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“We’ve been using the Sadlier religion series We Believe Catholic Identity for many years at St. Agnes Academy. As part of the Boston College dual language program, we began using Creemos Catholic Identity this year which is a perfect option having both Spanish and English in one book. Sadlier offers a very user-friendly website and online materials that I incorporate daily into my lessons. I highly recommend Sadlier and all their great resources.”

Debi Portela 2nd Grade Religion Teacher, Saint Agnes Academy, Key Biscayne, FL

"This year I was able to do first communion preparation and we purchased the Believe • Celebrate • Live sacrament program including the My Mass Book and My Reconciliation and Prayer Book. These resources are a great addition to the Sacrament Preparation Program. The kids loved them, and they take their mass book weekly to our school mass. I highly recommend Sadlier and all their great resources."

Debi Portela 2nd Grade Religion Teacher, Saint Agnes Academy, Key Biscayne, FL

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10 maneras de cómo la tecnología puede mejorar tu sesión de educación religiosa

En este taller veremos 10 maneras de incorporar la tecnología en nuestras sesiones de educación religiosa. Cada una de ellas tendrá su aplicación práctica y estará lista para ...

21st Century Evangelization: Igniting the Catholic Imagination of the School Community

Ignite students' imaginations with authentic religious instruction, cross-curricular learning, and virtue development.

3 Steps to Your Own Flipped Lesson 3- Part Masterclass

Steve Botsford presents how to create, share, and assess a flipped lesson for your religion education classes.

3,2,1 Liftoff! Interactive Ideas for Supercharged Catechesis

Steve Botsford explores ways any teacher or catechist can effectively use technology to boost student engagement.

6 Tasks Series: CELEBRATE: Celebrating Our Journey of Faith

Sister Janet Schaeffler considers ways learners can experience the prayers, gestures, rituals, signs, and symbols that celebrate God's love and Christ's presence among us.

6 Tasks Series: CHOOSE: The Call to Moral Living

Moral formation includes Jesus’ message, faith content, implications for Christian life, and the process of transformation and witness, explored by Sister Maureen Sullivan.

6 Tasks Series: LEARN: Finding a Language That Gives Life

Accept an invitation to know God, answer the call to promote the knowledge of faith, and understand this as our conversion and commitment with the help of Sister Maureen ...

6 Tasks Series: LIVE: Sharing in the Mission of the Church

Rethink roles as catechists in light of the missionary spirit and evangelization and how we actively participate in the mission of the Church with presenter John Collins.

6 Tasks Series: PRAY: The Background to All Our Days

Catechists can help youth form a life of vibrant prayer and an ever-developing relationship with God. Embrace this awesome responsibility with Sister Janet Schaeffler.

6 Tasks Series: SHARE: Participating in the Life of the Church

John Collins suggests ways that catechists and teachers help students know and appreciate their Catholic Identity so they can participate actively in the life of the Church.

7 Steps to Successfully Start Adult Formation

Discover seven steps to successfully start essential adult faith formation in your parish from Janet Schaeffler, OP.

<em>Christ In Us</em>: Flexible Models at Your Fingertips

Christ In Us: Flexible Models at Your Fingertips

Deacon Matthew Halbach, PhD, and Steve Botsford demonstrate ways Christ In Us can be customized for multiple models and flexible lesson planning.

<em>Christ In Us</em>: In-Step with the Wisdom of the New <em>Directory for Catechesis</em>

Christ In Us: In-Step with the Wisdom of the New Directory for Catechesis

Deacon Matt Halbach presents how your catechetical program can align to the new Directory for Catechesis with Christ In Us.

<em>Christ In Us</em>: Meeting the Needs of Today’s Catechetical Leaders

Christ In Us: Meeting the Needs of Today’s Catechetical Leaders

Deacon Matt Halbach, Executive Director of Catechesis, presents Christ In Us—Sadlier’s innovative catechetical series designed to support catechetical leaders in ...

<em>Cristo en nosotros</em>: en sintonía con la sabiduría del nuevo Directorio para la Catequesis

Cristo en nosotros: en sintonía con la sabiduría del nuevo Directorio para la Catequesis

Vea cómo Cristo en nosotros va de la mano con el nuevo Directorio para la Catequesis y cómo puede dar vida a su programa catequético.

<em>Ministering to Catholic Kids in a Digital World</em> 3-Part Masterclass

Ministering to Catholic Kids in a Digital World 3-Part Masterclass

Harness the benefits of technology for religious education and form students as digital disciples with Andrea Chavez-Kopp.

<em>Remote Teaching and Distance Learning in Catechesis</em> 3-Part Masterclass

Remote Teaching and Distance Learning in Catechesis 3-Part Masterclass

Andrea Chavez-Kopp offers strategies to reimagine your religious education programs and support more families in this on-demand masterclass.

<em>We Believe Catholic Identity</em>: An Overview and Highlights of the New Features

We Believe Catholic Identity: An Overview and Highlights of the New Features

Kathy Hendricks shares helpful information and creative ideas for implementing We Believe Catholic Identity in your parish or school.

<em>We Believe</em> and <em>We Live Our Faith</em> Summer Model

We Believe and We Live Our Faith Summer Model

John Collins addresses planning concerns and scheduling options for summer programs. Discover ways to enhance Sadlier’s catechetical programs in summer model.

Amplify Catechesis with Creative Use of Video

Steve Botsford presents strategies and tips for using video to amplify your catechetical sessions, engage your students, and increase comprehension

Answering Pope Francis’s Call to Support Catechists

Pope Francis made a landmark statement on catechesis. Learn what his decree, Antiquum Ministerium, means for your ministry.

Be an Evangelizing Catechist/Teacher

Become evangelizing difference-makers by answering the call to be a catechist and proclaim the Good news of Jesus. Tom Quinlan shares practical suggestions.

Beginning Catechists Bootcamp!

John Collins shares basic training for catechists including instructional ideas, strategies, and tips for successful first experiences in religious education classrooms.

Building a Church of Mercy

Using storytelling and theological interpretation, Deacon Doctor Matthew Halbach defines mercy and proposes attitudes and actions for building a more merciful Church.

Called to Holiness: Creative Ideas for Teaching about the Saints

Kathy Hendricks shares creative ways to teach about the lives of the saints and apply them to young disciples’ daily lives.

Caminando juntos hacia Belén: Un retiro de Adviento

El Dr. Salazar prepara nuestros corazones y nuestras mentes para recibir el amor de Dios en formas nuevas y transformadoras mientras celebramos la temporada de Adviento.

Catechesis and the Art of Accompaniment

Deacon Matt Halbach discusses the relationship between catechesis and the art of accompaniment, or how we are to evangelize.

Catechetical Summit | Cumbre catequética

Register for a free event about catechesis in a digital world. | Regístrese para un evento gratuito sobre la catequesis en un mundo digital.

Catechizing with Symbols, Rituals, and Stories

Enhance catechetical programs and get families participating regularly in worship! Connect liturgical catechesis and family celebrations with tips from Kathy Hendricks.

Catecismo móvil

En este webinar descubrirá nuevas ideas para usar la tecnología y la comunicación: Mantenerse en contacto con los alumnos y sus papás a lo largo de la semana. Dar ...

Catequesis e iniciación cristiana entre jóvenes adultos hispanos

El P. Alejandro López-Cardinale presenta una charla para la catequesis y la iniciación cristiana con jóvenes adultos hispanos con la contextualización y el criterio de ...

Catequesis para el discipulado juvenil

Lia Salinas analiza las mejores prácticas para la catequesis con jóvenes, identificando cómo usar la tecnología para la evangelización y la formación de discípulos misioneros.

Catholic Education—Ever the Same, Yet Ever New

Catechesis is ever the same in message, yet ever changing in delivery. Paul Sanfrancesco, MEd, and Lou DeAngelo, EdD, explore how technology shares the Christian message.

Catholic Social Teaching and Your Parish Catechetical Program

Explore and learn how to incorporate the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching into your catechetical program with presenter Christopher Anderson.

Come and See Sacrament Preparation in a Whole New Light!

Explore Sadlier’s Believe • Celebrate • Live immediate preparation program for Eucharist and Reconciliation. Engage catechists, parents, children, and the whole community.

Connected Toward Communion: Envisioning a New Catechesis in the Digital Age

Daniella Zsupan-Jerome explores theological foundations for the ministry of catechesis in the digital age, considering our digital culture beyond the latest technologies.

Creative Curriculum Development

Discover exciting and innovative strategies to help your students find God in all things through creative play with presenter Shannon Chisholm.

Cultivar la bondad: la misericordia como meta de la catequesis

Estamos a mitad del camino en el año de la misericordia. ¿Cómo es que desarrollamos el tema de la misericordia en nuestra vida moderna de hoy? Específicamente para los ...

Del miércoles de ceniza al domingo de Pascua

La Cuaresma es el tiempo litúrgico del año en que se nos invita a reflexionar en cómo se encuentra nuestra fe para acercarnos más a Dios. La Iglesia nos recomienda la ...

Discipulado digital en el mundo moderno: Ideas y técnicas

El Dr. Gerardo 'lalo' Salazar comparte técnicas e ideas para crear discípulos digitales misioneros a partir de la realidad hispana.

Echoing the WORD: The Catechism, Transformation, and Conversion

Can an encounter with the Catechism lead to an encounter with the living Christ? Explore this and other questions related to the Catechism with Sister Maureen Sullivan.

Ecumenismo, interculturalidad y la catequesis

El webinar provee una perspectiva histórica, teológica y pastoral sobre el ecumenismo y la interculturalidad en relación con la misión catequética de la Iglesia. A la vez, ...

Effective Preparation for First Sacraments—Collaboration is Key!

Donna Eschenauer shares ways that collaboration can elevate and propel your sacramental program to new heights.

El kerigma, la catequesis y la espiritualidad hispana

Javier Castillo, OLF, explora las formas en las que el kerigma y la catequesis pueden reconectar las raíces de las devociones populares católicas hispanas con el Evangelio.

El ministerio de reconciliación de Jesús

En todos los tiempos, los seguidores de Jesús han reconocido la necesidad de la misericordia y el perdón. El sacramento de la Penitencia y la Reconciliación nos ofrece la ...

El modelo del catecumenado bautismal. Lo que es, lo que no es y por qué es importante

El Directorio General para la Catequesis (# 59) llama al catecumenado bautismal, el "modelo de toda catequesis". Aprenda sobre la historia del catecumenado bautismal y cómo ...

El qué, el porqué y el cómo de la catequesis familiar durante el COVID-19

Gerardo Salazar repasa el propósito de la catequesis y ofrece inspiración para guiar familias a transmitir la fe católica durante tiempos difíciles.

El V Encuentro, la pastoral juvenil y la catequesis: ¿Y ahora qué sigue?

Walter Mena presenta los hallazgos y las prioridades del V Encuentro para la Iglesia de los EE.UU. y comparte pensamientos pastorales y formas de apoyar y acompañar a los ...

Encountering God’s Mercy: First Reconciliation Prep as a Family Conversion Opportunity

Connect themes of Catholic faith and family with Tom Quinlan. Invite parents to conversion in Christ and help them bring children to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Engaging Parents as Learners and Teachers

Sue Muldoon explores options for structuring family religious education that help parents to partner with their child’s catechist and empower them to grow in their faith.

Engaging Parents in the Life of the Parish

Learn ways catechists can support parents’ efforts to enkindle faith in the home and keep them engaged in the catechetical life of the parish in a presentation by Kathy ...

Experience Sacrament Preparation with a New App

Scott Kasch presents Sadlier’s sacramental preparation app, which combines technology with ritual, and includes original music and powerful video clips.

Familias con educación religiosa plenamente activa y viva

¿Cómo animamos a las familias para que participen en la parroquia? El Rev., Dr. Heliodoro Lucatero ofrece consejos prácticos para planificar retiros y liturgias familiares.

Family Faith Formation: Engaging and Building Capacity

John Collins shares ways to creatively engage families and accompany them on a family faith journey with Sadlier’s NEW Christ In Us!

Family Prayers and Rituals

Kathy Hendricks, MA, offers ways to encourage family faith through ritual and find new ways to incorporate prayer into the home.

Five Ways to Teach As Jesus Taught

Learn how a simple country carpenter became one of the greatest teachers in the world, and how we can use Jesus’ powerful teaching method faith formation in five easy steps.

Forming Innovative Catechetical Leaders

Colleen Moore, MDiv, shares how to form innovative catechetical leaders with practical approaches and adaptable resources for a variety of ministry settings and budgets.

From Passion to Pentecost: A Lenten Reflection

Kathy Hendricks presents a meaningful Lenten experience reflecting on six witnesses of Jesus’ Passion and Death and the connections each one makes to our own experience.

Growing in Faith: It’s Not for Children Only

Sr. Janet Schaeffler shares realistic ways to invite, engage, and inspire parents to continue and recongize faith development happening amidst their busy daily lives.

Heart and Soul: Missionary Discipleship in a Digital World

Learn how to accompany those immersed in a digital world. Andrea Chavez-Kopp, MEd, shares best practices for using technological tools to foster discipleship.

Hearts of Justice: Forming Children Who Reach Out in Love to the World

Kristin Witte presents developmentally appropriate ways to help children respond to the Church’s call to protect life and serve vulnerable people both locally and globally.

Hispanic Catechetical Leadership: A Case Study

Dr. Gerardo ‘lalo’ Salazar discusses the growth of Hispanic catechetical leadership in the U.S.and how it is transforming the Catholic Church.

How Sadlier's Spiral Curriculum Can Strengthen Your Catechetical Program

John Collins explains a spiral curriculum. Lean how a spiral approach introduces and revisits key concepts at each grade with increasing complexity in Sadlier’s We Believe.

Implementing the New <em>Directory for Catechesis</em> in Parishes

Implementing the New Directory for Catechesis in Parishes

Unpack what the new Directory for Catechesis means for parish catechetical programs.

Implementing the New <em>Directory for Catechesis</em> in Schools

Implementing the New Directory for Catechesis in Schools

Watch Deacon Matthew Halbach and Andrea D. Chavez-Kopp to discover what the new Directory for Catechesis means for Catholic Schools.

Include Us! It's Easier than You Think!

Discover tips, tools, and best practices from Charlene Katra that will make inclusion in your ministry more effective so that the Body of Christ is complete!

La catequesis en las diferentes etapas del desarrollo

Pía Septién ayuda a los catequistas a comprender las etapas de desarrollo en niños y adolescentes y ofrece herramientas para satisfacer las necesidades de aprendizaj.

La catequesis y el compromiso profético de la Iglesia

María Covarrubias, MA, destaca los aportes que las familias católicas latinas traen a la Iglesia de los EE. UU. y las maneras en que podemos apoyar y fortalecer su compromiso ...

Lead Us to the Water: Sacraments of Initiation and Ritual Catechesis

Discover the power of ritual in the life of the baptized as Tom Kendzia presents liturgical catechesis as the heart of faith formation and a challenge to live the message of ...

Let the Children Come: The What, Why, and How of Children's Catechesis

Kathy Hendricks examines essential elements of catechesis. Create artful, empowering, inspiring environments that gather children to learn, practice, and express faith.

Liderazgo catequético hispano: Un caso práctico

El Dr. Gerardo 'lalo' Salazar analiza el crecimiento del liderazgo catequético hispano en los Estados Unidos y cómo está transformando la Iglesia Católica.

Los catequistas y Dios, un diálogo de amor

El ministerio del catequista, según Kathia, debe estar fundado en una sólida espiritualidad y una genuina relación con Dios. Por eso quisimos incluir este webinar acerca de ...

Making the Family Connection in Catechesis

Kathy Hendricks explains how the family plays a vital role in passing along the faith and how the tasks of catechesis are most often carried out within the course of daily ...

Making the Family Connection in Catechesis

Kathy Hendricks explains how a family plays a vital role in passing along faith and how the tasks of catechesis are most often carried out within the course of daily life.

Mi espiritualidad y la de mis estudiantes

Cada persona tiene un estilo especial de espiritualidad que se manifiesta de múltiples formas. Reflexione en las diferentes fases del desarrollo espiritual donde encontramos ...

My Spirituality and the Spirituality of My Students

Reflect on the different stages of children’s spiritual development and find ideas for supporting each person’s special brand of spirituality with Sister Rosa Monique Peña.

Partnering with Parents in Faith Formation: The Best Investment a Parish Can Make

Let Tom Quinlan help you overcome the daunting challenge of providing foundational faith formation to two generations: children and parents.

Planificación de la lección

Importancia de la metodología y la planificación de la lección en el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje de la catequesis. Se presentará paso a paso el proceso de planificar una ...

Pray All Ways

Kathy Hendricks examines different ways to pray, offers strategies to fit prayer practices into daily life, and presents ideas for teaching others various ways to pray.

Reimagine Catechesis Challenge

Discover how to reengage students and families in your faith formation program with five weeks of free resources and a live Q&A session.

Sacramental Preparation: Time to Grow in Faith Together

Kathy Hendricks and Jim Devlin provide a tour of Sadlier’s sacramental preparation series including resources to support, enhance, and expand immediate preparation.

Sacramentos para la vida real

La preparación sacramental desde una nueva perspectiva, que parte del optimismo latino hasta llegar a una experiencia de fe profunda. Creer: para sacudirse la indiferencia. ...

Sacraments for All

How does your parish prepare students with disabilities to celebrate sacraments? Charleen Katra, MA, shares her ideas to make the preparation process a joyful experience.

Seeing with the Eyes of Saints

Barbara Sutton, DMin, explores the saints illuminated in the Saint John’s Bible, their place in the early Christian Church, and what their lives mean now in the 21st Century.

Signs of the Son of Man

Michael Howard, MA, explores all four Gospel readings for Advent, highlighting the signs revealed in Sacred Scripture for the coming of the Son of Man.

So Little Time, So Much to Teach

Time is our most valuable gift. What’s the best way to use time in your catechetical setting? Susan Kay explores this question and offers suggestions to use time wisely.

Social Justice and the Millennial Church

Sarah Shutrop, MA, examines millennials’ interest in social justice and explores ways the Church may offer experiences to lead them into deeper relationship with Christ.

Song, Story, Meal: Catechesis and Ritual Experience in Our Daily Lives

Meet God at Mass in Word, Meal, and each other with a presentation from Tom Kendzia, who shares how "love one another as I have loved you" is possible when we pray well as a ...

Teaching Faith at Home

John Collins shares Sadlier’s Creemos resources to support catechists and parents in teaching and supporting Catholic identity, including the FREE Creemos App.

Teaching for Discipleship: The Call, The Challenge, The Difference

Now is the time to emphasize the call of discipleship. Mike Carotta distinguishes teaching for discipleship from past approaches and practices that can help us all keep ...

The Art of Universal Accompaniment

Charlene Howard, MA, explores how Missionary Discipleship can serve as a framework for embracing, cultivating, and being enriched by the diversity in our Church.

The Baptismal Catechumenal Model

Learn the history of the baptismal catechumenate and how this model can inform and transform adult faith formation efforts with the Adult Faith Formation Committee of NCCL.

The History of Catechesis: Seeking the Timeless

Carole Eipers shares key developments of catechesis’ history and reveals how to integrate these essentials into new efforts in ministry work today.

The Holy Family: Model of Mercy

Transform the “merciful moments” of daily life into a legacy for families with Kathy Hendrick’s view of mercy in action through the lens of family life.

The Order of Confirmation: Taking a Second Look at the Meaning and Message of the Sacrament of Confirmation

Donna Eschenauer provides an overview of the revised ritual for the Sacrament of Confirmation and offers practical tips seeing Confirmation as a journey, not a destination.

The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Our Lives

Donna Eschenauer explores the ongoing reality of the “outpouring of the Holy Spirit” and the profound meaning that this holds for our everyday lives.

The Sacrament of Confirmation: The Beginning of a Life-long Journey

Donna Eschenauer shows that the conferral of the gift of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation begins a life-long journey as true witnesses to Christ.

The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation Teaching and Celebrating the Gift of Christ’s Peace

Reawaken in Catholics the value and importance of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Prepare children and stir the hearts of believers with Reverend Ron Lewinski.

The Spirituality of Children: Today’s Prayers, Tomorrow’s Prophets

Sister Janet Schaeffler explores the characteristics of a child’s spirituality as well as things we can do—as catechists, teachers, and parents—to nurture that spirituality.

The What, Why, and How of Family Catechesis During COVID-19

Kathy Hendricks examines the purpose of catechesis and offers creative ideas to help families pass on the Catholic faith during challenging times.

Think Diversity, Not Disability!

Successfully include diverse learners in faith formation. Charlene Katra shares best practices to fully include people with disabilities and their families.

Three Things Every Catechist Needs to Know Today

Lori Dahloff, EdD, explores catechist formation and the three things every catechist needs to know today.

To Teach as Jesus Would Today

Discover tools for catechesis in the digital age. Lori Dahlhoff, Ed.D., explores educational practices, backward design and micro-learning, that effectively form faith.

Unity in Diversity

Deacon Doctor Matthew Halbach shares ways understanding has grown between mainstream Protestants and Catholics thanks to the modern ecumenical movement.

Utilizando <em>Creemos</em> como una herramienta efectiva para el discipulado

Utilizando Creemos como una herramienta efectiva para el discipulado

La meta de la catequesis es fomentar el discipulado. Nuestras sesiones de catequesis son buenas oportunidades para lograr esa meta. Para esto necesitamos buenos materiales ...

Virtual Doors

Don Kurre's shares the benefits, opportunities, and tools available when you open virtual doors to the digital world in pursuit of effective catechesis.

Visio Divina: Seeing with the Eyes of Faith

Ignite the imagination of your young disciples. Barbara Sutton shares how to facilitate the process of sacred listening, seeing, contemplating, and praying with the Word.

Walking Together Toward Bethlehem: An Advent Retreat

Matt Halbach prepares our hearts and minds to receive the love of God in new, transforming ways as we celebrate the Advent season.

Who Me, Lead a Retreat?

Kathy Hendricks shares ways to plan and lead creative, engaging, deeply spiritual retreat experiences for parishioners of all ages and in any setting.

¿Cómo enseñar la fe en familia?

El tiempo de enseñar la fe en casa ha llegado, ya no es posible preservar la fe sin que se la enseñe en la familia. El webinar aborda el problema de involucrar a las familias ...