The Good Shepherd and the Child

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Where we explore the spirituality of Christian children through the method of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 173. Cosmic Education and Peace with Laura Accettullo

    “So that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.” John 17:21    Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study  Laura Accettullo helps us explore the Montessori philosophy of Cosmic Education more deeply, highlighting its connection to peace and religious education.  Since being introduced to the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in 2000, Laura has received CGS certification in Levels I, II, III and Infant-Toddler, an A.M.I. Assistants to Infancy Orientation certificate, and is additionally recognized as a CGS National Formation Leader for Levels I and II. A Montessori child herself, Laura is co-founder of John XXIII Montessori Center where she currently prays with children in the Level II, Level III and the Toddler Atrium. Laura and her husband have nine grown children and 20 grandchildren and continue to work on their farm in the Shenandoah Valley of VA.        Podcasts Episodes You May Be Interested In:    158: Stories from the Atrium  161: RPC2 Ch. 2- Mystery of Time   160: Introduction and Ch.1 of RPC2   139: What to try when things seem to be failing with Cathy Johanni   124: Work of the Second Plane Child  55: Cosmic Education           Books you might be interested in:  Ways of Holy Joy  Drinking from the Sources  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER    CGS 7 Minute Video      CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Find out more about CGS:       Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

  2. Jul 15

    Episode 172. The Role of the Adult in the L2 and L3 Atrium with Sr Mary Rose Bingham

    “You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger”  - James 1:19    Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study  Sr. Mary Rose joins us today to explore the role of the adult for the level two and three atria, how to prepare, qualities of an adult serving the 2nd plane child, as well as the role of the assistant in the level two and level three atria.   Sr Mary Rose Bingham became a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia of Nashville, TN in 1980.  She has had the opportunity to serve as a teacher and principal in several states.  Besides a Masters in Educational Administration, she has a Masters in Elementary Education with Montessori Primary and a Masters in Theology.  She is a CGS Level 1 and 2 formation Leader and pending Level 3.  She delights in being with children in a Level 1,2, and 3 atria while also traveling to give formation courses both nationally and internationally.        Podcasts Episodes You May Be Interested In:    161: RPC2 Ch. 2- Mystery of Time   160: Introduction and Ch.1 of RPC2   139: What to try when things seem to be failing with Cathy Johanni   124: Work of the Second Plane Child          Books you might be interested in:  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER    CGS 7 Minute Video      CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Find out more about CGS:       Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

  3. Jul 1

    Episode 171. Psychological Characteristics of the Second Plane Child with Cathy Johanni

    “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.” Luke 2:52    Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study  Dr. Montessori advised, “We must revise the learning environments and approaches for these new and different children. Our method should correspond to these different stages of the child’s life, finding a different environment, in a different way of dealing with him (the child) in each stage.” Creative Development in the Child, Volume I  Cathy Johanni joins us on the podcast to discuss the psychological characteristics of the second plane child and how these characteristics inform our work in the atrium.   Cathy Johanni lives in Columbus, Ohio where she has enjoyed accompanying children on their spiritual journeys for more than two decades. She is recognized as a formation leader in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at levels I, II, and III.  She has been involved in Montessori education for a decade, working with children ages 5-14.   A member of the editorial committee for the United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Annual Journal. Cathy has authored articles and contributed to The Roman Missal Third Edition and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Changes to Materials . She holds a Bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, a Master’s degree from The Ohio State University and Montessori Elementary certificates. Married for 31 years, she is the mother of five.      Podcasts Episodes with Cathy Johanni:    Tools for Freedom and Responsibility 139: What to try when things seem to be failing with Cathy Johanni  124: Work of the Second Plane Child  AnthropologicalCatechesis        Books you might be interested in:  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER    CGS 7 Minute Video      CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Find out more about CGS:    Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

  4. Jun 17

    Episode 170. The Globality of Biblical History with Deb Pelletier

    “As it was in the beginning, is now, and evermore shall be”    Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study    Deb Pelletier is our guest on the podcast today to dive into Chapter 3 of The Religious Potential of the Child: 6 to 12 Year Old which speaks about the Globality of Biblical History. She helps break down what that means and how we live this in the level two and three atria.   Deb began her CGS journey in 1995, and has been a Formation Leader for over 20 years at all three levels. She is currently the Director of Faith Formation at a Franciscan Parish in Hartford, CT where she is a catechist in the atria levels, multiple times per week, most especially in Level 3.  She is a Professor Emeritus, Doctor of Physical Therapy program and lives with her husband in Glastonbury, CT and enjoys spending time with her 3 year old granddaughter.      Podcasts Episodes You May Be Interested In:    161: RPC2 Ch. 2- Mystery of Time  160: Introduction and Ch.1 of RPC2  139: What to try when things seem to be failing with Cathy Johanni  124: Work of the Second Plane Child      Books you might be interested in:  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER    CGS 7 Minute Video      CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Find out more about CGS:       Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

  5. Jun 3

    Episode 169. Grace and Courtesy for the Second Plane Child

    “So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.” - Colossians 3:12-13  “As moral activity develops, he [the child] wants to use his own judgment, which often will be quite different from that of his teachers. There is nothing more difficult than to teach moral values to a child of this age; he gives an immediate retort to everything that we say, having become a rebel…An inner change has taken place, but nature is quite logical in arousing now in the child not only a hunger for knowledge and understanding, but a claim to mental independence, a desire to distinguish good from evil by his own powers, and to resent limitation by arbitrary authority. In the field of morality, the child now stands in need of his own inner light.” Maria Montessori, To Educate the Human Potential, pg 4    Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study    Anna and Kerri discuss the article Grace and Courtesy in the Elementary Community by Elise Huneke-Stone and what Grace and Courtesy looks like in the level two and three atria.   Read the article HERE      Podcasts about Second Plane Child:  139: What to try when things seem to be failing with Cathy Johanni  124: Work of the Second Plane Child      Books you might be interested in:  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER    CGS 7 Minute Video      CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Find out more about CGS:       Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

  6. May 20

    Episode 168. Prayer in the Second Plane with Sr Mary Rose Bingham

    “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18      Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study    Sr. Mary Rose joins us today to explore the prayer life of the second plane child—what it can look like in the atrium and beyond, how we as adults and catechists can nurture the child’s natural relationship with God, and the role communal prayer plays in the Level II and III atria.    Sr Mary Rose Bingham became a Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia of Nashville, TN in 1980.  She has had the opportunity to serve as a teacher and principal in several states.  Besides a Masters in Educational Administration, she has a Masters in Elementary Education with Montessori Primary and a Masters in Theology.  She is a CGS Level 1 and 2 formation Leader and pending Level 3.  She delights in being with children in a Level 1,2, and 3 atria while also traveling to give formation courses both nationally and internationally.    Characteristic #3: The atrium is a community in which children and adults live together a religious experience which facilitates participation in the wider community of the family, the church, and other social spheres.  The atrium is a place of prayer, in which work and study spontaneously become meditation, contemplation, and prayer.  The atrium is a place in which the only Teacher is Christ; both children and adults place themselves in a listening stance before his Word and seek to penetrate the mystery of the liturgical celebration.      Podcasts about Second Plane Child:  Episode 41 – The Elementary Aged Child with Anna Hurdle  124: Work of the Second Plane Child      Books you might be interested in:  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER    CGS 7 Minute Video      CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Find out more about CGS:       Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

  7. May 6

    Episode 167. Teilhard de Chardin with Ann Garrido

    "When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all." -1 Corinthians 15:28    Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study    Ann Garrido joins us on the podcast again and today she speaks about the life and theology of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the French Jesuit priest whose writings and theology Sofia mentions in the chapter My Readings from Way of Holy Joy which is a book of selected writings of Sofia Cavalletti. Ann tells us about this unique theologian, helps us explore the similarities in his work and those of Maria Montessori and Sofia Cavalletti as well as where we can see his influence in the work of The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.     Ann Garrido has been a catechist of the Good Shepherd since 1996.  She has served as a catechist and formation leader at all three levels.  Ann is an Associate Professor and Director of the Aquinas Children’s Worship Partnership at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri.  She is the author of multiple works, including her newest book Redeeming Power about the healthy and holy exercise of leadership.  Ann Garrido’s website HERE      “Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet, it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability- and that it may take a very long time. And so I think it is with you, your ideas mature gradually- let them grow, let them shape themselves without undue haste. Don’t try to force them on, as though you could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make you tomorrow. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give our Lord the benefit of believing that God’s hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.” - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Making of a Mind, from a letter written July 4, 1915    “The Son of God became man so that man might become God” - St Althanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, On the Incarnation    Website on the Aquinas Children’s Worship Partnership     CGS Heritage     A good biography of Teilhard       Podcasts about CGS Heritage/Influencers:  109: Father Dalmazio Mongillo  92: Who was Adele Costa Gnocchi  78: A Glimpse of Gianna Gobbi  76: Romano Guardini  71: A Glimpse at Sofia  68: Eugenio Zolli  60: Pioneers of CGS with Betty Hissong  57: Celebrating the Life of Tina Lillig    Podcasts Episodes with Ann Garrido:  Episode 19 – Typology with Ann Garrido   Episode 53 – The Birth and Infancy of Jesus with Ann Garrido   Episode 59 – Preaching with Children with Ann Garrido   Episode 68 – The CGS Heritage – Eugenio Zolli with Ann Garrido   Episode 111. About Justice, A Meditation by Fr Mongillo with Ann Garrido  127: Redeeming Administration      Books by Ann Garrido   ANN’S NEW BOOK – REDEEMING POWER     Redeeming Administration   Redeeming Conflict   A Year with Sofia Cavalletti by Ann Garrido    Preaching with Children      Books you might be interested in:  Way of Holy Joy  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER    CGS 7 Minute Video      CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Find out more about CGS:       Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

  8. Apr 22

    Episode 166. Listener Questions with Anna and Kerri

    “For if you cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and discover the knowledge of God.” Proverbs 2: 3-5    Submit a Podcast Listener Question HERE!    Podcasts by Series  Level One Book Study  Level Two Book Study    Anna and Kerri discuss three different listener questions that we have received. What to do when you do not have enough formed catechists, what to do if you have formed catechists but no church atria, and how to end the atrium year among catechists.     Watch your Member Memo emails once a month for the date to the next Membership 101 Zoom Meeting where Mary Heinrich will walk you through the CGSUSA website and its many resources there.     CGS Atrium Locator - Please check if your church atrium in in our atrium locator.  If not, please send this link to the COORDINATOR of your CGS program to add your atrium to the locator. THANK YOU! If you have any questions please email contact@cgsusa.org    Catechetical Themes    CGS Resources for Priests and Religious  Podcasts with Priests:  CGS and Christian Unity with Bishop Talley  CGS and Accompaniment with Fr Boniface Hicks  A Priest in CGS with Fr Kevin Douglas  CGS and Ignatian Spirituality with Fr Joseph Hill  A Priest in CGS with Fr Joseph Lustig    CGS 7 Minute Video     Books you might be interested in:  The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in the Parish Setting  The Religious Potential of the Child 6 to 12 Year Olds  History of the Kingdom of God Part 1: Creation to Parouisa  History of the Kingdom of God Part 2: Liturgy and the Building of the Kingdom  Life in the Vine: The Joyful Journey Continues    Podcast Episodes you might be interested in:  Episode 75: FAQs: Beginning The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd with Karen Maxwell      BECOME A CGSUSA MEMBER      Find out more about CGS:       Learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd     Follow us on Social Media-  Facebook at “The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”  Instagram-  cgsusa  Twitter- @cgsusa  Pinterest- Natl Assoc of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA  YouTube- catechesisofthegoodshepherd

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