Teenagers will be teenagers
Yesterday late afternoon I was on a bus from Chelsea heading back down south over the river. It was the time of day when kids…
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Little Sparks
I popped into one of the catechesis groups yesterday evening. This is a great little group which wasn’t going to continue when our youth coordinator…
Peer Ministry
One thing I have learnt through my involvement with Youth 2000 is that nothing works better than young people evangelising young people. This was how…
What makes a good catechist?
As spiritual reading at the moment I’m reading Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard’s Inner Strength for Active Apostles, which was originally published in 1918 and is a…
The Word of God
This week, as well as enjoying Coldplay’s new album 🙂 I am studying my module on Scripture, and specifically Scripture for catechesis. I remember when…
“The activity and creativity of the catechised”
I am LOVING our Confirmation group at the moment. I know, I know… give it a few months and we’ll see what I’m saying then.…
The Ecclesial Method, Part 3
Having looked at the all-important preparation and proclamation (the heart of the catechesis), I want to now look at the third step: Explanation Just as…