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‘Falling in love with God’: How Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is helping children encounter Christ

"God and the child - they understand each other.”

Mary Farrow
Jul 04, 2025
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It’s 9 a.m. on Sunday morning. Mass has just concluded at a Catholic parish in suburban Denver.

A gaggle of three-to-six-year-olds sit in a softly lit side chapel adjacent to the church, swinging their legs back and forth in the chestnut pews. (One of them is my daughter, who did not agree to be interviewed for this report.)

Credit: The United States Asso…

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