What to Do: 6 – 9 Years

Encounter Establish a family atmosphere that is encouraging, affirming, understanding and forgiving. Adjust parenting styles and discipline to the child’s developing ability and needs. Use family meetings to discuss and… Read More

What to Do: 3 – 6 Years

Encounter Establish a family atmosphere that is secure, loving and forgiving. Cultivate and model an attitude of wonder and gratitude about human life and nature. Develop parenting styles which reflect… Read More

What to Do: 6 – 24 Months

Encounter Encourage your child’s initiative and curiosity; reward effort more than success. Model an attitude of wonder and gratitude about human life and nature. Limit your child’s exposure to electronic… Read More

What to Do: Birth–6 Months

Encounter Create a family environment that is warm, loving, safe, and peaceful. Provide for the child’s basic physical needs like food, sleep, clean diapers, baths and exercise. Develop and maintain… Read More

Catechesis: Grades 7 and 8

WE ENCOUNTER God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. __ Human beings were created in a state of original holiness. The loss of this state of original      holiness is due to original… Read More

Catechesis: Grades 6 – 8

WE ENCOUNTER God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  There is a hunger for God in every human heart.  We can know God through creation, human reason and divine revelation.  God… Read More

Catechesis: Grades 5 – 7

WE ENCOUNTER God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Revelation is the knowledge we have about God and how God wants us to live; Scripture and Tradition together form one source of… Read More

Catechesis: Grades 4 – 6

WE ENCOUNTER God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  The Holy Trinity is a communion of three “persons.”  God is revealed to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, or… Read More

Catechesis: Grades 3 – 5

WE ENCOUNTER God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God’s everlasting love is revealed in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.  God gave human beings the special gift of… Read More

Catechesis: Grades 2 – 4

WE ENCOUNTER God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit— three persons in one God.  Some ways we… Read More

Catechesis: Grades 1 and 2

WE ENCOUNTER God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  The Bible is made up of two parts: the Old Testament and the New Testament.  God’s creation (the world) is filled with… Read More