Answering God’s Call to Service
Sometimes the sacredness of the work we do as catechists gets lost in the rush of fitting weekly lesson-planning and teaching into the rest of our busy lives. It is good to take time to remember that this work is rooted in a larger call to help build up the Body of Christ on earth.
Sharing Prayer
In recent weeks, you and the team have been preparing for the learning year ahead by reviewing texts and working on lesson plans. In this prayer, you will bless one another in a special way and profess your beliefs in the creed.
A Catechist’s Prayer Before Class
A beautiful prayer to help catechists prepare for each class time.
Essential Mission: To Foster Your Students’ Life of Prayer
"How much can we really do with an hour a week?" laments the parish program catechist. "There's so much to teach. Where do I start?"
Entering, Blessing the Vineyard
May the Lord give strength to his people; may the Lord bless his people with peace (Psalm 29:11).
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
Forgiveness Month
February can put us in touch with how we are not the people we hope to be, are meant to be.
Seek the Oasis
Fight or flight. This, we are taught, is our primitive and automatic response whenever perceiving an attack or threat.
