Articles on the Intersection of Evangelization, Catechesis, and Conversion
December 19, 2012
Catechesis
What do you say when your son or daughter doesn’t want be Catholic? When they don’t want to go to Mass or refuse to go to CCD? To the kids out there, do you think your parents are forcing you to be Catholic? Obviously, this parent/child conflict over religion is a real issue. I know because I get a
December 17, 2012
Catechesis
Are you keeping up with your Catechism reading? With so many of you reading the Catechism for the Year of Faith, it occurred to me that maybe some are not familiar with the intricacies of this resource. There’s gold in there for catechists! Here’s an post from a fellow Franciscan Catechetics grad, Edmund Mitchell, that shows how
December 7, 2012
General
Picture a large, 10 foot wide, Medieval tapestry depicting some hunting trip in the English countryside. What would happen if you pulled out one thread from the side of this tapestry? Could you do it without affecting many of the other threads and ruining the whole picture? The Catholic Faith is like a rich tapestry
December 5, 2012
Catechesis
Did you ever consider that maybe you’re teaching the wrong thing? Most catechetical programs try to give students a complete education in the Faith before 8th grade. But does the textbook’s spiral curriculum really make a difference if the students don’t believe the teaching and leave the Church? What’s missing? To me, apathetic 8th graders sitting bored in a
December 2, 2012
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ZjaZmjImE&feature=em-subs_digest Here’s the latest video in the VCAT Video Catechism series from the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. This one is on Creation. What are the chances that life on Earth could have just happened? Watch the video and see. I’ll give you a hint…it’s a long shot. And that’s an understatement. This is one of the best examples of evangelization new in
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