Catechetical Leader Podcast

Episode 004 of the Catechetical Leader podcast covers a method for memorizing doctrines of the Catholic faith from Dr. Kevin Vost’s book Memorize the Faith! (and Most Anything Else): Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters.

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How well do you know the Catholic faith? Can you name the Twelve Apostles? The Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy? How about the 44 Daughters of the Capital Sins?

This month’s guest, Dr. Kevin Vost, has written a book designed to help Catholics memorize these and many more elements of the faith. Memorize the Faith! (and Most Anything Else): Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters presents a classical method for memorization endorsed by St. Albert the Great and St. Thomas Aquinas. The book utilizes this method to help the faithful memorize the Cardinal Virtues, the Beatitudes, all 73 books of the Bible — and more.

You can find out more about Dr. Vost and his latest book, From Atheism to Catholicism: How Scientists and Philosophers Led Me to the Truth, at his web site: www.DrVost.com.

Click to Listen – 004 – Memory Mansion

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In this month’s show we ask the question: what will faith formation in our parishes look like in 2020, just 10 years from now? What are the forces shaping religious education and what are some possible scenarios for the future?

These are the questions being asked by John Roberto, the president and founder of LifelongFaith Associates. John gave a presentation at this year’s NCCL conference on his Faith Formation 2020 initiative and he was kind enough to join me by phone to talk a little more about it.

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the show:

• LifelongFaith.com
• Overview of the Working Paper on Faith Formation 2020
• Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults, by Christian Smith

This month’s closing music is “The Future Soon” by Jonathan Coulton.

Click to Listen – 003 – The Future Soon

The second episode is live! Today I have a conversation with Jared Dees (The Religion Teacher) and William O’Leary (Catechesis in the Third Millennium) about blogging and catechesis.

Click to Listen – 002 – The Digital Areopagus

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Catechetical Leader, a new podcast from the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership. Catechetical Leader will come out every other month and features interviews and discussions related to religious education, faith formation and evangelization in the Church.

This episode features Lee Nagel and Anne Roat of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership discussing the past and future of catechesis in America.

Click to Listen – 001 – The Once and Future Catechist