The Catholic Teacher And God’s Abundance
In today’s video I want to talk about the tension between the demands and pressures of your work as a Catholic teacher and the fact that God is the God of all abundance. Surely, we think, “If God is so powerful and so capable then why do I still find my vocation and...
read moreThe Catholic Teacher And Virtues
There is nothing new under the sun! Everyday we hear of some new scandal or public failing. I’m sure they’ve always been happening it’s just that our modern news and social media cycles make it more obvious. What is strange is that for all its repetitiveness many of...
read moreChristocentric Catechesis
Sometime in the first century BC the Roman poet Lucretius sat down to pen a few lines aiming to explain the essence of epicurean philosophy. 7400 dactylic hexameters later he had completed his magnificent De rerum natura - On The Nature of Things. For Lucretius, as...
read moreLesson Planning In a Catholic School
Lesson planning in a Catholic school is not always the easiest task that the modern Catholic teacher faces. How can they ensure that what they are putting together will be truly and authentically Catholic. The good news is that there is one essential filter that will...
read moreThe Catholic Teacher And The Bible
The Catholic teacher and the Bible do not need to have an oxymoronic relationship! In recent videos I have been trying to share just how crucial the relationship is between the demands of daily teaching life and the need to find ways to be refilled and restored...
read moreTheology of the Body and the Catholic Teacher
How do we go about teaching sexuality in a Catholic school? The challenge for so many teachers in Catholic schools in the area of sexuality formation cannot be overemphasised. As well as their normal teaching load and many other responsibilities they are often...
read moreAgnes Dei Teachers Network Session 1
I recently had the pleasure of speaking in London to a wonderful group of Catholic teachers and leaders. This is the MP3 file from session 1. Get Jonathan's new book HERE: Find out more about the Going Deeper program click HERE Book Jonathan to speak...
read moreWhat Are We Actually Doing In A Catholic School?
Yesterday I was reading Seth Godin's new book and it raised a really interesting question for me. My experience working with so many Catholic schools and Catholic teachers is that there is a vast amount of different ideas about why a Catholic school even...
read moreThe Centrality of Catholic Catechesis For Students
I was always amused by the quote from one cardinal who had spent a large amount of money updating the religious education textbooks in his archdiocese. Many people complained, more or less vocally, at the expense. Reminds me of Judas complaining about the fact...
read moreThe Gospel Of Niceness In Catholic Education
This message is hard for some people to hear. I will post a link at the bottom to the full article from Father Longenecker. Basically, I agree with him. I think for many years so many catholic schools have travelled a very long way down the winding path of a...
read moreOnline Formation for Catholic Teachers
Going Deeper is a weekly online staff formation program in Catholic identity and Catholic teaching on education. It inspires, educates and challenges every Catholic teacher to deepen in their personal faith and knowledge of Catholic teaching so they can fulfil their noble vocation within the great mission of Catholic education.