Quick Catholic Lessons Vol. 2 Leader Guide

By Fr. Mike Schmitz, Aimee MacIver, Colin MacIver

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The Quick Catholic Lessons with Fr. Mike: Vol. 2, Leader's Guide is a feature-packed teacher’s guide designed to accompany the extremely popular Ascension Presents YouTube videos from Fr. Mike Schmitz, presented here on a convenient DVD. You’ll get lessons built around Fr. Mike’s short videos on a wide variety of topics kids care about, from core questions about Catholicism to practical and tough issues in Christian discipleship. Teachers, catechists, and youth ministers can supplement USCCB curriculum, prompt small-group discussion, and answer students’ questions easily and powerfully with this teacher’s guide and DVD.

What You Get…

Lessons built around fifteen of Fr. Mike’s videos on crucial topics
Objectives for each lesson and discussion questions with in-depth leader commentary
Opening and closing prayers with Scripture
Outlines of Fr. Mike’s thoughts to accompany each video
Activity ideas
Reproducible student pages with prayers, Fr. Mike’s key points, and journal prompts
DVD with fifteen Fr. Mike videos from Ascension Presents and a NEW leader video from Fr. Mike

Fr. Mike Schmitz serves as director of youth and young adult ministry for the Diocese of Duluth and as chaplain for the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He is a presenter in Chosen, Altaration, and on Ascension Presents.

AIMEE AND COLIN MACIVER are co-authors of Power and Grace, Theology of the Body for Teens: Middle School, The Parent and Sponsor Guides for Chosen: Your Journey Toward Confirmation, and Belonging: Baptism in the Family of God. They also co-wrote Quick Catholic Lessons with Fr. Mike. Both are graduates of the Franciscan University of Steubenville and teach at St. Scholastica Academy. They live in Covington, Louisiana with their two children, Leo and Zelie.

SKU: 811661016695
Format: Leader Guide
Dimensions: L: 10.875, W: 8.375, D: 0.25
Weight: 1.0 lb
Page Count: 119
Language: English
Series: Quick Catholic Lessons
Publisher: Ascension
Publication Date: Nov 13, 2020
Copyright Year: 2020

Contributors

Fr. Mike Schmitz

Author

Ordained Ministry

Fr. Mike Schmitz, a Catholic priest and evangelist well known for his social media videos and podcasts, hosted the 2021 breakout podcast The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)™, which became the #1 podcast on the Apple charts after its January 2021 launch, and is the most popular Catholic podcast of all time. The Bible in a Year was Chartable’s #1 global podcast in religion for several years, and was covered by news outlets including CBS, Fox, and The New York Times Magazine.

Aimee MacIver

Author

Aimee MacIver is a wife, mother, writer, artist, speaker, and pilgrimage leader.

She is the author of several award-winning books on the Theology of the Body, the sacraments, social justice, Scripture study, and Baptism preparation, as well as Reconciliation and Mass companions for children.

Aimee is also a visual artist and the creator of ThyShip.com, a daily Catholic newsletter that invites readers to see every place as an opportunity for pilgrimage and encounter with Christ.

Colin MacIver

Author

Colin MacIver is a theology teacher, author, speaker, and longtime minister with a passion for helping others encounter Christ. For more than two decades, he has served the Church through education and parish ministry, including as a theology teacher, religion department chair, and campus ministry coordinator at St. Scholastica Academy in Covington, Louisiana. He currently serves as Senior Director of Evangelization at Jesuit High School in New Orleans.

Colin is the author of the guide to Quick Catholic Lessons with Fr. Mike and, alongside his wife, Aimee, is the co-author and presenter of Theology of the Body for Teens: Middle School Edition, as well as the co-author of the Chosen Parent's and Sponsor's Guides and other Ascension resources. Whether teaching, writing, speaking, or making music, Colin is dedicated to helping people grow in their faith and discover the joy of the Gospel.

Colin lives in Louisiana with his wife, Aimee, and their two children, Leo and Zelie. When he's not serving in ministry, you can find him eating way too many crawfish, crafting cringeworthy dad jokes, or trying—without much success—to load the dishwasher correctly.