{"id":2977,"date":"2015-02-10T12:14:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2015-02-10T15:28:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T20:28:03","slug":"six-ways-to-make-your-confirmation-class-more-like-an-internet-headline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2015\/02\/six-ways-to-make-your-confirmation-class-more-like-an-internet-headline\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Ways to Make Your Confirmation Class More Like an Internet Headline"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><em>(<strong>Quick update<\/strong> to remind the catechists: This is a blog for adults, not kids. Patheos is not a site for children. \u00a0If you want to share this particular post with your class, just print it out and read aloud. \u00a0For goodness sake don\u2019t send a twelve-year-old here. \u00a0But grown-up to grown-up? \u00a0Share away.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>My son and I were talking about click-bait. \u00a0If only the Catholic faith were presented more like internet news. \u00a0We brainstormed a few possibilities, as gleaned from his confirmation class:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seven <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_gifts_of_the_Holy_Spirit\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gifts of the Holy Spirit <\/a>You Need to Know About Now \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicism.about.com\/od\/beliefsteachings\/p\/Piety.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">#6<\/a> is Going to Shock You<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Get Rid of All Your Sins Using <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicism.about.com\/od\/beliefsteachings\/p\/Why_Confession.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">this One Weird Trick<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicism.about.com\/od\/beliefsteachings\/p\/Sac_Anointing.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Health Secret<\/a>\u00a0Your Doctor Won\u2019t Tell You About<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Check Out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/mark\/2:1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Miracle Treatment<\/a> Everyone in Capernaum is Talking About<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Feeling Lonely? Forget Casual Dating, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeteen.com\/tag\/chastity\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Try This Instead<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>30 Teenagers Went into a Church, and You\u2019ll Never Believe <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicism.about.com\/od\/beliefsteachings\/p\/Confirmation.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">What the Bishop Did Next<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ascensionpress.com\/t\/category\/study-programs\/chosen\/confirmation-preparation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ascension Press<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ydisciple.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">YDisciple<\/a>? Are you listening? \u00a0Yeah, I didn\u2019t think so either.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c6\/British_-_Piety_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/331px-British_-_Piety_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" alt=\"File:British - Piety - Google Art Project.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"529\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Artwork: Check Out <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:British_-_Piety_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">This Amazing\u00a0Oil Painting<\/a> from 17th Century England \u2013 You\u2019ll Never Believe What it Was Painted On. \u00a0(Public Domain, courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:British_-_Piety_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikimedia<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Quick update to remind the catechists: This is a blog for adults, not kids. Patheos is not a site for children. \u00a0If you want to share this particular post with your class, just print it out and read aloud. \u00a0For goodness sake don\u2019t send a twelve-year-old here. \u00a0But grown-up to grown-up? \u00a0Share away.) *** My [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catechesis-2","category-satire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Six Ways to Make Your Confirmation Class More Like an Internet Headline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(Quick update to remind the catechists: This is a blog for adults, not kids. 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