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My mind was racing after she asked the question. I had successfully dodged the question lo these many years, and suddenly there I was. Read more...

I was visiting my mother in intensive care when a patient several beds away began to struggle and shout... Read more...

Archive for family culture

• Our Mother's Care
• Raised on Song and Story
• A Lenten Tea
• Sowing a Seed

“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet, I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Read more...

Archive for guest

• Literature for Life

On December 16, 1998 I became something I never expected to be. I became the mother of a disabled child. On that day, in a dreary hospital office of a “leading” children’s neurologist, my then, three year old son Ryan was formerly diagnosed with autism. Read more...

When spirits run low a catechist must retreat, not into the shadows but into the light of the Holy Spirit, only then can he/she pass on the faith effectively. Read more...

Archive for confirmation

• Silly Questions, Serious Answers
• Habits of Effective Catechists
• Three Suggestions for Avoiding Burnout
• The Adventure of Teaching High School Catechism

As I was writing this today, my daughter who is cognitively delayed, has a mild form of autism and emotional Dysregulation came in... Read more...

Archive for special needs

• Special Ed Religion Classes
• The Least of Our Brothers
• Adapting to the Special Needs Student
• Multi-Sensory Approach
• Literal Language
• Removing Distractions

Faithful and exclusive until death. These are the hallmarks of married life. Unfortunately, divorce rates have skyrocketed since the early 1900's. Read more...

Archive for theology of the body

• Not Just a Harmless Activity
• Abstinence: A Blessing or a Curse?
• Desperately Seeking Pregnancy
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About NFP But Were Afraid to Ask
• NFP: The Long List
• NFP: The Antidote
• Sex Lines and Videotape
• Common "Mis-Conceptions"

Late Friday evening December 11th, in the bitter cold, a hundred parishioners of Sagrado Corazon in Windham processed through the streets of Willimantic in honor of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Read more...

Archive for hispanic catechesis

• The Importance of Catechesis in the Hispanic Community

One of the biggest logistical challenges I face when coordinating youth ministry events and programs is deciding on the right time to hold such affairs. Read more...

Archive for youth ministry

• The Death of the Youth Group

A critical ingredient for the optimal effectiveness of any catechetical endeavor is conviction. I can tell you that with every beat of my heart and every breath that I take, I am radically and immeasurably convinced that the Catholic Faith is the fullness of Reality; the fullness of objective Truth. Read more...

Archive for RCIA

• The Truth Works

Catechist training is very important but even more significant is the continual spiritual formation of catechists. Read more...

Archive for catechist training

• The Effective Catechist
• 10 Skills To Develop As A Catechist
• 3 Themes to thread through each class
• Using Different Learning Styles
• The Spirituality of A Catechist

It is not an easy task for the teacher to unplug themselves from the classroom. But summer has endless benefits. Read more...

Archive for high school

• The Sacramental Shuffle
• Inflicting Pain Upon Students
• Lessons from The Carpenter
• Can't Wait For Friday
• The Perfect Story
• The Most Hated Subject
• In The Darkness

I’m not sure what it is that so defines this….. This stirring magnificence. This grandeur of the Adirondacks... Read more...

Archive for home education

• Along the Way
• The Small Things
• 'Tis the Season: Journeying Toward the Sacraments
• Catholic Boot Camp?
• Honoring the Memories
• “I Like Being Catholic.”

Catechetical implications of the New English Mass Read more...

Archive for middle school

• New Translation
• 2,000 Words
• The Holy Bubble
• Praying Twice
• Messengers & Bodyguards
• Fairy Circle
• Transition & Ascension
• Le Mot Juste
• Tents, Temples & Churches
• Big Pictures
• Integrated Arks
• Anastasis
• 5x8=55
• Presbyopia
• The Ineffable Bow
• Leitourgia
• ¿Quién aquí habla Español?
• Samson & Eucharistic Prayer #1
• Textbook Fatigue
• Off the Reservation
• Two-Minute Cadre
• Eikonographia
• Bibliophilia
• Preparation H

Ah, September. I love it. The warm days are still with us, but the freshness of a new school year always makes me feel invigorated and inspired... Read more...

Archive for site news

• Sowing New Seeds
• Busy, Busy
• Good News, Bad News
• The Big Event
• Joyful Obedience
• Hey! Look at Me!
• Haiti and Suffering
• Global Warming
• We Need You!