Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Training 2020
Venue: St Jude’s Pastoral Centre, Templeogue, Dublin
Level II - Part: I & Part II (6-9 years old)
Formation Leader: Jo Culhane
Beginning January 2020 – Friday evening 7.00.- 9.30pm; Saturday 9.00am – 4.30 pm
Week-ends: January 24-25; February 28-29; March 27-28; April 24 – 25; May 29 -30; June 26-27; August 28-29; September 25-26; October 30-31; November 27 -28.
Level III : Part I (9-12 years old) – Formation Leader: Karen Maxwell USA
Venue: St Jude’s Pastoral Centre, Templeogue, Dublin
Beginning July 2020 – 8 days
Dates: Monday 27th July – Saturday 1st August (Sunday 2nd August free day)
Continuing Monday 3rd – Tuesday 4th August.
For registration to these trainings Contact: Jo Culhane
Phone Jo : 087 2662996 or email : joculhane@cgs.ie
Formation Courses attract various types of people interested in working with children in Catechesis. The courses attract parents, Religious Sisters and teachers. Lay people have commented that they loved the rich and informative approach of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd which enriches their daily lives. It is a retreat type approach.
- Level I Formation Course prepares participants working with children 3-6 years.
- Level II Formation Course prepares participants working with children 6-9 years.
- Level III Formation Course prepares participants working with children 9-12 years.
Formation Courses include presentations of materials for children, introduces the Atrium where this great work takes place, provides a comfortable environment where theological and pedagogical discussions take place, assists participants in preparing an Album (lesson plans) and develops material making for the children’s work within the Atrium.
Formation Courses take place at St Jude’s Pastoral Centre, Templeogue, Dublin 6W on the last week-end of each month by a trained catechist, trained in all three levels of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
Themes presented in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Level I 3-6 years approximately
- Parable of the Good Shepherd
- Parable of the Found Sheep
- Psalm 23
- Eucharistic Presence
- Parables of the Kingdom of God
- Liturgical Colours
- Vestments of the Priest
- Articles of the Mass
- Gestures of the Mass
- Liturgical Calendar
- Baptism/Gestures of Baptism
- Geography / Land of Israel
- Infancy Narratives
- Paschal Mysteries
- City of Jerusalem
- Messianic Prophecies
- Prayer
- Art
- Singing
- Practical Life exercises
- Celebrations – Advent, Epiphany, Liturgy of Light, Pentecost
Level II 6-9 years
- Sacred History – History of the Kingdom of God
- Paschal Narratives
- City of Jerusalem
- Moral Parables
- Mercy Parables
- Parables of Prayer
- Further study of the Parables of the Kingdom of God
- Further study of Baptism – Rite of Baptism
- Miracles
- Maxims
- Further study of the Mass
- Synthesis of the Mass
- Eucharistic Presence II and III
- Origin of the Eucharist
- Reconciliation Preparation
- First Communion Preparation
- Geography – studying towns in the life of Jesus / Mountains / Seas
- Synthesis of the Messianic Prophecies
- Synthesis of the Infancy Narratives
- Flight into Egypt
- Psalms of Repentance
- Further work on the Liturgical Calendar
- Cosmic Cross
- The books of the Bible
- Celebrations as in Level I
Level III 9-12 years
- Origin of the Liturgy of the Word.
- History of the Kingdom of God
- Old Testament History and study
- Typology – Creation; The Fall; Abraham & Sarah; The Flood
- Exodus (Moses)
- Additional Moral Parables
- Confirmation
- Vestments of Bishop
- Gestures of Confirmation
- History of Chrism
- Additional study on the structure of the Mass
- Further work on the Liturgical Calendar
- Story of Bread
- Moral Formation – The Maxims
- Additional Moral Parables
- Parables of Mercy
- Miracles of Jesus
- Moral Content of the Prophecies
- The Call of the Prophets
- Struggles of the Prophets
- Passover
- My place in Sacred History
- The Plan of God
- History of Jewish People
- Bible Study