Day 3

One of the fun things about this week is getting to know the people in attendance. There is a great mix of Boston-people, as well as people from Kansas, Mississippi, Canada, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Iowa, Florida, and more and more. Some have been doing “lifelong catechesis” models in their parishes for a few years now, some are in the transition stages from old-fashioned CCD to this better way, and some have barely heard of the concept. I had to laugh on Tuesday when John was presenting the model of Generations of Faith and a woman asked “and this is supposed to WORK?” Change is hard and hard to believe in at the beginning stages. But it’s good.
The people here this week are a source of good hope for the Church- it has been fun watching the light bulbs go on above the heads around our work room. Everyone is catching on and getting excited about what we can do in our home parishes. No one is saying “this will be too much work” or “I like the classroom model better”. They are seeing the potential for creating environments of conversion and faith-sharing, for community-building and strength and growth. We are so happy to see this possibility finally here.