Celebrating the Centenary of
Gianna Gobbi
with 100 Days of Joy!
Count Down - Day 71
Today, Sunday, October 6, 2019 day 71 in our countdown of 100 days leading to the celebration of Gianna Gobbi's Centenary. 

Each Sunday during this countdown, we are introducing the theme for the week. This week's theme is "Organization of a Catechetical Center."

Today we share from Gianna Gobbi's book Listening to God with Children, pages 12,15-16:
“The environment of the
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd,
which we call the atrium, is not a school. It is a place of religious experience, a religious experience which is shared by adults and children. The adults present have the practical task of preparing the environment and assisting the children’s work within that environment. Furthermore, all the adults involved in the cat-echesis take on specific tasks after discernment of individual abilities and interests, as well as training and experience.”

Gianna Gobbi
We are pleased to celebrate the Centenary of Gianna Gobbi's birth, a milestone in the history of
the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd by sharing this
"Pearl of Joy" with you!
Read more about Gianna in this new Commemorative Journal
This special Commemorative Journal allows Gianna Gobbi’s voice and spirit to remind us of the beauty, value, and gift of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and how we as adults must behold, must “see” the child before us, allowing for their contemplation of and enjoyment in the presence of God. 

several of the pearls in the pearl shell
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