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MAKE A DIFFERENCE…BECOME A CATECHIST
Take the first step in bringing 1,373,741,824 souls closer to Christ
...by answering this invitation to take the gift of faith that you've received..….and pass it on...
- If you're a committed Catholic, actively living your faith, with a desire to share "the pearl of great price", please join others like you who share the valuable work of teaching the Faith to our children.
- You can participate as a teacher, but can also serve in many other ways! – helping out in the classroom, providing hospitality, doing the "behind the scenes" tasks, and/or serving at special events.
- "On the job" training is available, as well as amazing advice and support from those already participating in the ministry.
Experience the joy and challenge of passing on the ways of the Faith
to the young people of our parish community.
Please call Nancy Arkin at 732-264-4712 X26, or
email arkin@stbenedictnj.org for further information
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Summer academy 2026 - catechists neededPositions are available for all three of our one-week Sessions:
June 22-26, July 6-10, and July 13-17
Session Time: 8:45am-2:45pm, Fridays 8:45am-1pm (8:15 am arrival)- We work with an adaptive curriculum for a summer intensive program; lessons plans and supplemental materials are provided.
- Teacher positions are paid, grades 1-7 are available, with commitment of at least one week.
- Please submit the Catechist Information request form, here: https://forms.gle/ooYYvMmKrJs7P4Na9, to provide background and contact information, as well as availability.
- The stipend is $650.00 per week.
- All employees/volunteers are required by the Diocesan Safe Environment Policy to be fingerprinted, background checked and to attend VIRTUS training session.
Please consider joining this vital ministry as we share our faith in Jesus Christ with the next generation! -
the power of catechesis...."Just suppose that outside the necessary structure of the Church, there was only one person in all the world who believed in [Christ]. Just suppose that one zealous believer the first year converted one [person] to Christ and His Church. Suppose the next year these two each made a convert; then there would be four the next year. And suppose the next year, these four made one apiece, then there would be eight converts at the end of the third year.Now how many would there be, from that one zealous believer, at the end of only thirty years? There would be one billion, three hundred seventy-three million, seven hundred forty-one thousand, eight hundred twenty four souls…" …Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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CATECHISTS' PRAYERPrayer for CatechistsLoving God, Creator of all things,You call us to be in relationship with you and others.Thank you for calling me to be a catechist, for the opportunity to share with otherswhat you have given to me.May all those with whom I share the gift of faith discover how you are present in all things.May they come to know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.May the grace of the Holy Spirit guide my heart and lips , so that I may remain constantin loving and praising you.May I be a witness to the Gospel and a minister of your truth. May all my words andactions reflect your love.Amen.