A tutorial for Catechists using Pflaum's Gospel Weeklies.

1. Pflaum Gospel Weeklies
• Lectionary-based catechesis
– Uses the readings and flow of the church year
as a basis for the lessons.

2. Material for Your Lesson
From Pflaum
Online go to www.pflaum.com
Read the week’s readings

3. www.pflaum.com

4. Sunday Readings
Scroll
down
to

5. Pick your
Sunday

6. A children’s version of the readings that our
lesson is based on:

7. Or visit http://www.usccb.org/nab/ for the
readings as you will hear in Mass:

8. Material for Your Lesson
From Pflaum
Online go to www.pflaum.com
Read the week’s readings
Review the Guides and Manuals

9. www.pflaum.com

10. Teaching Guides

11. Teaching Guides
Pick your
grade

14. Resource Manuals

15. Resource Manuals
Pick your
grade

16. Promise:
Grade K-1 Manual

17. Material for Your Lesson
From Pflaum
Online go to www.pflaum.com
Read the week’s readings
Visit the Guides and Manuals
Read and Share Family Seasonal Pages

18. www.pflaum.com

21. More: How to Use Family Pages
• To supplement your lesson
• To share with the parents for an activity for
them “this” week (current week)
• To give to the children during their “off” week
• To challenge your students
– Give them an assignment online to do with
parents and anyone that completes it for the next
lesson or emails you the answer during the next 2
weeks wins the challenge.

22. Examples of Content

23. Feasts of the Season
Click to find the dates:
-September 8
--September 14
-October 2
-Various

25. One More Example of Content

27. At-Home Activities
Pick
your
grade

30. Material for Your Lesson
From Pflaum
Online go to www.pflaum.com
Read the week’s readings
Visit the Guides and Manuals
Check out and Share Family Seasonal Pages
Sign up for the newsletter

33. Preparing for Sept 12/15
Lesson
• Pflaum does not produce handouts until
Sunday, Sept 26
• We will use “early start” lessons combined
with the Sunday readings for this session
• Gospel: Prodigal Son
– God is our Father, and we
are loved and welcomed
by him

34. www.pflaum.com

35. Resource Manuals

36. Click “Continue” twice to get to:
Pick your
grade

37. Sept 12/15 – Use the following as
the basis of your lesson:
• Seeds (PK)
– Lessons 1 and 3
• Promise (K1)
– Lessons 1 and 3
• Good News (23)
– Lessons 1 and 2
• Venture (45)
– Lessons 1, 2, and 3

38. Sept 12/15 – Session 1
Suggestions:
• Introduce children to each other
• Make nametags
• Make seating cards
• Collaborate on a list of class
commandments
• Decorate your bulletin board