Archive for the ‘Catechetical session’ Category

Every year I struggle with whether or not to ask child catechumens to come during their Christmas vacation for dismissal sessions on Sunday morning during Mass. By this time of year, the families usually need a break and my family often goes out of town over Christmas. It’s easier just to not meet during Christmas. [...]

Came across this recently in an essay by the American Catholic novelist, Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964): Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: The dragon sits by the side of the road watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by [...]

  To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.”       The Way of Faith Explain that poverty is a moral scandal that we cannot tolerate. In the news ROME ” The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the [...]

To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that God has made a covenant with the Jewish people and that the gifts of God are irrevocable. In the news White supremacist James von Brunn will be charged [...]

To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that “faith in God’s love encompasses the call and the obligation to respond with sincere love to divine charity” to all people (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2093). In [...]

To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to be with us and guide us to the truth. In the news During her nearly three-month detainment in the notorious Evin prison [...]

To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that our love of and knowledge of Christ compells us to tell others about him. In the news The Vatican is linking one of its websites to the popular [...]

To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that the Catholic Church “deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and from any source” (Nostra Aetate). In the news When [...]

Of the half dozen different ways I’ve tried to learn Spanish, the one that has worked best is living in Mexico for a month with people who only spoke Spanish. There are a least a half dozen ways to teach the faith to catechumens, but which do you think will work best? Immersion into the [...]

To see how you might use one of these points in your catechesis, read “How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session.” The Way of Faith Explain that illness and suffering have always been among the gravest problems confronted in human life and that as disciples we are called to offer compassion and healing. In the [...]