Level 1 Formation Course 2023-2024

Schedule

St. Gregory the Great Church, Chicago, IL

PART I March 17-20, 2023 | April 21-24, 2023
PART II March 2024, dates tba | ​April 2024, dates tba

Friday: 4-9PM | Saturday 8:30AM-4:30PM | Sunday: 10:30AM-4:30PM | Monday: 8:30AM-4:30PM (hour lunch break)

Assigned Texts

Course Objectives
  • The Religious Potential of the Child, Sofia Cavalletti, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Publications, LTP, Chicago IL 2020
  • Listening to God with Children, Gianna Gobbi, Treehaus Communications, Inc. Loveland OH 1998
  • The Good Shepherd & the Child - A Joyful Journey (Revised and Updated), Sofia Cavalletti, Catechesis of the Good
These texts will be provided and are included in the tuition.
​If you already have them, contact us about a tuition discount.
  • To explore the religious nature and the most vital religious needs of the 3-6 year-old child
  • To present the methodology and guiding principles of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
  • To offer guidelines and assistance in preparing the atrium environment, the catechist’s album and catechetical material
  • To meditate on the scriptural and liturgical themes presented to the 3 to 6 year-old child

Formation Leaders

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Sr. Joanne M. Ladwig, SCC, a Level 1 Formation Leader since 2007, graduated from Aquinas Institute of Theology with a Masters in Pastoral Ministry in The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in May of 2007. She worked as a Montessori Guide for 28 years, a Level 1 Catechist 1999-2013, and a Level 2 Catechist 2017-19 in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
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​Elizabeth Blanke (assistant) has been blessed by the incredible richness and depth of CGS in her life and the lives of her children since her oldest daughter was 3. She is a trained Level 1 and 2 Catechist, and is currently pursuing her Level 3 formation.

Registration

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Tuition for the course is $450.  Full balance is due by March 17, 2023.

Pay online HERE or by check. Make checks payable to St. Gregory the Great Church with “CGS level I course” in the memo line and mail to: St. Gregory’s Hall | 5545 N Paulina Ave | Chicago, IL 60640

Contact Elizabeth Blanke with any questions.​