Upcoming Catechetical Events
Here’s a few upcoming events I’ll be a part of: Next Wednesday, May 5th, I’ll be giving a short presentation on “Passing on the Faith to the ‘Net’ Generation” at St. Cecelia Church in Glen Carbon, Illinois. A potluck, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, will start at 6p; the presentation will begin sometime around 6:30p. I’ll be teaching a two-day course on the Second Vatican Council at Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in Collinsville, Illinois, on June 7 and 8. For more information, or to register, contact my office. I’ll be giving two...
Read MoreHabemus Episcopum!
It is with great joy that I forward the news that the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois has a new bishop: Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of the Archdiocese of Chicago to be the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. He succeeds Archbishop George J. Lucas, who was named archbishop of Omaha last June. The appointment was announced at 5 a.m. April 20 in Washington, D.C., by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. “We are grateful to God, to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and to Francis Cardinal George...
Read MoreVideo: Catechizing Digital Natives webinar
This is a video of the webinar I offered earlier this month on strategies for passing on the faith to the “net generation.” For further reading on this subject I have also compiled a list of books, useful articles and tools referenced in the video. Catechizing Digital Natives from Jonathan Sullivan on...
Read MoreRadcliffe on Leaving the Church
I don’t often link to other commentary on the web (the best way to find out what I’m reading on a given day is to follow me on Twitter), but this piece by Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., about whether to leave the Church in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal is too good to pass up: Why go? If it is to find a safer haven, a less corrupt Church, then I think that you will be disappointed. I too long for more transparent government, more open debate, but the Church’s secrecy is understandable, and sometimes necessary. To understand is not always to condone, but necessary if we are...
Read MoreCatechizing Digital Natives – Footnotes and Further Reading
This week I am giving a webinar on catechizing the “digital generation.” The following are footnotes and suggestions for further reading from the webinar: Books Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey & Urs Gasser Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World by Don Tapscott Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning by Marc Pensky Articles Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants by Marc Prensky (PDF) Do They Really Think Differently? by Marc Pensky (PDF) How Digital Technology Has Changed the Brain by...
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