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The Small Pencil Catechist

Welcome to the Small Pencil Catechist

“I’m like a little pencil in His hand. That’s all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do it. The pencil has only to be allowed to be used.” – Mother Teresa

Recent Posts

Fall 2025 Update, update

Dear Friends in Christ, I had previously written about our anticipation for this to be a year of more silence on this website due to our daughter’s upcoming wedding. We indeed did follow that decision for most of the year. The happy couple were married in October, just a few weeks ago, in a splendid…

Fall 2025 Update

Dear Friends in Christ, Each year we ponder on our role as parent catechists. Asking ourselves: Where do we want to grow in our vocation of parenting and teaching the faith? By now we had envisioned a return to the classroom setting for at least one of us. Again this year we decided against it.…

A Note About Sacred Art

The importance of art in teaching the Catholic faith is far more significant than people realize. There must be something that art does to the human soul. From the earliest days of the Church. Christians have been sharing their faith through art. We can see these first images in the catacombs of Rome of Jesus,…