Catechetical Tradition Courses
Our Catechist Training Courses focus on content and teaching methods. This page lists the courses we offer on for home educators. As Catholic Education is all education through the lens of Catholicism, this section will eventually have courses that are not strictly catechetical.
AFF101: The Pedagogy of God: Eden to Eden (Rev. Sebastian Carnazzo, Ph.D.)
Classes include: Days 1-3 of Creation Account 1, Days 4-6 of Creation Account 1, Day 7 of Creation Account 1, The Garden: Creation, The Garden: The Fall, The Flood, The Red Sea, The Ark of the Covenant, The Promised Land, The New Covenant
AFF100: An Introduction to the Bible (Sal Ciresi, M.A.)
Classes include: Becoming Familiar with the Bible: the Crucial First Steps, Tools for Learning Scripture: A Review of the Study Resources, Biblical Inspiration: The Foundational Doctrine, Biblical Inerrancy: The Church's Reasonable Explanation, The Canon of Scripture: The Collection of Divine Books, Interpreting the Bible: Essential Catholic Guidelines, The Bible in the Church: The Relation of Scripture, Tradition and Magisterium, An Overview of Salvation History: God Speaks to Us, Biblical Geography: A Look at the Holy Land, God's Word and the Interior Life: Praying with the Scriptures
CAT202: Teaching the Faith: Part 1 - Apostles to Apologists (Colette Lienhard, M.A.)
Classes include: Catechesis in Scripture - The Old Testament, Catechesis in Scripture - The New Testament, The Didache, The Heresy of Gnosticism, The Canon of Scriptures, The Apostolic Fathers, The Apologists (Part 1): Justin Martyr, The Apologists (Part 2): Irenaeus, Tertullian & Origen, The Apologists (Part 3): Hippolytus, Classroom Applications
CAT203: Teaching the Faith: Part 2 -The Great Catechists (Colette Lienhard, M.A.)
Classes include: The Heresy of Arianism, Foes of Arianism, The Great Catechists (Part 1): John Chrysostom and Vincent of Lerins, The Great Catechists (Part 2): Augustine of Hippo, The Catechumenate of Old, The Catechumenate Today, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils, The Middle Ages, St. Thomas Aquinas, Classroom Applications
CAT204: Teaching the Faith: Part 3 - Reformation to Present (Colette Lienhard, M.A.)
Classes include: The Reformation, Catechesis and Catechisms, The Council of Trent, The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism), Modern Catechetical Trends (Part 1), Modern Catechetical Trends (Part 2), The Catechism of the Catholic Church, The General Directory for Catechesis, Modern Catechetical Movements, Classroom Applications