Darcy Osby

Articles by Darcy Osby

• Catechists as Missionary Disciples

  How do catechists live as missionary disciples? Darcy Osby breaks down our terms and gives us questions for reflection.

• Celebrating the Saints: Four Ways to Be a Catholic Superhero

  Darcy Osby shares four ways to be a Catholic superhero, or a Catholic saint. How are you celebrating the saints with your class?

• Creative Ways to Pray the Rosary

  Inspired by Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Darcy Osby shares creative ways to pray the Rosary.

• Equipping Parents to Share Eucharistic Adoration with Their Children

  Darcy Osby shares how she equips parents to share Eucharistic Adoration with their children.

• Feasting While Fasting

  Get in touch with the real reason for fasting this Lent by allowing yourself to feast on the grace of God.

• Find four ideas for celebrating Pentecost in your parish.

  Find four ideas for celebrating Pentecost in your parish.

• Keep the Lent Momentum Going: A Lesson in Spiritual Physics

  Keep the Lent momentum going with ideas from Darcy Osby’s lesson in spiritual physics. 

• Loving Students as St. John Bosco Did

  Loving relationships with students is the cornerstone of the pedagogy of St. John Bosco.

• Mary, Mother of Catechists

  Mary is the Mother of Catechists and is a model catechist. Here are three ways we can be more like Mary as catechists.

• Ministry Is…

  What is parish ministry? A DRE reflects on the everyday tasks of ministry.

• Praying with the Trinity

  Darcy Osby suggests fostering prayerful experiences of the Persons of the Trinity to help children understand the Trinity.

• Promoting Catholic Identity, Part 1: A Sense of Sacramentality

  Darcy Osby begins a series on promoting Catholic identity by discussing the Catholic sense of sacramentality.

• Promoting Catholic Identity, Part 2: A Commitment to Community

  Darcy Osby continues a series on promoting Catholic identity by discussing the Catholic commitment to community.

• Promoting Catholic Identity, Part 3: A Respect for Human Life

  In the third article in a series on promoting Catholic identity, Darcy Osby shares ideas to help children develop a sense of respect for all life.​

• Promoting Catholic Identity, Part 4: A Reverence for Scripture and Tradition

  ​Darcy Osby continues a series on promoting Catholic identity by discussing ways to foster reverence for Scripture and Tradition.​

• Promoting Catholic Identity, Part 5: An Attitude of Faith and Hope

  Darcy Osby concludes a series on building Catholic identity by considering how we might develop an attitude of faith and hope.​​

• Summer Planning for the Catechetical Leader

  Darcy Osby suggests three areas for catechetical leaders to review during summer planning.

• Teaching Care for Creation

  ​Learn ways to teach and practice care for creation in faith formation settings. Good for Earth Day or any lesson on environmental responsibility. ​

• The Glorious Mysteries: The Coming of the Holy Spirit

  Darcy Osby reflects on the Coming of the Holy Spirit in this article, one in a series on the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary.

• Three Bits of Advice for Catechists I Need to Follow Myself

  DRE Darcy Osby shares three bits of advice for catechists she needs to follow herself.

• Three Lessons Catechists Can Learn from St. Joseph

  What can catechists learn from the life of St. Joseph? Catechetical leader Darcy Osby has three ideas.​

• Three Lessons for Catechists from St. Luke the Evangelist

  Darcy Osby shares lessons for catechists from St. Luke, including the importance of knowing your audience and telling a good story.

• Three Lessons for Catechists from St. Nicholas

  Darcy Osby shares three lessons for catechists from St. Nicholas. What can you learn from the saints of Advent?

• Three Questions from New Catechetical Leaders

  Darcy Osby shares some questions she asked herself as a new DRE—and the answers she found through living her ministry.

• Three Ways to Turn Your Faith Formation Class into a Mini-Retreat

  Darcy Osby suggests three ways to turn your faith formation class into a mini-retreat.