HELLO-O-o-o? ECHO-O-o-o!

| December 12, 2011

Is anyone out there?  It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on this blog, so everyone that has stopped looking has rightfully done so and those that are still here have shown great hope.  I would especially like to thank reader Christian LeBlanc for giving me a much needed kick in the pants to [...]

Blogfading Woes

| May 11, 2011

I can’t believe it!  I blogfaded.  I actually blogfaded.  I never thought that would happen and as I write this, I wonder if anyone will be left to read it. Real life.  It’s an unpredictable thing.  Things pop up that you don’t expect.  Your free time begins to dry up.  You put things on the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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”.