I have followed Greg’s personal website (and now Teachers Pay Teachers store) for years, and I have had nothing but positive and uplifting experiences. I even communicated with Greg via email on more than one occasion regarding products I purchased, and he was so willing and eager to share information and insights with me as we both teach junior-high religion. I have used several of his products and ideas in my own classroom (including the famous “Bible Ditty” and “How to Go to Mass” PowerPoints) with much success. Thanks, Greg, for all that you do for those of us whose jobs are teaching the faith to tomorrow’s leaders of the Catholic Church!

I was a stay at home mom for 18 years while raising my 7 children, and I just got back into teaching last fall. When I discovered “Catholic Religion Teacher” I was beyond thrilled. Greg’s lessons and resources are relevant, dynamic, creative, and extremely helpful. My greatest desire as a teacher is to share the love and truth of Jesus and His Church in a meaningful and engaging manner for middle schoolers. Catholic Religion Teacher has been an amazing supplement to my curriculum and allowed me to work toward my goal! Thank you, Greg, for providing this resource and being God’s instrument!

During my sophomore year at Notre Dame I had a Theology test for which I had to write down all the books of the Bible in order. My professor did not have any clever ways to help us remember the books (all he did was mention that we would have to write them all out on our first exam). But because I still remembered the song you taught us way back in 8th grade, it was a breeze! I’m sure you’re still teaching your students the Bible Ditty, so be sure and let them know how useful it is!

CatholicReligionTeacher.com is an inspiration! Returning to teaching after 13 years raising my children, I am energized by the technology and blown away by the wealth of quality resources you’ve amassed and organized and presented so generously and so well. Not only do I find it quality in terms of its useful Catholic content, I find it quality in terms of good teaching. I congratulate you on the success you must have with your students and thank you for making my first year back nothing like the disaster one might have expected! I cannot even begin to imagine the hours you’ve saved me by creating such quality materials that seem to fit my own teaching style.

CatholicReligion.com has been a HUGE help to me and my 8th grade students this year. It offers the perfect supplemental material to use with the Theology of the Body for Teens program by Ascension Press. The introduction key note slide show presentation gave the students a much better sense of context as to why JPII gave the talks he gave and why we are learning this material. I am so thrilled that I stumbled upon this website and will be using it for other topics as well. Thanks, Greg!

Your lesson plans are pure genius. Each one is exciting, thought provoking, and leads the students to God. I cannot tell you how many emails I have received about the lessons of yours I have used in my class where the parents tell me of the change in their child at home. Many of these kids lead their family in their faith life at home by getting them to church and adoration. Others have a mini shrine of Mary in their bedrooms. Others are developing a lifelong relationship with Christ and his Church. All because of your gift at writing these lessons.

CatholicReligionTeacher.com has been an extremely useful resource for my students and I at York Catholic High School. I frequently use the site for the relevant and applicable topics and lessons which it provides. Just to name a few examples, I find the “Diagnosing the Culture” and “Existence of God” content especially relevant to the lives of my 11th grade Morality students. Furthermore, the links that Catholic Religion Teacher provides to countless videos, songs, and quotations on numerous important topics is greatly appreciated. This website is a valuable gem for any Catholic school religion teacher who desires to provide meaningful ways for their students to live as intentional disciples of Jesus Christ in the world today. I am truly grateful for CatholicReligionTeacher.com!

Hi Mr. Aitchison, I needed to write this email to tell you how you are the best religion teacher I have ever had. I learned more from you in a trimester than I have learned in two years in high school! You had awesome ways of teaching, and you made it so easy to remember everything. Thank you for everything you taught me!

I love your site! You are spreading the faith so much further than your own backyard. My kids love it, too! Your evangelization is far and wide! You resources have been invaluable to me!!

While working with a Confirmation group full of your former students we began talking about heaven and hell, belief and unbelief, etc. I asked them if anyone was familiar with Pascal’s Wager. Immediately every former student of yours jumped out of their seat to volunteer to explain it, saying they learned all about it during their Existence of God unit with you. The first student to make it to the front quite easily explained and mapped out Pascal’s Wager on the whiteboard. I thought I would share this because I want you to know how effective you are with these kids, and how meaningful your lessons with them are.

When I first started teaching five years ago, I had very little direction in terms of curriculum planning. I was able to use your lesson plans and activities to really jump start my 8th grade curriculum and create SUPER engaging lessons for my students. Thank you SO much for sharing these resources!

Hello, my name is Brad Reid and I work at St. Thomas Aquinas CHS in Russell, Ontario. We are a publicly funded Catholic school and as such we have a high percentage of students who do not practice the faith and who have very little experience with the big questions in life. I have found the materials on the existence of God very helpful and have generated some of the best classroom discussions I have ever had. Thanks for your hard work.

Going to Mr. Aitchison’s class was always the highlight of my day. His enthusiastic, engaging, and entertaining style of teaching made learning fun and easy. I have great memories of games such as Kings and Queens along with catchy phrases encouraging us to be “Mini-Theologians” and “Big-Time Saints.” To this day, I remember more from Mr. Aitchison’s class than any other class.

Dear Greg, praised be Jesus Christ! Thank you for all your resources! I need to tell you that the feedback from my first year teaching religion was extremely positive – thanks to all your lessons! My students who went on to high school are coming back for questions or miss the the style of teaching religion that really focuses in on discipleship and youth empowerment! Let’s unite in prayer for stronger Catholic and authentic faith formation! God bless you!

As distance learning began to become a reality, I was able to use some of Greg’s material that he created just for this kind of situation. The unit was called Faith & Music, and it was outlined for the students in a Google Slide. Each step was easy to follow and gave the students the power to explore lots of Christian music while looking closely at the different messages from the songs. Not only did they come to appreciate this genre of music, they paid close attention to some of the powerful messages and how they can apply them in their own lives. Ultimately, I found that 99% of my students (over 65 total) commented that they enjoyed the unit because it was something totally unique and haven’t experienced in religion class before.

Thank you for all you do! I have been a fan/user of your resources since 2016 and I really appreciate your willingness to share, your awesome faith, and your excellent instructional abilities. You are an amazing child of God and a gift and blessing.

Thanks for all that you do in bringing Catholic school teachers together. I love being part of this community!

Thank you so much, Greg!!! Your personal video message made me cry (seriously!). I have been teaching 30 years in 4th-5th grades and now God is calling me to teach junior high religion. God is funny because I remember telling myself I would never teach junior high students years earlier! When I found your website this morning it was an answer to prayers. I love your site and all the resources available (especially the Confirmation ones as I will be preparing the 8th graders for this sacrament in May). Thank you again for all your support and encouraging words! God bless you and your beautiful family.