 49).