Category: Catechesis

on Extra Ecclesium Nulla Salus or “No Salvation Outside the Church”.

You are a Melancholic! via Flos Carmeli.

St Nicholas Center: stories, ideas, coloring pages, kids’ artwork, and a place to buy cookie cutters!!! Hat tip: Coucoumelle.

Why didn’t they have cool things like this when I was in college?

Tom of Disputations has a sharp post up: a rough-draft taxonomy of factions within the Church, based on which Sacrament they reject. He remarks that Confirmation is “rejected by pretty much everyone, since almost no one has any idea what it’s actually for.” Well, I would dispute that. I am all for Confirmation (even though… Continue reading An army of Christ of one

What books might you recommend for someone who is planning to enter RCIA in the fall, who’s on fire with excitement, and who needs some good reading on the Faith to tide her over till then? The Catechism, of course. But what else? I think this person might benefit from a book that is complete… Continue reading Need book recommendations

I tried Bill White’s suggestion of addressing the ghosts-and-monsters issue by talking up St Michael. Hambet listened very attentively, and seemed to especially appreciate when I got to “St Michael and his big sword.” He then eagerly interrupted to tell me that when St Michael is done with his sword, he puts it in a… Continue reading The Catechesis of Preschool Boys