3.5 Forum: Hebrew Scriptures/Typology

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COURSE DETAILS
  • Facilitator: Catherine Maresca
  • Format: 5 Live Zoom Sessions
  • Type: CGS Formation Forum
  • Session Dates: Mondays, June 8 – July 6, 2026, 7:30-9:00pm Eastern
Course overview
Join Catherine Maresca for a deep dive into the Level 3 typology studies, including background for each reading, modeling a close reading of selections of the texts with children and typology work in the atrium, and conversations about doctrinal content and direct aim. Your enrollment also includes a complimentary copy of Catherine's book Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture, which will be mailed to you directly.

For catechists who have completed a Level 3 formation.

What's Included

forum topics:
  • Creation & Typology environment
  • Fall & Flood
  • Abraham & Sarah
  • Exodus
  • Gift of the Law

Recenter & Grow

CCTheo is proud to offer a way for catechists to recenter and grow their abilities. This online format makes the experience accessible to more catechists and allows you to practice during the week and integrate your learning into your atrium community.
Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture: Helping Children Understand Challenging Stories by Catherine Maresca. Included with your enrollment and mailed to you directly (just fill out the form provided).
LOGISTICS

The Environment & Process

The Prepared Environment 

The Prepared Environment in Learnworlds for each Forum will include a variety of resources related to its focus. Songs, readings, art, responses, practical life and reflections will be offered for your exploration. 

Our Live Meetings on Zoom

Our Live Meetings on Zoom will give us an opportunity to deepen our understanding, and offer mutual support, practical tips and insight on the focus of each session.

Technology Requirements

This course incorporates the use of technology. You will receive information by email, you will upload and download documents, and be present interactively on Zoom. This requires internet access speed and audio/visual capabilities stable enough to engage in the online class and group discussion.

Meet the Instructor

Catherine Maresca lives in Washington DC with her husband and two dogs, enjoying visits with her five children and three grandchildren. She was the founding director of the Center for Children and Theology. She now works with CCTheo as a formation leader, research guide for Catechist Action Research in the Atrium, and publishing assistant. Her passion for both Montessori and the Atrium is met in her two theology degrees from Trinity University of Washington and Howard University School of Divinity, and years of work in the atrium at Christian Family Montessori School. She is the author of Sing with Joy, Songs of Love, DoubleClose, and Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture, as well as many published articles and essays.
PICTURED ABOVE: Sofia Cavaletti and Catherine Maresca in Rome, circa 1995.
LEVEL 3.5 FORUM SERIES OVERVIEW

Complete the Series

The Hebrew Scripture forum is part of the full Level 3.5 curriculum — five forums designed to deepen and renew your Level 3 practice.

The Basics

2-3 WEEKS

Montessori Reorientation: the Children of 9-12 Years, the Prepared Environment, Communal Prayer and Work, the Theological Agency of Children
YOU ARE HERE

Hebrew Scripture Study and Typology

5 WEEKS

The five studies of Level 3

Memory & Hope

3 WEEKS

The Prophets and The Project/Plan of God with Related Work

Moral Formation

3 WEEKS

Moral prophecy, moral parables, Virtues, Maxims in the Cosmos and Human Heart, The Armor of Light

Sacraments

3 WEEKS

The Bible and Sacraments, Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick