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To: Priests, deacons, religious brothers and sisters, principals, parish catechetical leaders, youth ministers and parish staff
From: Andy Lichtenwalner, Director, Office of Formation and Discipleship
Thank you for spreading the word about the virtual Atlanta Catechist Conference on August 20-22! More than 1,400 have registered for the conference thus far. There is still time to register and to invite your catechists, teachers and other ministry volunteers and leaders. The Archdiocese has partnered with Virtual Catholic Conference and is grateful for the collaboration of Life Teen, which is sponsoring the youth ministry track.
Register today for free at https://www.virtualcatholicconference.com/ACC2020. Certification credit will be available for catechists and Catholic school teachers. There are sessions in English and in Spanish.
The conference begins at noon on Thursday, August 20. Pre-recorded sessions and workshops will be available for viewing. On Saturday, August 22, there will be Live Q/A sessions with workshop presenters, with the conference ending at 5 p.m.
Please take advantage of this great opportunity for ongoing formation. The conference includes national and local speakers in English and Spanish covering a variety of pertinent topics including, responding to racism; tips for navigating virtual faith formation and teaching; advancing family faith formation; youth ministry; RCIA and more. Additional information is available here.
Register today – thank you! If you have any questions, contact Michele McHale-Pickard at mmchale-pickard@archatl.com.
We’re grateful to our Platinum Sponsor, the St. Paul Center; our Gold Sponsors, William H. Sadlier, Inc., Loyola Press, and RCL Benziger; our Silver Sponsors, Our Sunday Visitor, Hallow, Covenant Eyes; and several other supporters.