The NCCL Blog

NCCL Feature: A closer look at... PRIORITIZING PARENTS

Ideas for Engagement + Links to Parent Project Resources:

We know that parents are the most powerful influence for virt...

NCCL Feature: A closer look at... FAMILY FORMATION

Practical Strategies + Linked Resources:

Every parish can reach parents and families at home with easy-to-organize activit...

NCCL Feature: A closer look at... CATECHIST FORMATION

How can we design catechist formation around the lives of today’s catechists?

We know our catechists lead busy lives m...

A Personal Reflection from NCCL's Executive Director, John Roberto

In May I was asked to offer a short reflection at a graduate school of ministry commencement. I shared eigh...

In the recent “Planning for Parish Catechesis” blog series you will find six systemic approaches that can stimulate your thinking about planning new initiatives in 2024-25 and...

Planning for Parish Catechesis in 2024-2025
Part Three, Article 2/2

Part Three in the “Planning for Parish Catechesis” series proposes six systemic approaches that can stimula...

Planning for Parish Catechesis in 2024-2025
Part Three, Article 1/2

Part Three in the “Planning for Parish Catechesis” series proposes six systemic approaches that can stimula...

Planning for Parish Catechesis in 2024-2025
Part Two

Thinking systemically involves looking at things as interconnected systems rather than isolated parts. It's about understa...

Planning for Parish Catechesis in 2024-2025
Part One

As the 2023-24 program year comes to a close, your thoughts (but maybe not your energy just yet) turn toward planning for...

Where have all the people gone?
Why aren’t they participating like they used to do?
Why is it so hard to involve people in regular participation at Sunday Mass, parish events, c...

Learning Models

Intergenerational learning provides a way to educate the whole community, bringing all ages and generations together to learn with and from each other, build ...

3 Strategies

Part Two of the “Pathways to an Intentionally Intergenerational Parish Community” series focuses on a variety of strategies that your church can use to build an ...

In a time where people long for connection, community, and belonging and where loneliness and isolation is so widespread, parish communities can become welcome environments fo...

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