Why We Have to Attend Mass and Receive Communion in a State of Grace...
Two lessons from Fr. Mike Schmitz: 1) Why we go to Mass, and 2) being reconciled with God before receiving communion. Suitable for teens...
Nominations for Catechist Honors 2020 are now closed!
Catechist magazine and Catechist.com exist to support the mission of catechists, religion teachers, and catechetical leaders throughout the United States.
Our annual Catechist Honors feature is a...
Peace in Hard Times: A lesson for families
BY SUSIE LLOYD
A beautiful woman travels the world giving talks about God. She talks to an average of 2,000 people per week. Why do so...
Updates on the USCCB General Assembly meeting in Baltimore
Given the deep concern over the Church sexual abuse crises facing the Church in the United States, the eyes of many Catholics throughout our...
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...
At Home with the Easter Season
This is the season of lengthening daylight hours and the greening earth's growth and renewal.
5 Tips for Engaging Young Adults
A professor at Loyola Institute of Ministry offers advice
BETH DONZE
It’s a refrain heard repeatedly in Catholic Church parishes across the country: “We would like...
Sharing Faith with Kids Home from College
CONNIE CLARK
Picking up my son from college a few weeks ago, I joined other parents hurriedly jamming comforters, laundry baskets, and tote bags full...
God’s Chisel (9-min. video on being God’s masterpiece)
This video from the Skit Guys would be great to use before confession. It shows the challenge and gift in allowing God to...
Men of St. Joseph and the New Evangelization
A Profile of a Parish-based Ministry for Men
ZACHARY MORGAN
Facilitating relevant ministries for the spiritual edification of men can be difficult. Men’s ministries most often...
