Talk about a potentially tough crowd. When “Late Nite Catechism” premiered recently at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, actress Lynda Shadrake, who portrays Sister in the ...

A photo of the author's First Communion, along with a souvenir from the ceremony (Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times) In the spring of 1997, my sister and I took catechism classes at our home parish ...

Catechism class at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in North Charleston over the weekend was a little out of the ordinary: The children were preparing to commune with the dead. The parish, whose ...

Those attending Sister's catechism class better follow her rules — or they could find themselves on stage with their noses pressed against the blackboard, in the circle of silence, or sitting in the ...