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Passport to Success

 

Passport to Success is a training and enrichment program for catechetical leaders, both new and experienced. Designed by the New England Conference of Diocesan Directors of Religious Education (NECDDRE), the program consists of four parts, offered at various times and locations throughout New England.

Seminar for Catechetical Leaders, Part I: Preparing for the Journey

 

Audience:        New or nearly new parish catechetical leaders

Focus:             Administration and Leadership Skills
Content:          
  • Identify participants’ gifts and leadership qualities
  • Clarify the nature and scope of participants’ parish responsibilities
  • Increase knowledge and reinforce skills in management/administration, communication/relationships, curriculum implementation, and recruiting and training of catechists
  • Assist participants in designing a learning plan to help them meet diocesan qualifications for catechetical leadership
 

Length: This seminar is offered as either a one-day format (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) or as an overnight seminar (4:00 p.m. on Friday to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday).

 

Seminar for Catechetical Leaders, Part II: Embarking on the Journey

 

  Length: This seminar is offered as either a one-day format (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) or an overnight seminar (4:00 p.m. on Friday to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday).
 
 
Part III: Ports of Call
 

Audience:    All catechetical leaders, both new and experienced.

Focus:         Based on The Effective DRE: A Skills Series, a series of nine booklets published by Loyola Press

Content:
  • Understanding Catechesis
  • Recruiting and Training Catechists
  • Group Dynamics and Conflict Resolution
  • Catechizing for a Just World
  • Legal Issues, Record Keeping, and Budgets
  • Maintaining Professional Balance
  • Developing a Parish Program
  • Building Community
  • Forming Ministerial Relationships
 

(Parts I and II are not prerequisites for Part III.)

 
 
Part IV: Extending Your Journey
 

Audience:        All catechetical leaders, both new and experienced

Focus:             Based on The Effective DRE: A Theology Series, a series of nine booklets published by Loyola Press

Content:          
  • Sacramental Theology
  • Christian Morality
  • Ecumenism
  • Ecclesiology
  • Mary and the Saints
  • Christology
  • Theological Reflection
  • Scripture
  • Church History
 

(Parts I, II, and III are not prerequisites for Part IV.)