a church for our children, or no church at all?

About this episode

Clayton Emmer reflects on a letter he wrote regarding a church education series aimed at children.

A younger version of myself confronts pre-synodal synodality in a suburban parish, In this episode (which I am reproducing here from my Substack feed), I describe a letter I wrote to an ex-priest who came to my home parish back in 1994 to offer an adult education series titled "A Church for Our Children." Works Cited: Flannery, Austin, ed. Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents. 1975. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1980. Hildebrand, Dietrich von. Image of Christ: Sain...

People in this episode

Host: Clayton Emmer

Topics covered

• church
• children
• synodality
• education
• faith

Keywords

• church for children
• synodality
• adult education
• Vatican II
• faith education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vatican Council II

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