WANTED: Trained catechists to serve youngsters
PALM BEACH | Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Montessori-based religious formation program for children starting at age 3 that is offered at five parishes in the Diocese of Palm Beach. Known for creating a sacred, hands-on learning environment called an atrium, CGS is seeing positive results as a method of exposing children to the Catholic faith through Scripture and liturgy.
As CGS expands in the diocese, the need for trained catechists increases. An intensive program to prepare CGS catechists is set to begin in July at the Basilica of Saint Edward in Palm Beach, where the latest atrium has begun for children in Level I (3 to 6 years old). The training involves 90 hours of lectures, meditations and presentations to form catechists for ministry.
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