My book, A Well-Built Faith, has been translated into Chinese! How cool is that?! 🙂
Books
The 4 Pillars of Our Faith: Sacraments
This week, I’m featuring short excerpts from my book, A Well-Built Faith, focusing on the 4 pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Here’s a brief look at the second pillar: the Sacraments. To be sacramental is to express beyond words. Catholics are sacramental because human beings are sacramental. Humans express love in a variety of ways beyond words. We do not feel that our love is fully expressed unless we can reach out […]
Books
Making Faith Portable, Shareable, Adaptable, and Replicable
My good friend and colleague in ministry, Julianne Stanz, wisely reminds us that our faith is and must be “portable, shareable, and adaptable.” I couldn’t agree more! I’ve always used the word replicable with reference to catechesis, meaning that those we teach should be able to pass along or share with others what we have shared with them. The word catechesis means “to echo!” An echo is a replication of a sound, and those we […]
Adult Faith Formation
Iced Coffee Catechesis – A Well-Built Faith
I’ve already mentioned to you the Lawn Chair Catechism being hosted by CatholicMom.com which is using my book,  A Well-Built Faith: A Catholic’s Guide to Knowing and Sharing What We Believe, this summer. Now, I find word that a parish in Andover, MA, is also using AWBF for what they call “Iced Coffee Catechesis!” Here’s their blurb: Iced Coffee Catechesis Pope Francis reminds us that joy is ours in Christ – a joy ever new – […]
That is indeed cool.
Is the market China and Hongkong?
I believe it’s China
It really creates a joyful spirit in the updates we have for our catechism.Every day I always give time to open my computer, and the first thing I look at my yahoo account is the catechist journey.It is a lot of inspiration. It an experience where there is awholesome communication for all catechist, to of one mind,united in spirit an ideals, necessary for our spiritual growth as catechist.Honestly,I am so proud of being a catechist more than I am proud of my being a teacher-nurse-midwife.It is a feeling beyond all our human understanding,for God”s ways are not mans ways.Yes, I can speak a little of Chinese,And wow, what a wonderful idea to translate God”s words to languages all over the world.
Thanks, Elisa. That’s a few more words than I can speak in Chinese which is 0!
This comment came via email from Charlotte (a person, not the city!)
Thank you so much for your wonderful ideas and help. I teach second grade with children who are receiving their Reconciliation and Holy Communion this year, so it is a challenge. If you have any suggestions for second grade, I would so very much appreciate it. This week I’m using your “Signs” to lead into my Sacraments lesson while reviewing the Trinity, which is really hard for second graders
Again, THANK YOU and please keep them coming.
Charlotte McHoul (joemchoul@yahoo.com)
Thanks, Charlotte. Let me know what kind of specific help you’re looking for and we can put the word out to the 2nd grade catechists out there who can share their ideas!