June 13, 2013

Reviews

The happiest people I’ve ever known were Carmelite nuns. If you’re called to it, the religious life can be the most joyful and fulfilling thing imaginable. The Imagine Sisters Movement wants to make this joy more widely known. Imagine Sisters makes Jesus known by sharing stories, films, graphics, and resources about religious sisters. With over 15,000 followers

Read More

June 12, 2013

Evangelization

“But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not ready for it; and even yet you are not ready, for you are still of the flesh.” 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 What’s the biggest mistake

Read More

June 4, 2013

Book Reviews, Catechesis

Jared Dees is passionate about the practical. For years he’s provided easy to implement resources, activities, lesson plans and guides for religious educators on his blog, The Religion Teacher. Now he’s distilled those years of practical training into a new book, 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator.  The book contains thirty-one exercises that will

Read More

May 30, 2013

Catechesis

What does an evangelizing catechesis look like? In my last post, I wrote how the first stage of the catechetical process should be about conversion. This is how were made to understand God’s revelation. Faith first, then grow that faith through deeper education. It doesn’t work well if you educate without faith. But this is what we’ve been doing

Read More

May 23, 2013

Catechesis

Conversion is an essential element in the whole catechetical process. But conversion isn’t automatic after Baptism. It requires evangelization. The Church’s process of evangelization works, but only when people follow the stages in a certain order. And that’s not likely to happen in our current catechetical situation. But  hope is on the way. The Church is proposing

Read More