Parish Leader: “My home life is suffering as a result of parish ministry.”
Like the call to have a regular spiritual practice, the need to "have a life" outside of parish work is essential. It not only...
Keeping the Triduum Alive at Home
DARIA SOCKEY
The loss of Sunday mass in our parishes has left feeling bereft. We’re scrambling to find live-streamed mass and other ways to...
An excerpt from The Way of Catechesis, by Gerard F. Baumbach
Looking Back 50 Years (or so) at the Documents that Guide Our Ministry
An excerpt from The Way of Catechesis
By Gerard F. Baumbach
Five decades is...
This Supreme Duty: Missionary Initiative
The Church’s Function in Every Age is to Direct Others to Christ
PAT GOHN
Years before the third millennium, St. John Paul II shared a vision...
Digital Culture and Catechesis: Opportunities and challenges
BY JONATHAN F. SULLIVAN
The task of inculturation seeks to discover that which is good, beautiful, and true in the cultures in which the Church...
Pflaum Publishing Offers Resources that Support Eucharistic Revival
This past June, the Bishops of the United States launched a three-year Eucharistic Revival within the United States. It will have many components both local and...
The Inestimable Importance of Christian Families
An urgent and compelling catechetical mission
PAT GOHN
I find myself thinking of Jesus' birth, for nowhere else do I see the sublime place of families...
Imitating God – As Beloved Children
COLLEEN R. VERMEULEN
After we’ve put our faith in Jesus as our Lord, we share in God’s divine life. The Holy Spirit flows in us,...
Magazines from Bayard
Bayard’s publications reach over a million readers each month to provide information, inspiration, and guidance. Through each one of them, we seek to uphold a single...
Catechist Self-Evaluation Assessment form
Many times, we need help in evaluating the readiness of volunteers for their role as a catechist. Here is one tool that may help....












