Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Catechists Needed
From St. Al's bulletin July 28, 2007 [3 pp. pdf] (page 2)
The road to Sunday School is paved with good intentions.
Update: A missionary priest from Kenya presided at Mass on August 12th. In his homily he asked our help in supporting the work of his diocese, including training catechists.
Update 2: Rich Leonardi posts on Trickle-down dissent. Perhaps our DREs are indirectly telling us that any training actually available in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee would do more harm than good. ¶ 8/08/2007 06:36:00 PM
We are in need of Catechists at all levels. College students, grandparents, parents and adults are all eligible to help us with this request. No formal training required. Just a love of children of all ages and enthusiasm to share knowledge of our Catholic faith. ...
The road to Sunday School is paved with good intentions.
Update: A missionary priest from Kenya presided at Mass on August 12th. In his homily he asked our help in supporting the work of his diocese, including training catechists.
Update 2: Rich Leonardi posts on Trickle-down dissent. Perhaps our DREs are indirectly telling us that any training actually available in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee would do more harm than good. ¶ 8/08/2007 06:36:00 PM
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Oh! We get this one every year at this time at our parish. Then, when things get really desperate around the middle of September, the women in charge of both the Childrens' and Youth "ministries" will get up in church and make personal announcements, usually containing a rather veiled threat that if no one steps forward, the programs for the grades without catechists are in jeopardy.
The "no formal training" thing is hammered pretty hard, as if all you really needed to be qualified was minimal competency with scissors and paste (which may, indeed, be true). More than a little frightening; let's let yet another generation of Catholic kids know less about their faith than they do about, say, geography...
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The "no formal training" thing is hammered pretty hard, as if all you really needed to be qualified was minimal competency with scissors and paste (which may, indeed, be true). More than a little frightening; let's let yet another generation of Catholic kids know less about their faith than they do about, say, geography...
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