Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue
By Susie Lloyd
Catholics are big on Mary. We place her statue in our front yards, hang her rosary from our rearview mirrors, and wear...
Attending to Spiritual Direction: What it is — and how it helps
By Joy Davis
“As she has always done, today the Church continues to recommend the practice of spiritual direction, not only to all those who...
From Boredom to Wonder: Learning the art of prayer at Mass
By Timothy P. O’Malley
Catechists have often heard the complaint that the Mass is boring. Children and teens express their boredom directly through yawns or...
PDF: “Being versus Doing”: A Retreat for Catechists
Here's the PDF of this article that appeared in Catechist magazine, October, 2017.
Click on the link below to open the PDF, then select print...
Slide presentation: “Being versus Doing: A Retreat for Catechists”
Here are the slides that accompany the article: “Being versus Doing: A Retreat for Catechists," by Sr. Patricia M. McCormack, IHM.
Here are the slides:
Being...
It’s Dangerous to Believe: A 30-min. talk by Mary Eberstadt at the Napa Institute
An informative and sobering talk given at the Napa Institute from scholar and researcher Mary Eberstadt about the state of religious freedoms, a new paganism...
Using Digital Media in Ministry
ERIC GROTH
Nothing in history has so rapidly revolutionized the way we communicate as social media. Today's online world is a quite sobering social reality,...
A Catechism Lesson: Discouraged by Evil and Sin? Take heart!
By Pat Gohn
Discouraged by evil and sin? Take heart!
Our Catholic faith helps us understand the spiritual battle between God and evil. We’ve all...
Beginning a New Year—A Prayer Service for Catechists
ALICE ANN PFEIFER, CSA
Even when we are fully committed to starting a new enterprise or returning to an old one, we may have ambivalent...
Effective Teaching: How to Stay Energized All Year Long
Catechists need to be fueled with a missionary zeal
