Over the previous weekend, I led a Virtual Symposium on Adolescent Catechesis out in Cumberland in Mountain Maryland.  We watched and commented on a few of the short clips, along with the longer sessions led by Horan, Groome,and Reynolds; while sneaking in a personally selected notable or two from YouTube.

We discussed Horan’s need for a third option along with Groome’s declarative that we are a both/and faith.  We worried that we were dying from Reynolds’ “too much of a good thing” focus and needed to expand our vision.

Meanwhile, up in Boston, fellow catholic youth ministry blogger Margmor, also attended a overflow crowded gathering at the chancery. Both of our recent gatherings as well as November’s actual gathering came to the same conclusion:  “The thing of it is, the whole day ended very much to be about ADULT faith formation. If we find that kids basically do what their parents do, then WHY are we (as a church) using the bulk of our resources on children?”