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What's the secret to happiness?
In this surprising discussion on the science of happiness, Nancy Etcoff says that even though we are wired from birth to be happy, we are not very good at increasing our happiness. Her 20-minute presentation covers a lot of data, but she never talks about the link (or absence of one) between faith and happiness.
What's the secret to happiness?
Choosing a confirmation name
I’m editing the October 2009 issue of Religion Teacher’s Journal, and I’ve just run across the second author who casually refers to choosing a new name for confirmation as though that’s the ordinary practice of the church. I chose a confirmation name as a child as I’m sure most of you did. But our experience
What makes catechumens ready?
Imagine a catechumen named Penelope who is in the care of a dedicated group of RCIA team members at St. Peregrinus Parish in Pittston, PA. Penelope became a catechumen, along with two other inquirers, in October. It is now February, and the St. Peregrinus team is starting to think about the Rite of Election and
Who should lead your RCIA process?
I just returned from an RCIA institute sponsored by the North American Forum on the Catechumenate. It was an engaging, intense, fulfilling couple of days. The participants were revved up from the beginning all the way through to the end. I love being with people who are so dedicated to catechumenate ministry. One question that
Who should lead your RCIA process?
Membership requirements
The Concord Pastor wondered aloud the the other day about what requirements for membership we might list in our parish bulletins. He had run across a Unitarian Web site that got him wondering: I Googled the church and in perusing their website I came across the following with regards to membership in their parish: Becoming
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time—B
To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that poverty is a moral scandal that we cannot tolerate. In the news ROME ” The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time—B
Have you hugged your neophyte today?
How’s mystagogy going for you right now? More importantly, how is it going for the neophytes? Some teams think the period of mystagogy ends with Pentecost, but that’s not what the U.S. bishops think. Flip your copy of the RCIA open to the very back and look for the the National Statutes on the Catechumenate.
Have you hugged your neophyte today?
Breaking Open the News for Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that God has made a covenant with the Jewish people and that the gifts of God are irrevocable. In the news White supremacist James von Brunn will be charged
Breaking Open the News for Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
Breaking Open the News for Feast of the Most Holy Trinity—B
To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that “faith in God’s love encompasses the call and the obligation to respond with sincere love to divine charity” to all people (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2093). In
Breaking Open the News for Feast of the Most Holy Trinity—B
