Catholic Education Center provides resources and Catechist Courses for educators, catechists, and parents to faithfully teach our Catholic Faith.

Ministry Coordination and Leadership

The Catholic Education Center will create custom courses for your specific needs, including diaconte formation and classes for wives of deacons! Contact us for details.

CAT201: The General Directory for Catechetics (Colette Lienard, M.A.)

Classes include: Preaching the Gospel, Evangelization, Catechesis, Norms and Criteria, Pedagogy and Methodology, Those to be Catechized, Catechesis in Special Situations, The Ministry of Catechesis, Loci and Means of Catechesis, Organizing Catechesis

MIN145: Leadership in Ministry (Romano Kidd, M.A.)

Classes include: Leadership Styles, Leading Others, Mentorship, Communication, Moral Leadership, Team Building (Community), Liturgical Leader, Social Justice Leader, Ecumenical Leader, and Jesus the Model of Leadership

MIN144: Training Catechetical Leaders (Romano Kidd, M.A.)

Classes include: Training Adults, Recruiting: Volunteers, Recruiting: Participation, Leading A Faith Formation Program, Training: Trainers/Catechists, Training: Principles of Learning, Training: Challenges and Concerns, Keeping the Fire Alive, Mystagogy: Not just for RCIA, The Great Commission

MIN141 The RCIA and its Rites (Colette Lienhard, M.A.)

Classes include: The Catechumenate of Old vs. Today, The Church's Best Kept Secret, Period of Evangelization and PreCatechumenate, The Catechumenate, Purification and Enlightenment, Celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation, Mystagogy, Exceptional Cases, Administrative Duties for the RCIA Coordinator, Selecting your RCIA Team.

MIN110: Parish Catechetical Leaders Resources (Colette Lienhard, M.A.)

Classes Include: Parish Program Coordinator, Employment Policies and Procedures, Parish Catechist, School Principal, School Teacher, Childhood Development in Teaching the Faith, Learning Styles, Infant Baptism, First Penance and First Eucharist, Confirmation