CGS Level I Part B Training
Course Description
- Dates: December 5-6, 2025, January 30-31, 2026 & March 20-21, 2026 (required to attend all three weekends)
- Location: Sts. Anne and Joachim Catholic Church
- Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Tuition: Level 1 Part B: $200
- Level 1 Part A training is a prerequisite for this course
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Montessori-based religious formation program for children, beginning at the age of three. It seeks to create and facilitate a sacred, “hands-on” space for children called an atrium, in which both the children and their catechists can hear, ponder, and celebrate the most essential mysteries of the Catholic faith as revealed in the Scriptures and the Liturgy.
Course Objectives
- To explore with participants the general developmental characteristics and religious characteristics of the 3-6 year-old child.
- To facilitate meditation on the biblical and liturgical themes of CGS.
- To offer guidelines and assistance to catechists for setting up an atrium for 3-6 year-old, preparing an album, and making materials.
- To deepen participants’ ability to observe and learn from children while also exploring avenues for deepening parental and congregational ability to observe and learn from children.
Formation Leader
Carolyn Kohlhaas is a nationally recognized Formation Leader for CGS at all three levels of formation. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology and in Religious Education from Franciscan University of Steubenville and her AMI Primary (3-6) and Elementary (6-12) Level Certifications from the Montessori Training Center of Minnesota. Carolyn has a Master of Education degree (Loyola College, Maryland) as well as a Master of Arts in Theology (St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity). She has worked with children in Atria in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis since 2006 and with adults in formation courses across the US since 2009.
For further information about CGS please contact Sarah Bofferding (Director of Catechesis) at Sts. Anne & Joachim or Visit The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.