One morning, while Mae Groleau was dutifully waiting for the parish catechism class to end so she could bring her children home, Father Edward Malloy approached her and said, “Mae, I see you bring ...

The first time I heard about San Pedro Calungsod’s being a catechist, I recall how as students of a Catholic school we were made to teach catechism in the public school. When we were third and fourth ...

A photo of the author's First Communion, along with a souvenir from the ceremony (Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times) In the spring of 1997, my sister and I took catechism classes at our home parish ...