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Based on the 17 chapters of The Catechist's Toolbox: A Leader's Guide provides 17 mini-in-services (each designed for 30 to 45 minutes) and equips catechists with skills, tips, and practical advice they can use today. This guide is FREE with your order of 25 or more copies of The Catechist's Toolbox. Enter code 2612, when placing your order.
Mini In-service Session One directs you online for definitions of some Catholic terms. We list those terms here for your convenience.
Ecclesiology: a study of the understanding of the Church including its role in salvation, its origins, its relationship to Christ, its purpose, its organization and disciplines, and its leadership.
Ecumenism: the movement for unity among Christians. Christ gave the Church the gift of unity from the beginning, but over the centuries that unity has been broken. All Christians are called by their common Baptism to pray and to work to maintain, reinforce, and perfect the unity Christ wants for the Church.
Episcopacy: refers to the collective body of bishops in the Church. When a priest is ordained as a bishop, he becomes of “member” of the episcopacy.
Evangelization: the proclamation, or declaring by word and by example, of the good news about the salvation we have received in Jesus Christ. Evangelization is a sharing of our faith with others, both those who do not know Jesus and those who are called to follow Jesus more closely.
Magisterium: the living, teaching office of the Church. This office, through the bishops and with the pope, provides an authentic interpretation of the Word of God. It ensures faithfulness to the teaching of the Apostles in matters of faith and morals.
Sanctification: the act or process of making something or someone holy. Transubstantiation: the unique change of the bread and wine in the Eucharist into the body and blood of the risen Jesus Christ, while retaining its physical appearance as bread and wine.
Joe Paprocki, D.Min., has been a catechetical leader and religious educator in the Chicago area for more than twenty years. His books include Living the Mass, The Bible Blueprint, The Catechist’s Toolbox (Loyola Press). He is the National Consultant for Faith Formation at Loyola Press in Chicago. Joe blogs about his work as a catechist at Catechist’s Journey.
Joe Paprocki, DMin, lleva más de veinte años de líder catequético y educador religioso en el área de Chicago. Entre sus publicaciones se encuentran: Los planos de la Biblia, La caja de herramientas del catequista y Living the Mass [Viviendo la Misa], títulos publicados por Loyola Press. Es consultor nacional para la formación en la fe para Loyola Press en Chicago. Joe tiene un blog donde charla sobre su trabajo como catequista: Catechist’s Journey (La jornada del catequista), disponible sólo en inglés.
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Practice Makes Catholic: Moving from a Learned Faith to a Lived FaithWhy do Catholic do what they do? "Practice Makes Catholic" from Loyola Press gets to the heart of the question-and to the heart of what it really means to be Catholic.
Living the Mass: How One Hour a Week Can Change Your LifeIn Living the Mass, Joe Paprocki, DMin, and Fr. Dominic Grassi convincingly show how the one hour spent at Mass on Sunday can truly transform the other 167 hours of the week.
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7 Keys to Spiritual Wellness: Enriching Your Faith by Strengthening the Health of Your SoulIn 7 Keys to Spiritual Wellness, best-selling author Joe Paprocki provides a prescription for spiritual health based on the rich wisdom of Catholic Tradition.
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