Participants receive practical helps concerning where to begin and what to do first in this ministry. They have their immediate questions answered and concerns addressed. Participants take a careful look at their job description, and understand what the job description expects of them. Participants identify their primary job responsibilities, based on their job description. Participants prioritize their responsibilities.
Participants develop strategies to involve parents in the religious education program.
Empowering Catechists Participants review the relationship of the catechetical ministry to the total parish mission. Participants learn more about the ministry and function of catechesis. Participants learn effective approaches to recruitment, training and evaluation of catechists and other volunteers, including community building techniques. Participants learn how to teach catechists to use teacher's manuals. Parish Structures Participants review the mission of the parish.