I got a message, but it had a virus in it. Carol Huffard ... From: sonya.tondreau@... To: dre-talk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:03 PM...
Good Monday morning group. I received an email from Shawn Kispert seeking information about how to rejoin DRE talk. Apparently she is returning to the DRE...
Welcome to any new members of Dre-talk. My name is Kathy and I along with NPCD (National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors) Executive Board, part...
We are always looking for new/better Stations of the Cross to share with our K-4 kids as well as our 5-8 kids. Does anyone have suggestions of ones they have...
Friends at DRE talk, Over the past few months I've posted several "survey" questions and asked for your responses. Many of you have responded with...
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Sister Susanne
srsusanne@...
Mar 6, 2002 2:20 pm
For 7th and 8th grade kids, there is a song from the Man of La Macha called "To dream the impossible dream". The phrased of the song fit the Stations. The...
Faithways from CMD has great Stations designed for middle schoolers. And of course, there are a ton of sites on the web with Stations at them. Just search...
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Carolyn J. Meyers
cjmeyers@...
Mar 6, 2002 5:50 pm
We use The Way of the Cross for Children published by Barton-Cotton, Inc in Baltimore, MD. The description of the station and the reflection questions that...
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Mary Fran Cassidy
Mary_Fran_Cassidy@...
Mar 6, 2002 9:58 pm
For the past several years, we have been implementing an idea we found in Catechist magazine. Our seventh graders present the Stations in tableau fashion...
In our parish we have two stations experiences. Wednesday night is the more traditional style using the little guide by St. Alphonsus Liguori. On Fridays we...
Hello All, On another topic, I'm beginning to request publishing houses send us their religious ed curriculum for the Fall . I'd like to have sufficient time...
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PAH427@...
Mar 7, 2002 1:16 pm
Shawn, I find that Blest Are We is a program that works well for my teachers, the manual is excellent, and the parents are happy with the curriculum, and love ...
Blest Are We is published by Silver Burdett Ginn...
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Gretchen Kirk
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Mar 7, 2002 4:45 pm
Shawn, I would suggest RCL, Faith First. I like the organization of the texts, the units of each follow the headings of the Catechism. We have used it now...
Hi Shawn and welcome back. I have sure missed your imput over the last few months. You always have a way of looking at things through clearer lenses than I....
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Mary Fran Cassidy
Mary_Fran_Cassidy@...
Mar 7, 2002 8:30 pm
I particularly like Sadlier's Coming to Faith series. The Catechist Workshop in the front of the manuals is one of the most helpful and useful tools I've...
Thank you Tish. Actually what I am doing is going back as the Inter-rim youth minister until May. I have made no commitment beyond that, as the issues which...
We use Blest are We as well. We just began using the series this year. Our teachers love it because it is user friendly and more contemporary. It is published...
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Kathy Barkdull
kbarkdull@...
Mar 8, 2002 2:00 am
Shawn, I also want to welcome you back. We are also using RCL's Faith First for kindergarten thru 8th grade. The catechists like the way one year builds upon...
Welcome back Shawn! We use lectionary based curriculum for 3-6 gr.(and suppllement for 1 & 2)...Catechists and students like Pflum gospel weeklies....mass ...
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Jayerusso@...
Mar 8, 2002 2:32 pm
I personally love Silver Budett Ginn for a one hour a week class. The lessons are broken up so that anyone could teach a lesson and do it well!...
This is my first year as a DRE and I tell people that Divine Inspiration sent me to Harcourt's Walking by Faith (K-6). 7th and 8th grade students are using...
Hi all, Our parish council has charged me with polling all the YM's/catechists I can find about a few things: 1. Do you have a "youth Mass"? How's it going? Do...
Hi Margo, We’re just beginning a program of youth ministry. Our community has 4 Catholic churches fairly close together and one of them began using the ...
Hi Shawn, You have asked a fundamental question. Each publisher has its own strengths and each parish has its own needs and talents. The other question to ask...
Hi Shawn, I’ve been DRE in this parish for almost two years and they had been using Sadlier’s Coming To Faith program for years before I got here. The...
