Family Catechesis - The Gospel for All Ages

The Gospel for All Ages offers you prayer services, parish-wide gatherings, and small group discussions — all based on the Sunday Gospel message.

Here is a simple and effective way to use liturgically-based periodicals as the cornerstone for lifelong catechesis. These online resources help you build on the foundation of the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies (preschool through Grade 8) by providing cohesive, parish-wide catechesis for your families.

Gathering Rituals

Gathering rituals offer prayer services focused on the week’s Gospel message.

Weekly Discussion Question

Seasonal Celebrations

Seasonal celebrations provide detailed planning guides for parish-wide gatherings.

Fall Event (English)
Fall Event (Spanish)

Advent Event (English)
Advent Event (Spanish)

Publicity Ideas

Publicity ideas help gather a big crowd every week. This list will help you create a communications plan that will get some buzz going throughout the parish. Use as many of these methods as possible.

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Annual Evaluation

This annual evaluation for your parish’s The Gospel for All Ages Family Catechesis program consists of two simple forms.

Annual Evaluation

Director’s Manual

These handy resources help you introduce your parish or school to liturgical catechesis, train catechists and teachers, and provide a variety of models for using the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies in parish programs or Catholic schools.

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Exploring the Sunday Readings

Exploring the Sunday Readings is a monthly publication in English or Spanish that makes a spiritual connection between Scripture and daily life. Each issue provides opening and closing prayers to guide your meditations, easy-to-understand explanations that go straight to the heart of the readings, short commentaries on each reading, and practical questions for reflection. As a PGW customer, you can get Exploring the Sunday Readings or Para Meditar at 25% off the regular price, using promo code PGWESR.

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