Keeping Kids Catholic 101: Speaker Series for Families

Presenter: Bob McCarty, D.Min., Pastoral Ministry Consultant, Educator and Trainer

Refreshments Served

While students attend Parish School of Religion classes, we will host a monthly speaker series for parents.

Topic: Keeping Kids Catholic 101 — Will my Children have Faith? A Method to the Madness! Perhaps the most challenging aspect of raising children is fostering their faith maturing process. This presentation will explore various dimensions of faith development and include practical approaches to enhancing and strengthening faith in young people, fostering their faith identity, and examining our role as parents in this process.

Please feel free to stop by coffee and donuts following the 9:00am Mass and bring your coffee and donut with you to this talk!

Bob McCarty, D.Min. is a pastoral ministry consultant and trainer and has been in professional ministry since 1973, serving in parish, school, diocesan, and national settings. He offers consultations, retreats, workshops and training programs in ministry skills and issues internationally. Bob serves as the project coordinator for the Saint Mary’s Press research project, Going, Going, Gone: The Dynamics of Disaffiliation in Young Catholics.

His recent books are Thriving in Youth Ministry; The Vision of Catholic Youth Ministry: Fundamentals, Theory and Practice; Be A Champion for Youth: Standing With, By and For Young People, co-authored with his wife, Maggie; and Faith Talk: Having Conversations with Young People That Matter! through Saint Mary’s Press. 

Bob is a volunteer in his parish youth ministry and catechetical program at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Fulton. Bob is adjunct faculty at The Catholic University of America and The University of Dallas. His hobbies include rock climbing, cycling, and grandparenting!

Upcoming Talks to take place the same time and location on the following dates*:
January 5
February 9
March 15
April 26

*Note: On each of these dates, that Sunday evening we will host events for parish Youth in grades 6 to 12. Learn more here: stanndc.org/youth

 

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