Welcome Ms. Jeanette Suter To The Office of Education Team!

Our Assistant To The Superintendent For Special Projects

Please help me in welcoming Ms. Jeanette Suter to the Office of Catholic Education effective 7/5/2022.

Jeanette will be joining our team as the Assistant to the Superintendent for Special Projects. She brings with her over 20 years in Catholic education as a teacher, administrator, and superintendent. Jeanette will work on collaborating and consulting with Mike Burke on the system infrastructures as we transition our Fresno schools to “Fresno Catholic Schools.”

In addition, she will support all twenty of our schools in their implementation of various software platforms and provide training assistance in our financial and student information systems. She will be spending part of her week on the SJM campus.

Welcome Jeanette!

National Gathering On Christian Initiation 

Evaluating And Revitalizing The RCIA In Your Parish

On July 12-14, Rosie Hernandez, Director of Formation and Evangelization, and Deacon Pete and Patty Marquez from Holy Spirit parish attended the National Gathering on Initiation in Chicago.  

The theme of the event, sponsored by Liturgical Training Publications, was "Evaluating and Revitalizing the RCIA in Your Parish." 

The conference gave insights and skills to guide and evaluate the RCIA in parishes. Bringing new ideas and activities not only enlivens the RCIA but parish life as well.  

Rosie was part of the planning team for the National Gathering on Initiation and served as a speaker and facilitator.  

This enlightening event gave all attendees a new vision and energy to bring home and share.  

Courtesy of: Rose M. Hernandez, Director of Formation and Evangelization

The Catechetical Corner 

Fourth Task Of Catechesis: Teaching To Pray

Everything we do must begin and end in prayer. As Christ Himself taught us, "Pray without ceasing." Whether it is frequent attendance at Mass, through a vocation or ministry, the rosary, meditation, spiritual reflections, impromptu prayers throughout the day, the life of a Catholic must be permeated by prayer. Any true catechesis must involve prayer in every lesson. Prayer is necessary for salvation.

Prayer within a catechetical setting is more than putting aside some time to pray or a way to begin and close a lesson. It needs to permeate the class.

Articles by Roman Flores, Catechetical Ministries Coordinator

Quick Catechesis 

Incorporating Prayer Into The Classroom

Here are some practical tips for praying in faith and proclaiming our faith within catechesis.

· Gather catechists before class to pray, if that will work in your situation, or give them a prayer they can say individually for class before the children arrive.

· Check what the catechist's manual says about age group abilities for being taught about different types of prayer.

· Have posters with the prayers to display in the week they are taught and keep them for several weeks.