​Aquinas College Hosts Come, Follow Me Conference

Updated March 12, 2020

The Center for Evangelization and Catechesis announced Wednesday that it plans to reschedule the Come Follow Me Conference that had been planned at Aquinas College for March 20-21, 2020, as a precautionary measure to protect against the spread of COVID-19. "Our primary concern in all of this is your safety and health, and it has been determined by a number of factors that the best thing at this point is to reschedule our conference in the near future," said Jason Gale, director of the Center. in an announcement to registrants. The full announcement is available at https://www.aquinascollege.edu/calendar-event/come-follow-me-catechetical-conference/.

December 3, 2019

Nashville, TN – The Center for Evangelization and Catechesis at Aquinas College announces the Come, Follow Me Conference / Conferencia Ven, sígueme to be held on the Dominican Campus in Nashville, March 20-21, 2020 at St. Cecilia Academy. Come, Follow Me is a catechetical method that helps children contemplate and pray lessons from scripture and sacraments. Developed by members of the Notre Dame de Vie Institute in France, the Come, Follow Me program will be presented by Sr. Hyacinthe Defos du Rau, O.P. of the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph of Lymington, England. (Click here to read this article in Spanish.)

“We are thrilled to have Sister Hyacinthe back in the United States for the Come, Follow Me Catechetical Formation Conference,” said Sister Mary Johanna Mellody, OP, organizer of the Aquinas event. “The conference in March will be presented in Spanish and English. We hope many catechists from our Hispanic communities will attend.” Sister Mary Johanna is a formator of Hispanic catechists in the Diocese of Nashville.

“The Come, Follow Me program was first introduced to catechists in the United States by Sr. Hyacinthe at the St. John Bosco Conference in 2015,” said Jason Gale, Director of the Center for Evangelization and Catechesis. Since that time there has been growing American interest in the program. “The Center for Evangelization and Catechesis at Aquinas College is proud to host this catechetical formation conference,” Gale said. The Center supports the work of catechists and leaders by providing workshops, retreats, and directed study of the Catholic Faith.

The conference will be held on Friday, March 20 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 21 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at St. Cecilia Academy on the Dominican Campus in Nashville. Limited overnight accommodations are available at Aquinas College Siena Hall, also on the Dominican Campus.

The Come, Follow Me Conference will prepare catechists for using the methodology with children ages 7-11 but with principles that can be applied to children and youth of all ages. Come, Follow Me has received the imprimatur for catechetical use. The program has also received the stamp of approval of the French Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and the Catechumenate.

Registration is open on the Aquinas College website. For more information contact Jason Gale at 615-297-7545 or visit https://www.aquinascollege.edu/calendar-event/come-follow-me-conference/.

Aquinas College is a private, Catholic, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1961, owned and operated by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tennessee. Offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in education and the arts and sciences, Aquinas College is a leader in the formation of educators who are sent forth to teach, preach, and witness to Truth and Charity for the salvation of souls and the transformation of culture.

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