Interviewing Your Catechists
By Joe Paprocki Recently, I received the following message from Martha: Hello, I am searching for a catechist interview. I am a new DRE and I am wondering if that is a wise idea. I will appreciate your...
View ArticleRecruiting and Retaining Catechists Who Evangelize with GIFTS
By Julianne Stanz Many catechetical leaders are familiar with the struggle of trying to find catechists at the last minute and begging parishioners for help. We have all heard the horror stories of...
View ArticleFour Ways to Retain Catechists
By Joe Paprocki It is estimated that there are about 500,000 volunteer catechists in the United States and that, each year, one-third of them—150,000—”turn over.” I’m sure that sometimes it feels like...
View ArticleRecruiting, Nay, Calling and Forming Catechists
By Joe Paprocki Recruiting and forming catechists is a primary responsibility for catechetical leaders and is an ongoing challenge. You’re not just looking for any warm body but for people with the...
View ArticleCalling Forth Catechists: A Catechist Role Description
By Joe Paprocki As you set forth to call people to the vocation of serving as a catechist, it’s a good idea to have a role description in place to describe what you are calling them to. Be careful not...
View ArticleCalling Forth Catechists: Why People Volunteer
By Joe Paprocki As you call forth vocations to catechesis, it’s good to know why people volunteer in the first place. Understanding why people volunteer makes it easier to identify and invite people to...
View ArticleCalling Forth Catechists: Your Pool of Candidates
By Joe Paprocki If your efforts to call forth catechists boil down to an “all call” approach (a bulletin announcement inviting anyone to respond to a need), you will not have much success. The most...
View ArticleCalling Forth Catechists: Approaches
By Joe Paprocki It’s important in your approach to calling people to serve as catechists to be positive! I’ve seen bulletin announcements that sound so desperate: “We are in dire need of catechists. We...
View ArticleRecruiting Catechists Who Evangelize (Video)
By Julianne Stanz Finding catechists who are evangelizers and see themselves as such is the key to a faith formation process that forms disciples. The below video highlights five aspects of the process...
View ArticleDo We Need a Different Kind of Catechist for Family Faith Formation?
By Joe Paprocki As the catechetical landscape continues to shift and more faith communities are exploring and implementing various catechetical models—especially family catechesis models—it begs the...
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