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The Hofinger Conference
Hello and welcome to The Religion Teacher! Thanks for following up after the Hofinger presentations by Jared Dees. You can check out the links to all the additional resources for the presentation below. While you are here, feel free to check out some of the other Catholic religious education resources, activities, and lesson plans for teachers and catechists. Also,…
California Faith Formation Conference
Hello and welcome to The Religion Teacher! Thanks for following up after the 2013 Faith Formation conference presentations by Jared Dees. You can check out the links to all the additional resources for the presentation below. While you are here, feel free to check out some of the other Catholic religious education resources, activities, and…
Webinar Downloads: “Captivating Back-to-School Ideas for Religion Teachers”
Follow along with the presentation by downloading the handouts: Download the Webinar Handouts (PDF) The Back-to-School Exercises What’s Your BIG Why? (Day 1) Visioning (Day 17) Update Your Classroom Procedures (Day 15) Offer Counterinuitive Prayer Practices Incorporate Music into Your Lesson (Day 27) Liberate Students from their Chairs (Day 28) Get to Know a Student…
The Basic Steps of Lectio Divina
Lectio divina is an ancient Catholic prayer method for reading and praying with the Bible. Don’t let the Latin scare you away from learning to do it yourself or from sharing it with your students. It is an essential practice for all Catholics to learn and certainly not something we should avoid teaching young people…
Are You a Witness? A New Focus on Teaching AND Testimony
“You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, and Samaria, and all the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 I started something new this semester and it really made a big impact on my students. I started using a new approach to…
New Book: 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator!
I am pleased to announce that my new book, 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, is officially published! It is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, www.avemariapress.com, and various Catholic bookstores! 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator is the book I wish that I had when I was first starting…
Day 16: Update Your Classroom Rules
There are two possible activities in today’s exercise. You can either rewrite your classroom rules or try new ways to communicate your current classroom rules to your students. Use the guidelines on pages 83-84 of 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator to rewrite or better communicate your classroom rules. Check with some of your colleagues to see…
The Religion Teacher’s Lectio Divina Worksheets
“The Church desires that in the ministry of the word, Sacred Scripture should have a pre-eminent position. In concrete terms, catechesis should be ‘an authentic introduction to lectio divina, that is, to a reading of the Sacred Scriptures done in accordance to the Spirit who dwells in the Church’.” ( General Directory for Catechesis, 71)…
31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator
Creator of the popular website The Religion Teacher, Jared Dees shares practical, easy-to-use teaching strategies and exercises for spiritual growth in his book 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator. These components are designed to improve the effectiveness of any busy religious educator. Volunteer catechists and professional religion teachers are responsible for two unique and challenging…
