I had the honor and privilege of doing the keynote presentation today with my friend Fr. Dom Grassi at the Chicago Catechetical Conference held at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont! Our topic was “Living the Mass: How We Go Forth Rejoicing FROM the House of the Lord.” Of course, Fr. Dom and I drew heavily from our book, Living the Mass: How One Hour a Week Can Change Your Life. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and to meet so many new faces as well! Thanks to the good folks of the Office for Catechesis and Youth Ministry, where I once happily worked in a previous life, for the great job of organizing the event and for inviting Fr. Dom and me to do the presentation. We had a lot of fun and certainly hope that folks found it enriching. Now it’s off to Hartford, CT, for a keynote presentation and workshop there tomorrow! Have a great weekend!
Comings & Goings
Chicago Catechetical Ministries Awards Banquet
Last evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Chicago Archdiocesan Catechetical Ministries Awards Banquet at the Drury Lane Theater in Oak Brook, IL. In particular, I had the honor of introducing my DRE, Arlene Astrowski, who was a recipient of one of the archdiocesan awards! There were over 600 people in attendance, mostly catechists and catechetical leaders along with many pastors and pastoral staff, to honor the efforts of numerous catechetical ministers in the […]
Books
Catholic Press Association Awards – 2 of My Books Honored!
I am humbly grateful to learn that 2 of my books have been singled out for awards by the Catholic Press Association! Living the Mass: How One Hour a Week Can Change Your Life (co-authored with Fr. Dom Grassi) was awarded second place in the Liturgy category. BTW, this book will be available in Spanish come this Fall, 2012! Practice Makes Catholic: Moving from a Learned Faith to a Lived Faith was awarded third […]
High School/Youth Ministry
Parent-Teen Date Night
Editor’s note: This summer, we will be highlighting success stories from the field. Let’s share our stories of what works to inspire each other to great things in faith formation ministries! Today, Megan Arteaga tells us about Parent-Teen Date Night in youth ministry. As youth ministers, we want more parental involvement. We want more parents as adult leaders; we want more parents driving carpools; we want more parents as chaperones; heck, we’d be happy with […]
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