Professional Development Webinar Series for Parish Ministers
The Challenge of Celebrating Advent
Fr. Greg Friedman, OFMIn this webinar, Franciscan friar and gifted homilist Fr. Greg Friedman, OFM, explores the challenges of celebrating Advent and engaging your parish in this important liturgical season. He examines how Advent challenges contemporary Catholics in the United States, the Church’s definition of Advent in its General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, and the structure of the season through its liturgy and scripture. He also highlights four key figures who shape our understanding of Advent: Isaiah, John the Baptist, Mary, and Joseph.
Join us for this practical webinar to prepare for Advent and discover ways to help your parish community move beyond the noise and pressure of the season toward a more focused, prayerful, and meaningful Advent.
Ministering to Young Adults in the Age of AI: Unpacking "Magnifica Humanitas"
Rosie Chinea ShawverYoung adults are currently being formed by algorithms, loneliness, and questions no one has named for them yet. Pope Leo XIV noticed.
His first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, does for the age of AI what Rerum Novarum did for the industrial age: it places the human person back at the center. And it has a lot to say to anyone who ministers to young people.
In this webinar, Rosie Chinea Shawver, president of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association, unpacks what the encyclical means from the front lines of ministry. You'll leave with a clear grasp of its place in Catholic Social Teaching and practical ways to respond: why accompaniment can't be automated, how to use AI wisely and teach young people to do the same, and how to build communities where they encounter Christ.
Designed for campus ministers, parish leaders, youth ministers, catechists, and teachers, this webinar offers insights and practical guidance for accompanying young people in an increasingly AI-driven world.
Project Power: Bringing Catholic Theology to Life Through Project-Based Learning
Jessica SchultzHow can students be moved from simply learning about the Catholic faith to actively engaging with it?
In this webinar, we will explore the series of project-based lessons created for A Journey Through the Catechism and discover how these lessons can bring Catholic theology to life in the classroom, without compromising the theological depth essential to the mission of Catholic education. In the webinar, we will explore the purpose and power of project-based learning, see how these lessons were intentionally designed for Catholic educators and their students, and discover practical ways to use projects to foster collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, reflection, and deeper engagement with the Catholic faith.
This session will include an overview of the project-based learning approach, explore the vision and design behind the series of project-based lessons, as well as a visual walkthrough of the resources and their application in the classroom.
This webinar is perfect for theology teachers, campus minister, youth minister, catechetical leader, or other Catholic education ministry professional.
