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.
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Free Webinar!!! Teaching During a Year of Faith
Don’t miss the free Webinar I’m offering on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 (7:00 pm CDT), “Teaching During a Year of Faith!” Details are below. A recording of the Webinar will be available here on my blog within a week of the live event for those of you who cannot participate on Tuesday evening. In the meantime, here is a Note Taking Sheet that you can download and use during the Webinar to help you keep […]
Online Retreat for Catechists
Thanks for the Inspiration – Looking Ahead to Week 2
Thanks so much to all of you for participating in this online retreat for catechist and for your inspirational introductions (133 as of today) ! And they’re still coming in! Keep ’em coming! You can jump in at any time! I’m amazed at the variety of our retreat group. Since the week began, we’ve averaged nearly 400 visitors each day, now from 26 countries! As of today, 319 people have viewed the introductory video. We’ve heard […]
Getting Started as a Catechist
Post-Webinar: Keeping the Conversation Going
As promised, we’ll keep the conversation going from our Catechist Training Webinar by addressing the many questions that we did not get to address while live. I’m going to do so by using the COMMENTS feature below. Click on the word COMMENTS just below and to the left and you’ll see comments from Joe, each representing a different question. You can then click on REPLY to add your thoughts. Let’s talk! Print Friendly
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