Sponsor a Catechist | Invest in the Spiritual Life of the Child
Every child deserves the opportunity to encounter Christ in a prayerful, attentive environment. Through Catechesis of the Good Shepherd formation at Aquinas College, catechists are prepared to accompany children on this journey of faith with wisdom, reverence, and joy.
Our week-long residential formation courses provide not only practical instruction, but also deep spiritual formation rooted in prayer, Scripture, and the rich tradition of the Church. Your gift helps ensure that the cost of formation never stands in the way of a catechist answering God’s call to serve children and families.
“The child has a unique relationship with God and should be helped to experience it.”
— Sofia Cavalletti
The cost of one week-long intensive residential CGS formation is $1,450 per catechist, which includes instruction, lodging, and meals. Each course serves up to 24 participants, creating a deeply prayerful and formative community. Your gift—at any level—helps ensure that financial limitations do not prevent a catechist from responding to God’s call.
Seed Planter — $250 Provides partial tuition assistance, helping offset the cost of formation for a catechist in need.
Atrium Companion — $500 Covers a significant portion of one catechist’s weekly formation expenses.
Scripture Bearer — $725 Sponsors half of one catechist’s full residential formation.
Good Shepherd Sponsor — $1,450 Sponsors one catechist for a full week-long intensive residential formation, including tuition, lodging, and meals.
Formation Patron — $34,800 Sponsors an entire formation course for up to 24 catechists, making it possible for a full atrium community of adults to be formed and sent forth to serve children in parishes and communities.
A single catechist may accompany dozens of children each year in their relationship with God. Over time, one formation scholarship can touch hundreds of lives through parish atria, schools, homeschool communities, and catechetical programs. When you sponsor an entire course, your generosity helps form a new generation of catechists who will serve children and families for years to come.
By sponsoring a catechist, you become a quiet but essential partner in the spiritual formation of children. Whether you fund a portion of a scholarship, sponsor an individual catechist, or underwrite an entire course, your generosity helps bring the Good Shepherd’s message of love to children across the country.
Thank you for helping form catechists who will nurture wonder, prayer, and faith in the hearts of children for generations to come.
Aquinas College welcomes all students regardless of race, color, ethnicity, or national origin who desire to be part of the faith-based mission of the College to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the College. It does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, or national origin in administration of its education policies, admission policies, scholarships and loan programs.
