Coaching Parents Coaching parents to form their own children in faith |
| The Elements of Coaching Parents From Baptism to Adulthood, Parents Guide Their Children. This is how we grow up Catholic. |
| Junior & Senior High Confirmation The pedagogy here is called "Learn & Teach" in which young people learn the material well enough to teach it to their peers. Powerfully effective. |
Growing Faith in Confirmation
by Bill Huebsch
(all print resources with E-product study guides)
If you could have THE perfect resource for your confirmation preparation, it
would probably be
easy to use
prayerful
reflective
oriented to young people
and it would cover the entire spectrum of Catholic teaching.
Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? But this resource is real and it’s called
The Growing Faith Project. Organized into excellent Mini-Courses,
each of its 48 eight-page booklets covers key teachings from the Catechism of the
Catholic Church in a prayerful, reflective, easy-to-absorb way. With Growing
Faith Project, confirmation candidates will have the complete content of the
faith at their fingertips. And yes, Growing Faith has a Nihil Obstat and an
Imprimatur.
Find this and other Confirmation resources here.
by Bill Huebsch
(all print resources with E-product study guides)
If you could have THE perfect resource for your confirmation preparation, it
would probably be
easy to use
prayerful
reflective
oriented to young people
and it would cover the entire spectrum of Catholic teaching.
Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? But this resource is real and it’s called
The Growing Faith Project. Organized into excellent Mini-Courses,
each of its 48 eight-page booklets covers key teachings from the Catechism of the
Catholic Church in a prayerful, reflective, easy-to-absorb way. With Growing
Faith Project, confirmation candidates will have the complete content of the
faith at their fingertips. And yes, Growing Faith has a Nihil Obstat and an
Imprimatur.
Find this and other Confirmation resources here.
| Coach parents during preparation for Confirmation |
Growing Faith Mini-Courses
Use Learn and Teach methodology to coach parents to talk to their
own children about matters of faith.
In this method:
Use Learn and Teach methodology to coach parents to talk to their
own children about matters of faith.
In this method:
- Participants all work in small groups of whatever size divides your total
group best. Parents sit and work with their own children, but possibly in
groups of two or three families. - More than four small groups would be too many for this method.
- Assign a portion of each Growing Faith booklet to each small group.
- Invite them to Learn -- read and share insights based on the discussion
questions and method we provide in the FREE study guide for each
booklet. - Then ask them to Teach in the large group, using a 3-step process:
- Name the 3 or 4 (or more) major points learned in this segment –
write them on a white or black board, or on flip chart paper.
Present them to the large group with explanation. - Choose one or two of these major points (the ones that
seems most central to faith) and create a question or exercise
for discussion – participants may wish to use some of the
suggested questions or exercises in the booklet or the study
guide. - Lead a conversation or exercise in the large group, using this
discussion question and this method:
- Ask participants in the large group to work in pairs.
- Pose the question or exercise and invite the pairs to work
together to respond. - Invite each pair to present its outcome to the large group.
- Before going on, the leader may wish to make observations or
| For more on Growing Faith click here |
Have Faith
by Mike Carotta
An excellent way to coach sponsors on their
role as Confirmation prep moves along. Very
contemporary! Find it here.
by Mike Carotta
An excellent way to coach sponsors on their
role as Confirmation prep moves along. Very
contemporary! Find it here.
At Home with the
Sacraments:
Confirmation
by Peg Bowman
This little resource coaches
parents who want to know
more about the sacrament,
and it is especially helpful
for parents preparing their
child for confirmation.
Find it here.
Sacraments:
Confirmation
by Peg Bowman
This little resource coaches
parents who want to know
more about the sacrament,
and it is especially helpful
for parents preparing their
child for confirmation.
Find it here.
| Countdown to Confirmation by Maureen Giocondo and Fr John Manno Based on the Rite itself, this is an excellent resource to use for final preparation for the Sacrament. Can be used with or without parents taking part. Find it here. |
