We live in a new age, don’t we? There is so much available to us on the Internet that we, as catechists, can take advantage of. I’ve provided a list of links to a lot of my favorite Catholic Web sites in the right hand column of my blog’s homepage. I hope you get a chance to peruse some of them to see how they can be of help to you in your catechesis. Of course, most of our textbook publishers provide excellent Web resources as well. I know that for the text book I am using (Finding God for junior high), I go to www.FindingGod.com to find lots of assistance.
What Catholic Web sites do you recommend for catechists to add to their links?
I find Resource Publications to be one of the best resources around, both for liturgy and catechesis.
http://www.rpinet.com
Very true, Lauretta, I’ve always liked Resource Publications’ materials.
Hi, Joe – great question – catechists should choose and use web resources carefully.
All the major faith formation text publishers have their own web pages, and certainly catechists should visit the one for their text series regularly. In addition, I’d recommend these:
http://www.catechistsonline.com – resources, current issues, idea exchange, etc.
http://www.catholiccatechist.org – free printable resources, message board for sharing
Thanks, Joyce. American Catholic is one of my favorites…good comprehensible explanations about just about any aspect of our faith.
I too use http://www.FindingGod.org as our Parish uses the “Christ Our Life” series. I also belong to two Yahoo groups that offer activities and crafts for both the Old and New Testaments as well as the various themes through the Liturgical year.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/More_Files_of_Church_Crafts_and_Activities/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Church_Crafts_And_Activities/
Kathy, it seems to me that catechists can never get enough activities! Thanks for sharing the sites.
A really great website with print-ready resources is http://www.educationforjustice.org
It’s focus is on finding dynamic ways to present catholic social teaching and scripture. I use it all the time and highly recommend it!
Kate, this is a welcome addition…we need more resources on Catholic Social Teaching and Scripture in our catechesis. Thanks.