Since she was four, our daughter has attended Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, also known as the Atrium at our home Parish of St. Margaret’s in Midland, Ontario. My daughter has enjoyed the hands-on and self directed approach to learning about our faith, and our entire family’s faith experience has been enriched by the discussions and questions we have shared following her classes at the Atrium. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, was founded in 1954 as a way to teach children the Gospel using the methods of Maria Montessori. I formerly taught in a Montessori school so this was of interest to me. There are currently only 28 parishes in Canada using the Atrium program (including some Anglican and Lutheran churches), so we are certainly fortunate to have such a good program for catechism in our home parish.

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