Level One On Site

The following courses are required for Level One if you are taking courses in-person.

PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY: Call to be a Catechist; Faith and Discipleship; Christian Prayer

METHODOLOGY: choose one of the following depending on what level the catechist teaches:

• METHODOLOGY FOR ELEMENTARY CATECHESIS:  Planning a Lesson; Learning Environment; Understanding the Student; Media and Values; Guidelines and Culture.

• METHODOLOGY FOR ADOLESCENT CATECHESIS: Understanding the Adolescent Student; Media and Methodology for the Adolescent Student; Prayer and the Adolescent;   Lesson Planning and Total Youth Ministry.

*THE PROFESSION OF FAITH: God and Revelation; Jesus the Fullness of Revelation; Church, the Christian Community; Introduction to Scripture.

*CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERIES: Sacraments of Christian Initiation; Liturgy and Eucharist; Sacraments at the Service of Communion; Sacraments of Healing.

*LIFE IN CHRIST:  The Human Person: in the Image of God; The Human Community; Law, Grace and the Common Good; Love the Lord Your God:  Commandments 1 -3; Love Your Neighbor:  Commandments 4 – 10.

*Note: Please complete these courses as soon as possible for certification.  On-site course titles and content will eventually be changed to mirror the online courses offered through Enlighten from Fordham University.  When this happens, catechists pursuing certification will need to take the new courses in order to be certified.