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How do you help parents truly be the primary educators of their children in matters of faith?
I’ve heard of inviting them into the religious ed classrooms, but is that effective?
Somehow, I think it has to start with baptism prep — not just telling them, but showing them how to form their children in the Faith.
Please share how you do this!In addition to having parish-based adult study groups and such to review basics of the Faith and promote discussion of timely topics, parents of children who are not in Catholic Schools, should be required to attend several Religious Ed sessions geared towards them concurrently with their kids. Group discussions among the adults covering many different topics can be promoted. There is an abject ignorance of matters of the Catholic faith on the part of many adult Catholics. When confronted by questions about their faith, dogma, Church history, even basic catechism, they are at a loss to converse. Discipleship depends on a level of competency, comfort in knowledge. We adults must all be able to respond when we hear His voice. We can then set a valid, living example for our children who do indeed watch what we do and say. I agree that Baptism Prep might include 3-4 mandatory sessions to review basics, again. I would advocate that more be done in Religious Ed classes when the children are older.
This is an interesting article about the subject. It analyzes the response from the parish survey about chidren’s faith formation and how to engage through content in the classroom while encouraging to go beyond. Also, find here information about “whole family catechesis.”
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