Catechized While Catechizing

| April 27, 2010

For our parish, the formal Catechetical year is over.  Our Catecumen has been initiated, our students have had their final exams and classes are over until September.  I guess that means it’s time to reflect on the past year.  Teaching others is always a work in progress, no matter what it is that you are [...]

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He is Risen! Alleluia!

| April 5, 2010

I have a confession to make. I’ve never been to an Easter Vigil Mass before. Can you believe it? All my life, Easter has always been an Easter morning sort of thing. I can now honestly say that I had no idea what it is that I was missing!! The Easter Vigil was one of [...]

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Where in the world is Carlos the Catechist?

| April 5, 2010

I’m embarrassed to say that I’m still right here. I have no amazing stories to tell of travels nor do I have any unimaginable tales to share of events that have kept me away from my blog. In fact, I have no good excuse whatsoever. Yet, it’s been nearly two months since I’ve said anything [...]

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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”.