Arkeology
This is primarily aimed at catechists; but if you like it, and aren’t a catechist, maybe you should be one. Every year in our journey through the Bible and the…
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Tag: catechesis
Sacraments on the Fly
I used to teach sacraments to adults in RCIA, and to kids in Catechism class. With my current curriculum I don’t have specific lesson plans for sacraments. Now sacramental…
Scapegoating the Body
I recently completed what I think is my 10th year of catechizing 6th-graders in Wednesday Night Sunday School. I love teaching, but I like to also sit down…
Big Ideas Fast
I know y’all are too grownup for 6th-grade Catechism class, but everybody like pictures. And if they’re badly drawn then the viewer enjoys a frisson of superiority at the…
Practical Parent Evangelization
By nature I am a practical person in most aspects of my life. When it is time for parent meetings to go over the reception of sacraments I…
Hear the Whispering this Advent
After the earthquake there was a fire—but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound. (1 Kings 19:21) It seems…
Organic Catechesis with the Bible
Fellow blogger Ruth Curcuru (who uses the handle RAnn) recently commented on a catechetical post from my blog, observing that the current catechetical model takes “a topic-based approach…
f u cn rd ths…
…then you should be catechizing in a classroom. I already know you are a self-selected follower of New Evangelizers. Therefore I also know: A. You take evangelizing seriously.…
Body + Soul = A Theology of Discipleship
I was minding my own business, researching an article on Catholic Sex Ed, and next thing I knew, I was re-learning Evangelization 101. You know, the part where…
Continuing to Learn our Faith as Adults
I’m sort of a convert to the Catholic faith. I was baptized Catholic, but never raised in the Church. As an adult, I connected with more and more…