Catechists Unite!!

Posted By on August 28, 2009

Over the last two weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to participate in three events that have brought Catechists together to share ideas, tips and other information to help us all further our ministry.  It started with a webinar hosted by Joe Paprocki from Catechist’s Journey.  Joe broke his webinar into two parts.  It was an opportunity to review and share some basic skills for being a Catechist.  Joe shared some information from one of his books and the participants had opportunities to ask questions.  It was valuable to see how similar the challenges were across the Catechist population.  Part 2 was this Wednesday, and it was just as useful continuing on the theme of basic skills for Catechists.  I take my hat off to Joe for offering us this opportunity to learn from his vast experience as well as to learn from each other.  If anyone is interested in viewing the recording of the webinar, please click on the link to Joe’s blog above and select “Catechist Training” from the top menu.

For the trifecta, my parish had a Catechist meeting last night, offering us an opportunity to get together before the school year begins again.  The meeting began with a presentation by our Deacon.  He gave a wonderful presentation of the importance of our role, not only as teachers, but as Christians passing on the traditions of the Church.  One particular thing that stands out for me was when Deacon looked at us, pointed at us and very deliberately said, “You are the true disciples”.  I think that really helped drive home just how important this ministry is.  Like the first disciples, we continue with the responsibility of sharing the faith.

After Deacon’s presentation, we had a short discussion about some changes for the coming year and we asked some questions and shared from tips.  I find so much value in being able to share information as a group.  You learn so much and you may even have a thing or two to offer.

I’m excited about classes starting up again.  It will be a new crowd, but I’m looking forward to implementing some of the changes I’ve made based off of my lessons learned from last year.

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My name is Carlos Torres, and for better or for worse, I am a Catechist. As a Catechist, I help supplement the religious education that parents give at home with focused and detailed lessons around Scripture and Tradition as taught by the Church. Now, I have no background in teaching, much less in dealing with a group of tweens and teens who don’t want to be with me, in a classroom, on a weeknight, learning about faith; yet week after week, I and many other Catechists do just that by letting the Holy Spirit guide us in planting those seeds and helping fulfill the Church’s mission to “go and make disciples”.

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  • http://platytera.blogspot.com/ Christian

    I’m excited about classes starting up again. It will be a new crowd..

    Yeah, me too. Not much to blog about if there’s no Catechism class. We start Sept 9.

  • http://platytera.blogspot.com/ Christian

    \I’m excited about classes starting up again. It will be a new crowd..\

    Yeah, me too. Not much to blog about if there’s no Catechism class. We start Sept 9.

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About the author

My name is Carlos Torres, and for better or for worse, I am a Catechist. As a Catechist, I help supplement the religious education that parents give at home with focused and detailed lessons around Scripture and Tradition as taught by the Church. Now, I have no background in teaching, much less in dealing with a group of tweens and teens who don’t want to be with me, in a classroom, on a weeknight, learning about faith; yet week after week, I and many other Catechists do just that by letting the Holy Spirit guide us in planting those seeds and helping fulfill the Church’s mission to “go and make disciples”.