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Wanna Keep Christ in Christmas? Wish People a Merry Xmas!

It’s common today to hear Christians lament the fact that Jesus is too often overlooked or even left out in our modern secular celebration of the holiday. One example that people sometimes mistakenly point to is the use of the term Xmas which some see as a way of leaving Christ out of Christmas when actually, the complete opposite is occurring here. The X actually represents the name of Christ! In Greek, the first two […]

5000th Comment! Congratulations Jessica!

Joe Paprocki

Congratulations to Jessica Bruchey, Assistant Principal of St. Joseph Catholic School in Winter Haven, FLA, for posting the 5000th comment on Catechist’s Journey recently! I’ll be sending Jessica autographed copies of 5 of my books as a prize! Keep those comments coming folks…we’re well on our way to 6000!

A Facelift for Catechist’s Journey!

Joe Paprocki

Welcome to the new look for Catechist’s Journey! As we approach the 5th anniversary of my blog in December, 2011, (and the 5000th comment!) we thought it would be a good idea to freshen up the look of Catechist’s Journey. Because there is so much content on my blog, we decided to re-arrange it so that you can find things more easily. Thus, the new tabs up above (All Things Catechist, Catechetical Issues & Topics, […]

Teaching a Language of Mystery

Joe Paprocki

Last evening, I had the pleasure of speaking to about 65 catechists at St. Julie Billiart parish in Tinley Park, IL, on the final night of a 6 week summer series called The Monday Night Medley, sponsored by the parishes of the Southwest Suburban Cluster of DREs. This year’s focus was on Sacraments, Prayer, and Liturgy and my task was to cover the catechetical dimension, demonstrating how catechists can incorporate elements of these 3 topics […]

Practice Makes Catholic Webinar Recording Now Available!

Joe Paprocki

As promised, the recording of the Practice Makes Catholic Webinar is now available for those of you (including me!) who missed it live. Remember, the voice you hear throughout the webinar is that of my colleague Jim Moran who bravely filled in for me as I was away at my Mother-in-law’s funeral. Thanks again Jim. Also, it’s been pointed out to me that the link to the Classroom Covenant in my PDF of Resources is […]

Q & A from Practice Makes Catholic Webinar

Joe Paprocki

I was delighted to receive the print out of comments and questions that participants sent in during last week’s Practice Makes Catholic Webinar. It was especially nice to see how much you enjoyed simply sharing ideas with one another. So, as you peruse the following, know that there are more comments than there are questions for me to answer. Practice Makes Catholic Q & A Remember that a recording of the Webinar will be available within […]

PDF of Resources for Making your Class More Catholic

Joe Paprocki

Thanks for participating in tonight’s webinar! Here’s the PDF I promised with numerous links to resources that can help you to make your religion class more Catholic! Practice Makes Catholic Webinar resource list

Catholicism and Baseball

Joe Paprocki

As a baseball fan, I had to share the following with you. Thanks to Lee Nagel (NCCL Executive Director) for sharing this in his weekly update: A Match Made in Heaven – Catholicism and Baseball according to John Allen On April 1st, John Allen, the capstone speaker at our conference in Houston in 2008, had a particularly long column but he ended it by noting that “Yesterday marked the opening of the 2011 campaign, so in […]

“Catholic Artists Today Are Virtually Invisible”

Joe Paprocki

Interesting post on Deacon Greg Kendra’s blog today about the dearth of Catholic influence in the arts today: Catholic Artists are Virtually Invisible. I would disagree with Dana Gioia’s conclusion, however, that American culture is to blame. While there may be some truth to that, I believe we have no one to blame but ourselves. I don’t think we encourage artistic expression in catechesis as much as we should. As a child, I remember drawing, […]

The Envelope Please…And the Winner is…

Joe Paprocki

Of course, tonight is the big night: the Academy Awards! But that’s not the winner I’m announcing. We have a winner in our 4000th comment contest! His name is Rick Cava and he posted a comment late Friday afternoon to send the “meter” up to the 4000 mark on comments posted on my blog! Rick’s comment, ironically, was that he would prefer a retreat over a copy of my book! Sorry Rick, but I don’t […]