The Game of Life

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 [...]

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Moving Backwards

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 [...]

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Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned

Carlos | May 21, 2009

Few words strike more fear and dread into the hearts of some Catholics then these: “Bless me Father, for I have sinned.”  That was clearly the sentiment of my 6th grade class last year. Besides the standing time slot on Saturday afternoons, the parish offers the Sacrament of Penance twice throughout the year during class [...]

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Carlos

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”.