March in the Level II Atrium
Parents of Level II Atrium students, By now, your student has probably brought home a wall hanging depicting the five Kingdom Parables they have studied. In our synopses and discussions of these parables, we discovered the qualities of beauty, growth, and transformation in God’s Kingdom. Ask them to tell you about the parables–I think they’ll be happy to […]
This Month in the Level II Atrium
Parents of Level II Atrium students, My apologies for not getting a January note to you…I think I may have catching up on sleep missed during the Christmas season! Your children continued to learn about Jesus as an infant with presentations of The Adoration of the Magi and The Presentation in the Temple. They had very mixed reactions […]
“Go make disciples… teach them all that I have taught you!”
Have you ever stopped to consider what an amazing responsibility the Great Commission is? Jesus is asking us to teach “all that He has taught.” How do we do this with children? Children need to be formed in the richness of the faith even at the youngest age. The fact that they have been baptized they have […]
Simplicity and Essentiality. The Liturgy and the art of catechesis with Children.
This blog continues our reflection on the methods and ideas of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Eucharistic service in the Book of Common Prayer has a central and meaningful place in the Atrium. The word “liturgy” has it’s roots in secular classical Greek. It meant a “public work” that was undertaken on behalf of […]
Pentecost and Catechesis
The Feast of Pentecost is Sunday, May 24th. It’s one of seven Principle Feasts of the Church and it brings to a close the Great Fifty Days of Easter. It’s a day when baptisms and confirmations are most appropriate. This Jewish feast for centuries celebrated the Jew’s birth as God’s Chosen People and the giving of […]
