Resources To Form Missionary Disciples
COMING SOON:
Parrhesia: Infant Baptism Preparation
Launch Special! Be among the first to experience this vital field guide, officially debuting at the highly anticipated St. John Bosco Conference, 2025!
Wanting to prayerfully re-think—on your own, or with your team—how you prepare families for their children’s Baptism, but stuck about how to go about this? Infant Baptism Preparation provides a faithful, practical, prayerful, step-by-step, and accessible approach for you, as a catechetical leader, to undertake this with complete confidence. Inside, you'll find a clear map, guiding you through a process to get you and your parish more securely onto God’s page so that the preparation process can be truly a beginning of new life, not just for the infant but for the whole family.
With Series Editors Dr. Petroc Willey and Dr. William J. Keimig, and authored by Jacqueline and Michael van Hemert, working with an international team of leading catechetical experts, field practitioners, and diocesan leaders, this comprehensive field manual from the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University of Steubenville offers an invaluable resource for all catechetical leaders entrusted with forming others in the faith.
Discipleship Quads
More than a program, Quads are a spiritual journey—brothers helping brothers, sisters helping sisters—into a more joyful and fruitful following of Christ. Your faith will grow stronger, your prayer deeper, and your witness more fruitful.
The Discipleship Quad Process is a transformative small-group model of accompaniment that invites four people of the same gender to meet weekly for about a year. These gatherings center on Scripture, Church teaching, and mutual encouragement in the life of discipleship.
The process is completely free and available online at dquads.com.
The Pedagogy of God
Catechesis is not merely the communication of facts—it is an apprenticeship in the Christian life. The Pedagogy of God: Its Centrality in Catechesis and Catechist Formation explores the divine method of forming disciples: God Himself as the master teacher, and we as His co-workers.
Drawing deeply from the General Directory for Catechesis, this work presents catechesis as a school of faith—a vision that forms the whole person in Christ. Scholars and practitioners contribute with insights rooted in Church teaching and proven practice.
Handing on the Faith: DVD Series
Led by Dr. Petroc Willey, this 13-part DVD series brings together leading voices in catechesis to explore how we hand on the Catholic faith in today’s world. Each 30-minute episode is ideal for catechist formation, workshops, or parish leadership training.
Topics include:
- The Pedagogy of God
- Handing on the Faith Personally
- Handing on Faith Liturgically, Scripturally, Prayerfully, and Beautifully
- The Vocation of the Catechist
- Holiness – the Goal of Catechesis
Mentores para la Nueva Evangelización
Santos Norteamericanos de la Catequesis es un libro poderoso que presenta doce capítulos de narrativa, oración y reflexión sobre los santos que dieron su vida por la fe católica en Norteamérica. Desde San Juan Diego hasta los mártires del “Nuevo Mundo”, vemos cómo el Espíritu Santo formó evangelizadores que nos inspiran hoy.
Escrito por la Hna. M. Johanna Paruch, FSGM, este texto nos invita a encontrar en la historia de la Iglesia un modelo para la misión actual. Sin el lujo de recursos modernos, estos pioneros vencieron obstáculos inimaginables con humildad, santidad y un amor ardiente por Cristo.
Este libro es una llamada a la valentía, la humildad y la santidad para todos los catequistas de hoy.