{"id":10877,"date":"2025-04-09T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/actualites\/nouvelles\/catechesis-good-shepherd-formation-summer-2025-montreal\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:43:08","slug":"catechesis-good-shepherd-formation-summer-2025-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/catechesis-good-shepherd-formation-summer-2025-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Formation \u2013 Summer 2025 in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This summer, Montreal will host two intensive formation sessions (in French and English) for adults who wish to be formed in the&nbsp;<strong>Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS), Level I \u2013 Part A<\/strong>. This approach, rooted in Scripture and liturgy, prepares adults to accompany children aged 3 to 6 in their spiritual journey.<\/p>\n\n<p>Session dates:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>French: July 16 to 22, 2025<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>English: July 20 to 25, 2025<br \/>\n\tLocation: Montreal<br \/>\n\t<strong>(Part B will follow in summer 2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>This 45+ hour formation offers an in-depth immersion into a pedagogy that respects the pace and spiritual capacity of the child, while also renewing the adult\u2019s own encounter with God.<\/p>\n\n<p>What sets Catechesis of the Good Shepherd apart:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Developed over seventy years of working with children worldwide<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>A retreat-like experience that nurtures deep engagement and liturgical awareness<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Individual work guided by the child\u2019s needs and interests<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Children come to understand their role in the coming of God\u2019s Kingdom<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Adults are invited to encounter God alongside the child, listening and praying rather than teaching from the front of the room<\/p>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>To explore the spirituality and formation experience, watch this episode of&nbsp;<em>B\u00e9atitude<\/em>&nbsp;from Salt + Light Media (French), featuring the CGS formation coming to Montreal. Start watching at the 13-minute mark:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/slmedia.org\/fr\/w\/KKkVhMEX\/9PwLlY0D\/s3-e4-beatitude\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>For FAQ, more information, and registration:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgsac.ca\/courses-1\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cgsac.ca\/courses-1<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>You can also visit our diocesan web page for more info:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/archeveche-montreal\/en\/catechesis-of-the-good-shepherd\/\">https:\/\/microsites.diocesemontreal.org\/microsites\/archeveche-montreal\/en\/catechesis-of-the-good-shepherd\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, Montreal will host two intensive formation sessions (in French and English) for adults who wish to be formed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}