Engaging the Parking Lot Parent: A Catechist's Guide to Fostering Parent Participation

This informative book offers insights into the reasons many parents have become disengaged from the faith community, and offers supportive ways to meet families right where they are. You ll discover creative strategies for back door evangelizing to help parents focus on their children s faith formation and tutor their own parenting hearts. With personal and communal reflection prompts, this perceptive and practical resource is filled with tips and ideas to help you encourage, support, and affirm parents, so that all may share in the rich and boundless love of Christ.

Sister Pat McCormack is an international formation-education consultant. Her message, rooted in psychology, theology, and practical experience, is continually informed by parents, teachers, catechists, directors of programs of religious education, school administers, and diocesan leaders.