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.
Roman Missal Changes
Roman Missal Q & A: 2nd Installment
Here is the 2nd installment of Q & A from my Roman Missal Webinars from last week. Great questions! Hope my answers are up to snuff! Roman Missal Webinar Q & A – 2nd Installment Print Friendly
Comings & Goings
Webinar this Wednesday! P.S. Thanks Atlanta!
This Wednesday, August 17, 2011, will be the first of a series of free Webinars I’m offering titled Getting Started as a Catechist. This first one focuses on catechists of Primary Grade children (grades 1-3). To register, click here. I’m really looking forward to spending time with you looking at some basic tools that can help us be effective catechists! P.S. I big shout out to the Archdiocese of Atlanta for hosting such a successful […]
Art and Music in Catechesis
Webinar Follow-up: Questions About Using Contemporary Music
During the Webinars on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, I received MANY questions about using contemporary music in a catechetical setting as a way to engage a young audience. Allow me to address some thoughts about that here (and as always, I invite you to weigh in as well). For young people, contemporary music is a huge part of their life. It speaks to them in a way that no other medium can. I often use […]
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