Word Magazine April 1959 Page 7-10/27 THE PLACE OF LITURGICS IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION By The Very Rev. Alexander Schmemann In the early days of the Church, when “Christians were made and not born” (Tertullian), a postulant before joining the Church had to go through a fairly long period of catechesis, i.e., preparation for the sacrament [...]
Word Magazine April 1971 Page 7-8/12 THE PASTORAL PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH By Father Joseph Allen In a very real sense, the health of a local parish church school is indicative of the health of the parish at large. The priest is responsible for the growth and development of the whole of his parish life [...]
Word Magazine October 1979 Page 19-20 THE CHURCH SCHOOL OR THE HOME? Homily by Father James C. Meena It’s time for some straight talk. I am going to paraphrase a statement of St. Paul’s because I think it’s about as straight from the shoulder as we can get. “My brothers and my sisters, take note [...]
Word Magazine March 1959 Page 8/14 THE CHALLENGE OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN EDUCATION By Sophie Koulomzin “We are a generation of untaught teachers. . .” The words sounded bewildered and yet held a challenge. Their real meaning was: “Whether we are prepared or not, whether we have training or none — teach we must, for if [...]
Word Magazine August 1958 Page 3 THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT By Father Michael Baroudy Pastor St. George Orthodox Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi The books of the New Testament are twenty-seven in number, and may be divided into the three classes .... Historical, Doctrinal, and Prophetic. The Historical portions are comprised in the writings of [...]
Word Magazine November 1965 Page 24-25 THANKSGIVING By Adma Shakhashiri Commission on THE WORD, Deportment of Religious Education To Children A long time ago in the year 1620, the pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean from England and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Before reaching the shores of the New World, however, they lived in Holland for [...]
Word Magazine September 1998 Page 20 TEACHING THE TRUTH By Father Ted Bobosh One great challenge for us Orthodox in doing Christian education is coming to terms with our concept of truth. Christianity claims to offer truth to the world. In Christian education, we strive to instruct all disciples in the truth. The real question [...]
Word Magazine May 1980 Page 16 TEACHERS ARE THE KEY By John L. Boojamra It has been the policy of this department to encourage teacher training for Orthodox Church school teachers in North America. The single most significant variable in an effective church school program is not material or even the family of the students, [...]
Word Magazine September 1994 Page 18/25 TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT GOD By Albert Rossi, PH.D. Last year at 5 AM. On Pascha morning our seven-year-old, Beth, said with a thrill ‘This is the first time I’ve ever seen the sun come up. And, just think, it happened on Pascha.” Although she didn’t really understand what [...]
Word Magazine October 1983 Page 28-29 SOME REFLECTIONS ON PARENTHOOD by Matushka Valerie Zahirsky Before the Baby Comes For most first-time parents, the months preceding a baby’s birth are a time for learning about everything from infant nutrition to the relative merits of cloth versus disposable diapers. During these months the everyday things that relate [...]