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. Participants review skills in conflict resolution. Participants learn about the value and importance of the personnel evaluation. They review the diocesan Supervision and Evaluation Process for DREs and CREs. Sacrament of Reconciliation Participants receive a basic understanding of the Church's theology of Reconciliation, and are able to articulate key concepts.