Renewed & Received Online Leader's Certification

The Online Leader’s Certification is a six-session course that offers support for leaders to quickly and easily train their team to deliver both First Reconciliation and First Communion preparation. Your team will receive inspiration and guidance to build up their spirits to take on this important work. They’ll receive practical guidance on what to expect and how to respond to typical situations that are likely to arise. In the end, your team will come away with an increased sense of confidence and enthusiasm to serve the children and families in your program.

Presenters Include:

• Fr. Mike Schmitz
• Jackie and Bobby Angel
• Sr. Josephine Garrett
• Mari Pablo
• Charleen Katra, the Executive Director of the National Catholic Partnership on Disabilities

Table of Contents

• Session 1: "Thank You for Saying Yes" - Fr. Mike, Sister Josephine Garrett, Mari Pablo, and Jackie and Bobby Angel welcome and thank you for saying "yes" to being a catechist.
• Session 2: "Tips and Strategies for Classroom Engagement" - Mari Pablo and Sister Josephine present second graders (seven-to-eight-year-olds). They explain how to engage them in your religious education setting as well as how to prep and manage the learning environment.
• Session 3: "Tips and Strategies for Parent Engagement" - Mari Pablo and Sister Josephine talk through the importance of family catechesis and engagement. They offer practical tips and strategies to catechize the whole family.
• Session 4: "Nurturing Faith Formation Communities" - Mari Pablo and Jackie and Bobby Angel talk through ways to form faith-formation communities. Religious education is more than learning facts about God—it is about forming a relationship.
• Session 5: "Differentiated Learners" - Charleen Katra, the Executive Director of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, joins us to recommend ways to engage all learners.
• Session 6: "Don't Forget to Pray" - Mari Pablo concludes by focusing on personal prayer and concrete strategies to avoid burnout.

About the program

Renewed: Your Journey to First Reconciliation is a twelve-lesson program that provides everything you need to prepare children to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. It features gorgeous live-action videos with stunning animations that help communicate the spiritual dimension of the faith to children in a way they can easily understand. The program also offers a Student Workbook, a Leader’s Guide, an Online Parent Certification, a take-with-you Reconciliation book, family activity crates, and more.

Received: Your Journey to First Communion is a twelve-lesson program that provides everything you need to prepare children to receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist. It features gorgeous live-action videos with stunning animations that help communicate the spiritual dimension of the Faith to children in a way they can easily understand. The program also offers a Student Workbook, a Leader’s Guide, an Online Parent Certification, a take-with-you Mass book, family activity crates, and more.

Do you have questions about Renewed & Received?

Set up a time to chat 1:1 with one of our parish relationship managers.

• Hannah
• Andrew