| The Pastor's Guide to Whole Community Catechesis This little book is a quick read but gives you an overview of everything we're talking about, including the statements of the popes and bishops to back it up! A must read! The General Directory for Catechesis in Plain English If you have not yet read this Directory, here is the resource for you. This is the international guide to all we are doing - and it's in good, old fashioned plain English. Whole Community Catechesis in Plain English This is the resource that brought it all together and helped everyone see the vision. It's also available in Spanish and French. Here Comes Everybody! This is a practical users' guide to lifelong faith formation and gives one parish's long term perspective. It's full of actual practices and practical guidelines! The Handbook for Success in Whole Community Catechesis If you want a handbook that walks you through the ins and outs of lifelong formation, then this is it. Many of the pages are reproducible. Dreams and Visions: Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation This book moves you from theory to actual pastoral work! It lays out a step-by-step approach and is loaded with practical material. This is the web site which supports this book. Whole Community Liturgy In this powerful book, Nick Wagner walks you through the liturgical dimensions of lifelong faith formation. The liturgy, after all, remains the "source and summit." |
| Books See below for a DVD & several free articles. |
A Library for Lifelong Faith Formation Resources to better understand lifelong faith formation and whole community catechesis Click on any link below (the underlined words) for more information. |
| DVD |
| Seven Key Principles for Whole Community Catechesis This DVD contains seven short segments, each about 5 minutes long. In them, Bill Huebsch explains each of the principles involved, and you can use this in conjunction with matching handouts, which are available either in the Handbook for Success mentioned above, or on this website if you go here. This is a powerful way to introduce this to your parish leaders and teams! The handouts include key discussion questions to help everyone integrate this into their thinking about what it means to be church. |
| Free Articles |
| Here are several articles which you can download FREE for your own use. You may also make copies of them to share with others within the parish. These articles have all appeared elsewhere over the years, but have been revised and updated for this web site. Liturgy and Catechesis - showing the connection between them, while also discussing the centrality of liturgy. Lifelong Faith Formation in Sum - giving an excellent and comprehensive summary for those who do not read the main resource books mentioned above. The Principles of Whole Community Catechesis - this article provides you with the main talking points which you'll need to establish a program for lifelong formation in your parish. Meeting Christ in Catechesis - in the end our real goal is to deepen our communion with Christ. This article outlines that in plain English. |
| Resources offered on this site |
| Pastoral Planning A step-by-step guide: Dreams & Visions: Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation A new book which includes a chapter outlining those all-important Planning Team Meetings. Training How to teach your parish about lifelong formation including excellent PowerPoint presentations to download and use, complete with presentation notes. Implementation How to state and sustain faith sharing throughout the parish using the Question of the Week With free prayer sheets. Prayer Services to accompany faith sharing. You can download and use these in 5 minutes! Outlines for adult or intergenerational Faith Gatherings linked to your children's textbook series. Outlines for adult Bible Studies which are in plain English! Download each session and get all you need in one item. Complete plans for Parish Based Retreats in several practical scheduling formats. Background Material All the current books you need to better understand lifelong formation, plus free articles you can download, copy, and use. Vatican II Lots of strong resources to help you teach about the Council. We are approaching the 50th Anniversary of the date on which John XXIII called Vatican II: Jan 25, 1959. |
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