Hangin’ Out – Catechetical Leader Episode 013
I’m happy to present the latest episode of the Catechetical Leader podcast! This Year of Faith has been called to commemorate both the 50th anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The round-table was hosted as an open invitation Google+Hangout. I was very happy to be joined by Joyce Donahue, catechetical associate with the Diocese of Joliet Lisa Hendey, blogger and host of CatholicMom.com Russell Peterson, associate director of religious education with the Diocese of...
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The latest episode of the Catechetical Leader Podcast is live! This month I had a conversation with Randy Hain, senior editor of the Integrated Catholic Life eMagazine, co-founder of theAtlanta Catholic Business Conference, and author of The Catholic Briefcase: Tools for Integrating Faith and Work. He talked about his book and about how the “average Catholic” can live the faith in the secular business world. Head over to the Catechetical Leader Podcast to listen to the whole...
Read MoreThe Gift of Media: Catechetical Leader Episode 011
The latest episode of the Catechetical Leader podcast is now live! This month I talked with Dr. Eugene Gan, associate professor of communication arts at Franciscan University of Steubenville and author of Infinte Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media. We discussed the Church’s teaching on media, where to find good media, and how parents and catechists have a hand in forming children’s understanding and use of media. You can listen to the entire episode at www.CatecheticalLeader.org; you can also subscribe to the podcast on...
Read MoreThese Are a Few of My Favorite Things…
Today is Catholic Media Promotion Day, a day when when Catholics list “their favorite 3 blogs, 3 podcasts, 3 other media, 3 random Catholic things online, and their own projects.” Here, in no particular order, are my favorite Catholic: Blogs (Catechetical) This is a hard category because there are so many great ones! Among the ones I rarely miss: Catechist’s Journey Marc Cardaronella The Religion Teacher Scrutinies Blogs (Non-Catechetical) Building Cathedrals Domine, da mihi hanc aquam Whispers in the Loggia Podcasts This is another hard one for me, because I...
Read MoreNew CL Podcast – The Twitter Gang
The latest Catechetical Leader is now live! This month I discussed four articles with three of my catechetical friends from Twitter: Marc Cardaronella (@MCardaronella; www.marccardaronella.com); Jared Dees (@JaredDees; www.thereligionteacher.com); and Dorian Speed (@DorianSpeed; scrutinies.blogspot.com). Head over to www.CatecheticalLeader.org to download the episode — or subscribe on...
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