Easter Catechesis
This is my first night at home since getting back from holidays. You would think that the post-Easter parish would be somewhat calmer, but you…
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Preparing Adults for Confession
For many adults becoming Catholic, Confession can be a necessary evil at best and an anxiety-inducing stumbling block at worst in their preparation to receive…
Flame Congress
Well, you have to admit it. CYMFed did a great job. Ten years ago Catholic youth ministry could not have pulled together something like that.…
Ten Top Tips for Managing Your Class
OK, readers. These come from someone who has zero training as a teacher. But they are what I have picked up and learned (often the…
This Week’s Top Five… Catechetical Highlights
1. Giving catechesis on the Our Father to the catechumens. In the Fifth Week of Lent, they are presented with the Lord’s Prayer as a…
The Ecclesial Method, Part 4
Here we are, after a very long gap, for which I apologise… The fourth step of the ecclesial method. The first three steps of the…
Revolutionary Children’s Catechesis
Now is the time to completely snap out of the mentality of catechesis being something we ‘have to get done’, like a sacramental programme. This…