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Our mission is to support catechists, parents, and others in the Church and beyond as they grow in their understanding of the religious potential of children. With this in mind, we offer these newsletters developed by CGS catechists to serve you and your child:
Orientation to the Atrium
First Moments
Pentecost
The San Damiano Cross
The Mystery of the Kingdom of God
The Liturgical Calendar
The Consecration of the Chrism and the Elementary Child
The Our Father
The Pillars of Bible and Liturgy – Methodist
Grace and Courtesy
The Holy Spirit and the Elementary Child
Baptism and the Elementary Child
Sacramental Preparation
The Moral Life and the Elementary Child
Incarnation and the Elementary Child
The Prayer Table and Practical Life
Practical Life and the Elementary Child
The Mass and the Elementary Child
All About the Atrium – The Great Light
All About the Atrium – Be Not Afraid
All About the Atrium – The Holy Family
All About the Atrium – Observation as a Tool for Parenting
All About the Atrium – “Help me do it by myself!”
All About the Atrium – The Last Supper
All About the Atrium – Advent
It’s a CGS Summer – Practical Life
It’s a CGS Summer – The Fourth Sunday of Easter – Good Shepherd Sunday
Risen Life of Jesus
The True Vine
Incarnation and Synthesis
The History of the Kingdom of God
Order and the Prepared Environment
The Mystery of Life and Death
The Pillars of Bible and Liturgy – Catholic
The Prophets and the Elementary Child
The Materials
The Gift of Baptism
The City of Jerusalem
The Paschal Mystery and the Elementary Child
The Mustard Seed
Geography and the Elementary Child
The Young Child At Home: Room by Room
Prayer and Ritual and Home
The Eucharist and the Elementary Child
All About the Atrium – Biblical Geography
All About the Atrium – The White Garment
All About the Atrium – Art and the Child
All About the Atrium – The Messianic Prophecies
All About the Atrium – Baptism
All About the Atrium – The Parables
All About the Atrium – Celebrating the Liturgical Seasons at Home
It’s a CGS Summer – The Precious Pearl
The Religious World of Young Children
Nazareth and Bethlehem
Mary Had A Baby
Lent with Young Child
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
The Prophecy of the Names of the Messiah
The Tabernacle
The Holy Bible At Home
The Maxims
The Pillars of Bible and Liturgy – Episcopal
The History of the Kingdom of God: Three Moments and the Blank Page
Pentecost Celebration for the Family
He is Risen!
The Cenacle
The Good Shepherd
The Bible and the Elementary Child
The Comet Star
Holy Habits and Blessings
Prayer and the Liturgical Year
All About the Atrium – Ordinary Time
All About the Atrium – Infant-Toddler Catechesis
All About the Atrium – The City of Jerusalem
All About the Atrium – Purple is for Preparation
All About the Atrium – Who is the Child?
All About the Atrium – The Gestures of the Mass
All About the Atrium – Christmas
All About the Atrium – What is the Atrium?
It’s a CGS Summer – Pentecost
Words of Thanksgiving from the Holy Bible
All About the Atrium - The Sound of Silence
Baptism
Baptism
Baptism and the Elementary Child
Paschal Candle
The Gift of Baptism
The White Garment
Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd Sunday
Jesus, the Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd
Holy Bible
The Bible and the Elementary Child
The Holy Bible at Home
The Pillars of Bible and Liturgy
Holy Spirit
Pentecost
Pentecost Celebration for the Family
The Dove and Flame
The Holy Spirit and the Elementary Child
Incarnation (Advent & Christmas)
Advent
Christmas
Geography and the Elementary Child
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
Incarnation and Synthesis
Incarnation and the Elementary Child
Mary Had A Baby
Nazareth and Bethlehem
Praying During Advent
The Comet Star
The Great Light
The Holy Family
The Messianic Prophecies
The Prophecy of the Names of the Messiah
The Prophets and the Elementary Child
Infant/Toddler
First Moments
Infant/Toddler Catechesis
Lent with the Young Child
The Young Child at Home: Room by Room
Kingdom of God
The History of the Kingdom of God
The History of the Kingdom of God and the Blank Page
The Mustard Seed
The Mystery of the Kingdom of God
The Parables
The Precious Pearl
Life of the Atrium
Art and the Child
Grace and Courtesy
Harmony in the Prepared Environment
“Help Me Do It By Myself”
Introduction to the Atrium
Observation as a Tool for Parenting
Order and the Prepared Environment
Orientation to the Atrium
Practical Life
Practical Life and the Elementary Child
The Atrium
The Materials
The Religious World of Young Children
The San Damiano Cross
What Is the Atrium?
Who is the Child?
Liturgical Year
Celebrating the Liturgical Seasons at Home
He Is Risen!
Holy Week at Home
Lent with the Young Child
Ordinary Time
Paschal Candle
Pentecost
Prayer and the Liturgical Year
Purple is for Preparation
Risen Life of Jesus
The Liturgical Calendar
Moral Life
Moral Life and the Elementary Child
The Maxims
Paschal Mystery
He is Risen!
Holy Week at Home
The Cenacle
The City of Jerusalem
The Mystery of Life and Death
The Paschal Mystery and the Elementary Child
Prayer
Be Not Afraid
Helping Children to Pray
Holy Habits and Blessings
Prayer and Ritual at Home
Prayer and the Liturgical Year
The Our Father
The Prayer Table and Practical Life
Words of Thanksgiving from the Holy Bible
Sacraments
Sacramental Preparation
The Consecration of the Chrism and the Elementary Child
The Eucharist and the Elementary Child
The Gestures of the Mass
The Mass and the Elementary Child
The Tabernacle
The True Vine