I am a DRE in a School. I have been asked to write an article about the RE program. I know they are missing the point completely. The School thinks of RE as...
Mary Ann, Think about ways in which you can address how your role as DRE is to support the parents in their role in the formation of their children -- they are...
The terminology CCD rather than Faith Formation may be a place to begin. Forming Faith is an on-going process, evangelization if you will, at its best. The...
... away from the CCD idea? That is the term they use to distinguish the Religious Education that goes on in the School vs. what happens after school. ...
Mary Ann, I have been reflecting on your question from another perspective: "How do we understand and implement Pope John Paul II's and the bishops' teaching...
Hi Mary Ann, Are you familiar with Thomas Groom's books? The expression "form, inform, transform" is a wonderful summary of the GDC call for becoming a...
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Sr. Susanne
srsusanne@...
Nov 3, 2003 2:15 pm
I like the idea that our faith is being formed as we worship. Our faith is being formed as we live our family life, our ordinary living. In Catholic School...
Welcome to new members of Dre-talk. My name is Kathy and I manage this list for NPCD (National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors). NPCD is part...
At 9:17 -0500 on 11/3/03, Sr. Susanne spoke about Re: [dre-talk] ... I believe that to be true, at least for those who are not merely going through the...
Do DREs on dre-talk belong to the local diocesan organization for DREs? Why? Why not? What is the perceived value in belonging to a national professional ...
Our diocese is using Virtus and we have worked with teachers, volunteers, administrators and priests. Now we are looking into programs for parents and...
At 18:47 -0800 on 11/3/03, asabor@... spoke about Re: [dre-talk] ... I have used a series of tapes put out by the Boy Scouts of America, age-appropriate...
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Gretchen Kirk
gkirk@...
Nov 5, 2003 6:06 pm
Has anyone who is a facilitator for this program used a Prayer or short Prayer Service to open or close the training session? If so would you be open to...
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Religious Education
reled@...
Nov 5, 2003 9:37 pm
I have only happened to have a priest there who volunteered a "standard" prayer, but one participant told me that another facilitator's opening prayer had...
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kroro43@...
Nov 5, 2003 9:57 pm
Hi I am one of the team members delivering Protecting God's children training in our parish. A prayer was used during the train the trainers session and I use...
Hello: I would like some clarification. I picked up the book: One Hundred Years of Catholic Education. Celebrating 100 years of Catholic Education? I work...
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m15m18@...
Nov 5, 2003 11:55 pm
In a message dated 11/5/2003 12:20:13 PM Central Standard Time, ... Here is the prayer we used to open our training session. I hope it is helpful. Linda...
My diocese spent six weeks doing the program "Healing the Body of Christ." The bishop directed the 150 parishes to offer the program to have faith-sharing...
Our local diocesan DRE organization meets several times a year for business meetings and in-service opportunities. We also have deanery groups that meet...
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greatpyrs2
greatpyrs2@...
Nov 6, 2003 12:37 am
Hi to everyone! I am Evelyn in St. Louis. I do belong to both the diocesan organization, by
default--hired you belong--and to my sort of deanery grouping of...
Greetings! Regarding a diocesan wide organization, our diocesan Office of Catechetical Ministries offers a monthly meeting to all DREs in the diocese. The...
Novenber blessings to all. Like Evelyn, I too am in St. Louis and belong to the diocesan organization. I minister in a differnet region of St. Louis and our...
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Mary Fran Cassidy
Mary_Fran_Cassidy@...
Nov 6, 2003 4:26 pm
OK. Now I have to enter the discussion. The very things you are complaining about: many parishes replacing DRE's and CRE's with volunteers or untrained people;...
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Mary Fran Cassidy
Mary_Fran_Cassidy@...
Nov 6, 2003 5:07 pm
OK. Now I have to enter the discussion. The very things you are complaining about: many parishes replacing DRE's and CRE's with volunteers or untrained people;...
The book that you picked up is a series of essays on the occasion of the National Catholic Educational Association's one hundred years of existence. Obviously,...
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greatpyrs2
greatpyrs2@...
Nov 6, 2003 6:10 pm
Dear Mary Fran and all, I agree! This is Evelyn in St. Louis and NPCD and my Archdiocesan
organization as well as the smaller "deanery" DRE/CRE groups give me...
Sorry, Mary Fran...My intention was not to "complain" but to merely state the facts as the exist currently in my diocese (Youngstown, OH). Our current bishop...
Maybe this is the only place in the Church where the DRE's who are negative can voice those feelings or feel there is someone who will be open to listening....
estern Conference of Catholic Religious Educators (in Canada) Just thought I'd ask if anyone on this list is planning to attend the WCCRE next week, it is...
