This approach to faith formation is flexible but it definitely requires buy-in. No good faith formation ever takes place without the commitment and personal investment of a team of leaders. The leaders for this approach to faith formation are, primarily, parents and mentors, godparents and sponsors. This is not at all meant to replace the parish – to the contrary, this empowers the parish to do what the parish is meant to do: empower the faithful to take responsibility for the mission of evangelization.

The genius of Catholicism builds upon one keynote – the keynote of communion – because communion is at the heart of Catholicism, because Christ is the heart of the Church. Christ brings us into communion with God and into unity with one another. That is the Catholic whole.

I think that, for the most part, we in the Church have become too dependent on textbooks and third-party programs to run religious education in Catholic schools and parishes alike. This is not the Christian way of formation because the most important resource for those who are being formed for discipleship is, actually, you.

The genius of Catholicism builds upon one keynote – the keynote of communion – because communion is at the heart of Catholicism, because Christ is the heart of the Church. Christ brings us into communion with God and into unity with one another. That is the Catholic whole.