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…
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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…
Discipline in catechesis
Throughout the year, and depending on the children you catechise, this can very quickly become a talking point. One year, a particularly difficult Confirmation group…
Getting catechesis right
One of the suggestions for the Year of Faith is for dioceses to review the catechetical resources they currently use: It is hoped that local…
Children in church
This is a notorious and perennially discussed talking point in many parishes, and indeed a question that the Church seems to have as many policies…
The Twelve Days of Christmas
“There ain’t no party like a Catholic party…cause the Catholic party don’t stop!” Oh yeah – Christian Christmas beats secular Christmas – ours goes on…