Got the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies? A Parent’s “How To” Lesson from the Publisher
Pflaum's Publisher David Dziena helps respond to the church-related cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a simple lesson for parents whose children learn...
Gathering Song: “He is Risen, Alleluia” — for Childrens’ Liturgy of the Word (video)
Do you work with a children’s ministry or children’s liturgy of the Word? Here’s some gathering music from Miss Heidi and John Burland to...
A Pope Francis Remembrance: Prayer Cards Sold in Sets of 50
Keep Pope Francis and his legacy of merciful, gentle love both close to heart and in hand with these memorial prayer cards. Perfect to...
Engage First Communion Parents
LEISA ASLINGER
My first year as a catechetical leader was one of the most difficult of my life. For months, I dreaded answering the phone,...
Teens Using Social Media to Reach and Teach Teens
MARY LOU ROSIEN
It often feels as if technology has left some of us adults behind — with Snapchat, Instagram (Finsta- a ‘fake’ Instagram),...
How to Pick a Pope
A secret meeting called a conclave elects the Catholic leader.
The Catholic religion has more than 1 billion followers around the world, and the pope...
Go To Joseph
Devotion to St. Joseph in Times of Crisis
JAMES BLANKENSHIP
When all the land of Egypt became hungry and the people cried to Pharaoh for food,...
Parent: “I lost it today. What can I do?”
My friend's husband had just lost his job. She herself was caring for her elderly parents. So when her son rolled his eyes at...
“Study this Catechism with Passion and Perseverance.” – Benedict XVI
BY PAT GOHN
The Youcat, or Youth Catechism, released in 2010 under Benedict XVI's pontificate, contained an emphatic message from the pope in the foreword: "Study this Catechism!...
Catechist: “I don’t know enough about this week’s topic.”
Perhaps it would be true to say, "We never will." One of the enlivening realities about our faith is that there will always be...
