@FrPBehm @OneHeilanCoo @FrChenier @JeffTheLess There are a few ideas I think would be interesting to explore. 1. Make them pragmatic. Baptism classes? Focus on how to raise a baby/young child in the faith. What can you teach a kid? What can you pray with them? How to talk about things?
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@FrPBehm @OneHeilanCoo @FrChenier @JeffTheLess First Communion parental prep should be about how to help a child from 8 years old through becoming a young adult. They’re getting older, seeing more and experiencing more. How do you bring them up to be a mature person of faith?
@FrPBehm @OneHeilanCoo @FrChenier @JeffTheLess Another approach is have a catalog of classes. Obviously harder, obviously need more resources. There’s the initial class, then a six-week series on liturgy, or music, or social justice, or whatever else. I forget which campus ministry in the midwest used to…
@FrPBehm @OneHeilanCoo @FrChenier @JeffTheLess offer graduate level courses in theology. Don’t have to go to that level and need to meet people where they are, but something more akin to that.
tl;dr: Use the chance to do more than just repeat the basics over and over and over again.
@FrPBehm @OneHeilanCoo @FrChenier @JeffTheLess (sorry for the multi-thread). tbh, this “pragmatic” approach also undermines my argument against repeating the class. In such a case, it’s a blessing and useful to have experienced and new-to-that-age parents in the room together. It could help create a community of parents.