Carlos | 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 another [...]
Carlos | January 15, 2010
Hey! You guys may not remember me. I’m the Catechist that used to post on this blog. It’s been how long? Oh yeah, a month and a half. I’m embarrassed by the fact that I haven’t posted in so long. Life got a little bit crazy for me in December. Work picked up as we [...]
Carlos | December 1, 2009
Some of my readers may remember a post I made a few months ago called “6 + 6 = Awkward“. Well, it’s that time of year where we review the Ten Commandments. After some introductory reading, I chose to review each commandment in detail. I asked for a volunteer to read the First Commandment aloud. [...]
Carlos | November 2, 2009
Tonight’s class was not a good class, but honestly I suspected it would be challenging. Classes last for one hour. Normally, I take control from the very beginning and can maintain it throughout that hour. Tonight however, we had every student go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. While I love this sacrament and profess it’s [...]
Carlos | September 25, 2009
We had our first Religious Education session this week for our 6th graders. The evening started with a meeting for parents and students to review what the year has in store. Our CRE reviewed our schedule, highlighting some new things we will be trying with them this year, including a retreat around the Ten Commandments.
The [...]
Carlos | May 28, 2009
As a Catechist, one of the biggest currents that you swim against is the students feeling that what you’re teaching isn’t really practical in today’s day and age. Leave it to the real world to get in the way. It got in Jesus’s way, in the Apostles’ way and in many Saints’ way, so why [...]
Carlos | May 12, 2009
While most people would think that the statement in the title is obvious, I never appreciated just how “not equal” parents can be. One of the biggest disappointments I found from teaching this past year was seeing that in some cases, what I was teaching in Religious Education class was not actively supported or practiced [...]
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