Guiding Lights: Principles of Discernment
"When you hold a sacred text in your hands, and ponder its wisdom, it is not enough to learn the meaning of the words alone. A sacred text is like the flame of a candle."
Strategies for Helping Our Youngest Believers Grow in Faith
It takes a special kind of catechist to work with preschoolers!
The Lord’s Prayer during Lent
I recently saw in an art exhibit a gentle landscape in which gold leaf or paint was worked into the clouds of the sky and the hills of the earth
The Language of Catechesis: Terms and Definitions
by Kate Ristow
At the end of this article, you will find ideas for nurturing and nourishing your faith beyond knowing Catholic vocabulary.
The idea...
Grateful and Gracious
As a lad (well over half a century ago) I loved Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Setting Up Council
Not everyone supports committee work!
Marketing Your VBS
In order to make your parish VBS a success, you need participants to enjoy all the wonderful activities being planned!
Forgiveness Month
February can put us in touch with how we are not the people we hope to be, are meant to be.
Advice from Master Catechists—February 2011
What are the pros and cons of students meeting in catechists' homes?
Should I make a change near the end of the year?
The Ladder of the Beatitudes II: Embracing the Challenge
Gregory of Nyssa imagined the Beatitudes as a staircase ascending toward God—each one needing to be fulfilled in order to take the next step.
