Ask Sister Mary Martha

| May 27, 2010

I follow a number of Catholic blogs in the blogosphere. They range from priests to religious to laity and cover a number of topics from catechesis to living an everyday Catholic life. One of my absolute favorite Catholic bloggers is Sr. Mary Martha from “Ask Sister Mary Martha” where her tagline is “Life is tough. [...]

Wabbit Season or Duck Season?

| May 3, 2010

Neither, but it sure does seem to be Webinar Season. I have been lucky enough to have participated in two excellent webinars over the past couple of weeks that have really helped me to reconsider how I should engage in my ministry. The first webinar was presented by Jonathan F. Sullivan, who is the Director [...]

On fire!!

| January 26, 2010

Have you ever had one of those nights where you look back and think, “wow” or a night that you wish you could repeat every week?  For me, last night was one of those nights. When I arrived at Church for Religious Education, my CRE asked if I would be willing to merge my class with [...]

Catechetical Congress

| October 27, 2009

This weekend, I was blessed to have attended the Archdiocese of Boston’s annual Catechetical Congress.  It proved to be a wonderful opportunity to meet and share ideas with other catechists from all across the area.  The congress was kicked off with a prayer service that was led by Archbishop Seán Cardinal O’Malley, which was both beautiful [...]

Weekly Roundup x 2

| October 9, 2009

The last two weeks have been crazy, to say the least. Religious Education classes are underway, I had my last session for my Introduction to Catechesis course last week, work has been busier then usual and home life has been action packed as well. So, I am once again behind in posting here on Catechist [...]

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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”.