The Catholic Education Center, LLC, offers Online Catechist
    Formation Courses.  The content of these courses has been
    approved by the Dioceses of Arlington, Knoxville, Grand Rapids, and
    Peoria, and may be used towards their Catechist Certification
    Programs.  Arrangements can be made for these same courses
    can be offered on site.  Please contact the Catholic Education
    Center, LLC for more details.

    The Online Courses are designed for busy teachers and parish
    catechists! You can work on your course work at your
    convenience (they are not time-released) from any computer
    with internet access.  Each class has documents to read, a
    quiz and a discussion forum to share your ideas with other
    teachers!  

Current course offerings (please select the course for details):
     
NEW COURSES -  Now Available!:
CAT210: Teaching Methods & Learning Styles (Susan Doyle, M. Ed.)
CAT220: An Introduction to the Bible (Salvatore J. Ciresi, M.A.)
CAT230: The Church (Kenneth D. Whitehead, Ph.D.)
CAT240: Catholic Medical Ethics (Patricia Maskell, M.A.)

New Courses - 2013:
CAT221: The Old Testament (Sebastian Carnazzo, Ph.D.)
CAT222: The New Testament (Sebastian Carnazzo, Ph.D.)


     

    The Catholic Education Center, LLC, in conjunction with the
    Christendom Graduate School now offers Online Courses for
    Graduate-level Academic Education Credits.  These courses
    may be used to obtain or renew a VA or VCEA teaching license,
    towards Arlington Diocese Catechist Certification, and may also be
    applied towards the Masters of Arts in Theological Studies Degree
    offered through the Christendom Graduate School.  If you have
    taken the "component courses", you may "upgrade" your
    courses for Academic Credit through Christendom Graduate
    School by satisfying their registration requirements, paying
    the difference in tuition, and completing the academic
    requirements.  For more information call: 703-658-4304.

    Courses Now Available through Christendom Graduate
    School (for academic credit):

    EDUC630: Teaching the Faith: Part 1 (3 credits)
    (CAT101, CAT102, CAT103 + Academic Requirements)
    An introduction to Catholic Religious Education, including an
    examination of the ministry of catechetics, an overview of key Old
    and New Testament figures and events, and a thorough study of the
    Creed and the seven Sacraments, based on the Catechism of the
    Catholic Church (parts 1 and 2), with practical and creative ways to
    implement these teachings in a classroom.

    EDUC631: Teaching the Faith: Part 2 (3 credits)
    (CAT104, CAT105, CAT201 + Academic Requirements)
    A continuation of EDUC 630 focusing on the moral life
    (commandments, virtues and beatitudes) and the life of prayer (with
    explanation of several prayers and devotions throughout the liturgical
    year) and how to teach them. The course covers Parts 3 & 4 of the
    Catechism of the Catholic Church, and concludes with the role of
    catechesis in the mission of the Church as seen in the General
    Directory of Catechesis.

    EDUC602: The Catechetical Tradition (3 credits)
    (CAT202, CAT203, CAT204 + Academic Requirements)
    EDUC 602 is a study of the teaching Church and the historical
    process of its development, including St. Augustine and Classical
    Catechesis, Christendom and St. Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic
    Reformation and the Roman Catechism, the Enlightenment, Vatican
    I, Modernism, Vatican II, the renewed Catechumenate and the
    Catechism of the Catholic Church.

    Catechist Formation Courses taken with the Catholic
    Education Center, LLC may be applied towards Academic
    Courses.  

    Christendom College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
    Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-
    4097: Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award the Associate of Arts and Bachelor
    of Arts degrees, and the Master of Arts degree in Theological Studies. The College
    functions in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and is licensed
    by the Virginia State Council on Higher Education to grant the Associate of Arts,
    Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts degrees. The College is located within the Diocese
    of Arlington and is submissive to the authority of the Bishop of Arlington regarding the
    orthodoxy of Catholic doctrine taught at the College.
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