By Thomas H. Groome, HarperOne, 2011.
Thomas Groome advocates for a life to faith to life approach to Christian formation. He recognizes the challenges and obstacles parents and educators face as they lead people toward lives of faith. This book is a guide/road map for reenergizing the fiath community and family from the bottom up.
DRAWING ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES INTO A LIFE OF FAITH: A PRACTICAL BLUEPRINT
Please register soon for the Northeren Area Congress on Satuarday, September 17. It is a day filled with learning opportunities to hone your skills in catechesis as well as explore faith content. It is a day of excitement as people meet old friends, make new friends, and spend time browsing the displays from pulishers and book sellers This year Cards by Anne and Deidre & Company (http://www.deirdreandcompany.com)/ will join us.
Dobie Moser will offer us some new insights to reach out to adolescents and their families.
It is a MUST ATTEND event!
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Catholic Web Solutions offers a critique of Brandon Vogt’s new book, “The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops who Tweet”, released in August 2011 by Our Sunday Visitor.
Rogern Fortin, Ohio State University Press; 1 edition (October 1, 2002)
It is important to know where we have come from in order to know where we are going. The history of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is fascinating and full of drama and hope for the people of God. Do you know how significant a role Bishop Fenwick and Bishop Purcell played in forming the faith of southwest Ohio and in forming a parochial school network that is the 8th largest in the county? Do you know why that was important?
If you don’t this is the book for you!!!
That’s the cost of attendance at the 36th Annual Northern Congress on Sept. 17, 2011. Where else can you get get coffee and fresh donuts, Morning Prayer, a Keynote Adddress, Choice of 31 Workshops, Lunch and fifteen Exhibits? Go to http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/evangelization-and-catechesis and click on “Brochure of Information” and “Speakers’ Biographies” for all the information on this energizing day to start the religious education year! The most popular workshops fill up quickly, so get your registrations sent in as soon as possible.
Dr. Moser
If you work with adolescents and their families in faith formation, here’s a day for you! The 36th Northern Congress happens on September 17 at the Piqua, Ohio JVS. The keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Gregory “Dobie” Moser, Director of the Youth and Young Adult Minsitry and CYO Office for the Cleveland Diocese since 1995. Dr. Moser will address practical ways to draw adoelscents and their families into a life of faith. Twenty of the thirty-one workshops will be of interest to catechists and youth ministers working with teens. The registration brochures have been sent to parishes and schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. You can print your own at http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2011CongressBrochure.pdf or contact us at sidneymediacenter@catholiccincinnati.org for copies.
The 36th Annual Northern Congress information and registration brochures are back from the printer and will be sent to parishes and schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati shortly. The bochure gives information on the schedule, the keynote
Keynote Speaker Dobie Moser
address, lunch, two workshops for catechist certification credit and 31 skills workshops in three sessions. To receive your own brochure contact us at sidneymediacenter@catholiccincinnati.org or find it online at http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2011CongressBrochure.pdf. Place your reservation early because the most popular workshops fill up quickly.
Once again the Northern Congress will be held at the Joint Vocational School on Looney Road on the northern edge of Piqua. 
Except for the first few years, the JVS has been home to the Congress each September. The school is easy to find (just 1/2 mile off I-75) with ample parking and easy accessibility. The lecture room is perfect for prayer and the keynote address while the expanded dining area is perfect for morning coffee and lunch and also has a spacious area for the exhibits. The classrooms of various sizes work well for the break-out workshops. Each year the staff of the JVS is most gracious and helpful. See the brochure for the Sept. 17 Congress online at http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2011CongressBrochure.pdf.
The sixth annual FASHION ME A PEOPLE conference is set for Jan. 5 – 7, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. See http://www.cmdnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=145 for preliminary information.
Joe Paprocki’s new book, Practice Makes Catholic, from Loyola Press is perfect for young families teaching the faith to their children, those in RCIA and catechists who need a good reference book. It covers what makes us Catholic: sacramentals, liturgical year, fasting, prayer, stewardhip, gifts of the Holy Spirit, justice, saints, Ten Commandments, Scripture and Tradition. Check it out in the Sidney Media Center. Contact us at sidneymediacenter@catholiccincinnati.org.
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