During June and July, many catechists from all over the world participated in on online retreat here at Catechist’s Journey, focusing on the spirituality of the catechist. I’ve been getting some inquiries from people about whether or not they can participate in the retreat during the upcoming catechetical year. The answer is CERTAINLY! Of course there won’t be as much interaction as there was when the retreat was “live” but all of the content is still there (here!). To make it easy for you, I’m providing links to the retreat below. I suggest you bookmark this page for easy access to the online retreat.
Getting Started as a Catechist
Webinar Success – A Great Big THANK YOU!!!
We successfully completed our first free Catechist Training Webinar this evening! A great big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in this opportunity to look at basic skills that can help us to be more effective catechists. We will have another session of Part One on Thursday, August 20, at 7:15 pm (CDT). There’s still room for you to register for that one: Click here. Part Two will take place on Wednesday, August […]
7 Keys to Spiritual Wellness
7 Keys to Spiritual Wellness Webinar – Recording Now Available!
Thanks to the fast work of my colleague Rosemary Lane, a recording of my recent Webinar, 7 Keys to Spiritual Wellness – A Webinar for Easter People, is now available! For your convenience, here’s the link. It can also be found by locating the tab labeled Webinars at the top of this page. Please share this information with anyone that you feel can benefit from viewing this webinar. Thanks! Click here or when you click […]
Joys and Frustrations
Last Night's Class, Tonight's Webinar
Last evening, my students took their Confirmation exam. I haven’t had a chance to correct them yet, however, I can tell from a quick glance that there are no disasters awaiting me. In previous years, I had one or two kids who left full pages blank. Not this time. Before the exam, I gave them time to study and to quiz one another. I then told them that the Catholic faith was like a family […]
This training session sounds great. I can’t make any of the live presentations coming up but am very interested in when it will be available. I am running a catechist training session on September 8 and 10 and I would love to see what your topics are to help me with training. I am the director of religious education for elementary school age children K-5. Thanks so much!
Lorraine, the recordings of the Webinars will most definitely be available by then. I’ll announce it on my blog and provide the link. Stay tuned.
This is my first time teaching and I have no clue where to begin! I will be teaching first grade so I want to make sure I teach them everything they need to know. Can you point me in the right direction for the appropriate tools I will need to be the “best” first grade Catechist. Thank you and God Bless.
Kathi Maher
Hi Kathi and welcome! I recommend that you check out the recording of the Webinar I just did last week and join us for part 2 this coming Thursday. You can find the recording here: https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2010/08/24/getting-started-as-a-catechist-part-one/ Next, check out a post I did about getting to know your age group: https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2010/08/02/getting-to-know-the-age-level-you-teach/
Here’s the link to part 2 of my webinar:https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2010/08/20/getting-started-as-a-catechist-webinar-part-two/
And finally, be sure to check out my book, The Catechist’s Toolbox! http://www.loyolapress.com/the-catechists-toolbox-by-joe-paprocki.htm