Blessed Are You: Understanding and Teaching the Beatitudes
FATHER DWIGHT LONGENECKER
One of my favorite Gospel stories is the account of Jesus cleansing the temple. When he turned over the moneychangers' tables, he...
Love Builds on Knowledge of the Beloved — on the first task of catechesis
Promoting Knowledge of the Faith as a Ministry of Love
BY CHRISTOPHER KLOFFT
Because I teach theology on the undergraduate level, I have the opportunity to...
More Than Math!
How Catechists Teach Differently Than Any Other Kind of Teacher
Jared Dees
When I first started out as a religious educator, I used to be envious...
Igniting the Fire of Faith
This Year of Faith is an invitation, not a command. It is not a time to complain that the Divine should take a more active role in the world, but that we should “make God credible in this world” (Fisichella). It’s more than being nice or doing one’s duty. It’s going to demand sacrifice, courage, and an enormous amount of energy—but probably not more than the original disciples needed in order to follow the Great Commission. They may have been the first to witness like their hair was on fire.
The Beatitudes: An Introduction
Every time I think of the Sermon on the Mount, I am reminded of two quotes.
The Time-Honored Sign of the Cross
Q: Some non-Catholics have criticized the gesture of the Sign of the Cross as either an empty ritual, something superstitious, or worse. Any advice...
Education in Community Life
By Sr. Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND
A community is a group of people who are united because they share common values. A priest once told...
No evil will be healed unless it is surfaced and made visible
John Cavadini, writing at Notre Dame's Church Life Journal, in an article, "Guidelines for Any Appropriate Response to the Catholic Abuse Crisis," offers a...
Baptism and Confirmation: Full Life in the Trinity
JASON GALE
C.S. Lewis remarked, “You may ask, “If we cannot imagine a three-personal Being, what is the good of talking about Him?” Well, there...
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.
