Catechizing a Digital Generation

| November 20, 2010

I was fortunate enough to attend a workshop sponsored by the Archdiocese of Boston’s Office of Religious Education yesterday focused on reaching our youth using media.  As you know, not only do I blog here but I am also an administrator for my parish’s Facebook page, so using these tools more effectively was of particular interest to [...]

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A Case for Consistant, Balanced Memorization

| November 16, 2010

I’m not old enough to have been catechized with the Baltimore Catechism, but I do have a copy of it and I’ve heard quite a few people comment on their own experiences with it.  The Baltimore Catechism is primarily laid out in a Q&A format.  It is concise and to the point.  When I hear [...]

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Shame on me!

| November 15, 2010

It has been too long. It really has. I have not posted anything since August and there are just no excuses for that long of a delay.  Reasons?  Yes.  Excuses?  No.  I hang my head in shame, like my monkey friend over here, for not posting sooner. Does your life ever take on a life [...]

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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”.