| Colette Ellis Lienhard Colette Lienhard is a native Canadian, and a convert to Catholicism. She earned an Honors Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from the University of Western Ontario in 1997, and a Masters in Theology (Catechetics) from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in 1999. Through the same institution, she also received the Advanced Apostolic Catechetical Diploma awarded by the Holy See, the highest recognized diploma in the field of Catechetics. Colette is the author of the revised edition of the Faith and Life series, published by Ignatius Press, having edited the student texts, authored the student activity books and teacher’s manuals for grades 1-8 and contributed greatly to their online classroom resources. Since 1999 Colette has worked in Catholic Education as a Director of Religious Education, as an Assistant Principal in a Catholic elementary school, as a adjunct professor in Catechetics at Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College, and she is frequently a lecturer in catechist formation for parishes in the Diocese of Arlington. In 2007 she became the full time Director of the Catholic Education Center, LLC, and is a contributing instructor for the online courses You may contact Colette Lienhard by telephone: (703) 785-2319 or by email: catholiceducationcenter@yahoo.com. |


