I’m a fan of the blog The Art of Manliness, which offers a useful counter to the dominate male images of our consumer culture. Brett McKay, the site’s founder, has reported on what he calls a “Menaissance,” a movement to re-establish a more classical understanding of men based on the values and style of the [...]
On April 26, 1642, an immense crowd was gathered round the triangular gallows at Tyburn, and an elderly Welshman, who had come to be hanged, stood up in the cart to make his speech. He was Edward Morgan, a Flint-shire man who had been to school at Douai and made priest at Salamanca. He had [...]
Today I concluded my five-week class on Sacred Scripture for Catholic school teachers in Springfield. I really enjoyed breaking open the Bible with this great group of catechists! The following are a few of the resources I recommended to them: Books: The Bible Blueprint: A Catholic’s Guide to Understanding and Embracing God’s Word by Joe [...]
The second issue of the Office for Catechesis‘ newsletter, COREnotes, has been released! This issue includes a reflection on the meaning of natural disasters, a look at “Chef Dan’s Theology Kitchen,” and 10 skills from William O’Leary every catechist should develop. You can sign up to receive COREnotes in your inbox at www.dio.org.
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Patrick. In our secular culture, St. Patrick (and his feast day) is remembered simply for his connection to shamrocks, leprechauns and green beer. In fact, St. Patrick was a native of Britain. While still a teen Patrick was captured and taken to Ireland; he spent six years there [...]
Source: Ave Maria Readers: Book One (Barrett and Fanning, 1931)
This afternoon I gave a short presentation to the board of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership on Web 2.0. As promised to them, here are some links to additional resources and readings on the topics we discussed. Books The Cluetrain Manifesto by Rick Levine, et al Free: The Future of a Radical Price by [...]
Next month I will be offering another webinar on technology and catechesis: Today’s generation gap seems larger than ever. The students in our parishes and schools are comfortable with technologies that seemed like science fiction when many of us were growing up. Given the radically different way that “digital natives” use technology to take in [...]
I’ve been out of the office the past two days on retreat with the DREs of the diocese. It was a wonderful, Spirit-filled retreat, and I’m grateful for the time “away” – until I get back to my office and see the pile of mail and paperwork on my desk! It would be easy to [...]
The second episode of NCCL‘s new podcast is live! I had a great conversation with Jared Dees of thereligionteacher.blogspot.com and William O’Leary of catechesisinthethirdmillennium.wordpress.com about catechesis and blogs. You can listen to the whole episode right here:
