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100% ➡️ The AI Toolkit for Catholic Schools (now available) 
100% ➡️ The Religion Teacher’s Pope Activity Pack (now available) 
70% ➡️ The Religion Teacher’s First Communion Activity Pack
99% ➡️ Theoloji 101 (book)

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This Week’s Work

This week I’ve been thinking a lot about the real goal for my work and it came down to this:

Make Things, Make Disciples

Make Videos, Make Disciples

I started experimenting with a new voiceover video format:

Find all my videos on YouTube and The Religion Teacher’s membership website.

Make Worksheets, Make Disciples

I’ve been working on lesson plans and new resources for a new product, The Religion Teacher’s First Communion Activity Pack.

I’m able to work on this now because I just published The Religion Teacher’s Pope Activity Pack and with the new Pope Leo XIV Worksheet.

Make Books, Make Disciples

😀 I’m finalizing some tweaks to finally get my Theoloji 101 book out into the world. It’s almost ready for the proofreader.

Make Connections, Make Disciples

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I started using Instagram again for the first time in a long time. I feel like an entire Catholic community and network blew up online and I completely missed it.

Last Updated: 5.27.25

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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