Making Connections in Online Learning

Posted by Beth Franzosa on Apr 7, 2021 3:42:11 PM

When I heard last March that we would be teaching online for at least a few weeks, like many teachers, I worried about how I would translate in-person learning to online. I was relieved to remember my years facilitating online courses in the McGrath Institute for Church Life’s STEP program and everything I had learned from the program’s leaders and other facilitators about how to welcome students, communicate online, and see the meaning we find together even without in-person connection. 

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Topics: community, STEP, online education

Free Online Series: Journey with The Saint John's Bible

Posted by Carolyn Pirtle on Feb 22, 2021 1:55:08 PM

For a second year, the McGrath Institute for Church Life launched a free online series entitled “Journey with The Saint John’s Bible.” Across six units, participants are invited to learn about the beauty of Scripture, art, and practices of prayer both ancient and new. 

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Topics: Ash Wednesday, Lent, Scripture, lectio divina, visual arts, online education, The Saint John's Bible, visio divina

Monday Motivation: Weekly Resources

Posted by The Editors on Aug 17, 2020 2:40:13 PM

Looking for new ideas or resources to engage your faith or your ministry? Here are our weekly curated links, including offerings in each of the following categories: Prayer for the Home, Educational Opportunities, Resources (for ministers, educators, parents, etc.), and Flourishing and Fun.

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Topics: Catholic education, online education, Hispanic ministry, theological education, coronavirus, COVID-19 Resources, Monday Motivation Weekly Resources, Marian devotion, May Crowning

Monday Motivation: Weekly Resources

Posted by The Editors on Jun 8, 2020 11:54:49 AM

Looking for new ideas or resources to engage your faith or your ministry? Here are our weekly curated links, including offerings in each of the following categories: Prayer for the Home, Educational Opportunities, Resources (for ministers, educators, parents, etc.), and Flourishing and Fun.

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Topics: discipleship, retreat, fatherhood, visual arts, STEP, online education, COVID-19 Resources, Monday Motivation Weekly Resources, church life journal

Free Online Course: Pillars of the Church

Posted by Clare Kilbane on May 6, 2020 8:20:38 AM

Although anytime is a good time to learn more about the Catholic faith, the present is a particularly opportune time for deepening one’s intellectual and spiritual appreciation of it. Some of us may find that the cancellation of graduations and other spring events provides extra time for learning. Others, troubled by the unfolding world events, may feel a need to consider how the Catholic faith sheds light on personal experience. And still others—for example, parents, students, and teachers who are involved in remote learning—will require access to high-quality theological content that “thinks with the mind of the Church.” One opportunity that will appeal in all of these instances is an educational offering made available by the McGrath Institute for Church Life called “The Pillars of the Church.” This web-based video series, available at no cost until July 1, presents the four sections (referred to as “pillars”) of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, adapting them for a general audience and featuring faculty members affiliated with the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Theology.

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Topics: Catechism, faith, online education, theological education, educational resources

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