Equip Your Parish for the New Evangelization

LANE Supports Your Ministry

Dear priests and seminarians,

Thank you for your ministry, especially your dedication to the missionary endeavors of the Catholic Church.

We're offering you a creative new resource to help you catechize and energize your people, and to help them embrace and get excited about their Catholic identity.

In 2018, we launched the Lakeshore Academy for the New Evangelization (LANE) as a classroom-based adult education program. In response to the COVID lockdowns in 2020, we followed the Spirit and took a bold plunge: creating an online distance learning platform for Catholics from age five to ninety-five.

LANE offers doctrinally sound, creative, energetic, and engaging content that contributes to lifelong Catholic education and inspiration. One Whirling Adventure, our flagship program, is a series of exciting webinars about Catholic people, places, and things. Our adult programming also includes virtual and in-person pilgrimages as well as online and live courses. And for children from kindergarten through sixth grade, LANE Kids offers online catechesis and sacramental prep.

Now we are offering every Catholic priest a free All-Access Pass to LANE. All you need to do fill out the contact form below and we'll send you the login information. You can also sample a number of current programs and lessons below (our library of content is growing weekly). We hope that the content will be useful to you, serving as a catalyst for your own preaching, teaching, and leadership. And if you agree that LANE would be useful to your parishioners, we'll work with you to make it affordable and accessible to them.

Blessings!

Greg Smith
Dean of LANE

Thank you for your interest in LANE! You will soon receive an email with login information for your free All-Access Pass. If you have any questions, please email us at lanecatholic@gmail.com.

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One Whirling Adventure

Today, too many Catholics have lost the plot of the Catholic story. Their Catholic identity has become diluted and distorted by other influences and competing narratives. In response, we have launched One Whirling Adventure, a program to tell the Catholic story. It's not a class in Church history, or lessons in doctrine, or a series of devotional homilies, or sacramental prep. It integrates all of these and connects the dots, introducing people to the totality of the Catholic Church. One Whirling Adventure is a journey to discover the Catholic story by meeting the people, places, and things that have defined the one Church over twenty centuries, twenty-four time zones, and two hemispheres. You're invited to watch the first six episodes below, and you'll be able to view all episodes with your free All-Access Pass.

LANE Kids

Created by Master Catechist Carla Niziolek, each LANE Kids course adheres to the standards put in place by the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for children's catechesis and sacramental preparation from kindergarten through sixth grade. LANE Kids courses are interactive, engaging, and fun!

Virtual and In-Person Pilgrimages

With LANE virtual pilgrimages, you can make prayerful visits to holy sites all over the world without ever leaving home. These presentations make use a variety of media to inform, inspire, and engage viewers. Below, you can view past virtual pilgrimages, and future pilgrimages will be available with your free All-Access Pass.

In 2019, Dean of LANE Greg Smith led an in-person pilgrimage to Rome, Assisi, Florence, and Siena. When it becomes possible, he plans to lead more pilgrimages to Italy, plus pilgrimages to the Holy Land and various shrines in the United States.

Prepare Your Parishioners

The Lakeshore Academy for the New Evangelization is equipping men, women, and children to know, love, and live the historic Christian faith. In these confusing times, it's more important than ever to grow closer to Christ and his Church. Let us help you prepare your parishioners for the challenges of being a Catholic in the twenty-first century.

Adult Education Courses

With live online classes, students can interact in real time with the instructor. With self-paced courses, they can learn at their own speed through videos, audio, ebooks, and more. Below, you can sample both live and self-paced courses. For some courses, only the first lesson is available for free; all lessons and courses will become available with your free All-Access Pass.

LANE also hosts a variety of in-person classes and speaking events that are also live-streamed. Past guests include the Most Rev. David Walkowiak, Bishop of Grand Rapids; the Very Rev. John Kartje, Rector of Mundelein Seminary; and Dr. Ray Guarendi, Catholic psychologist, author, and speaker.

Equip Your Parish for the New Evangelization

LANE Supports Your Ministry

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One Whirling Adventure

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