Articles in This Issue: Free Editor's Reflections— Persecution and Sanctity Wholly Purified: Purgatory as the Encounter with the Patient Love of God Free From the Shepherds— Hope: A Call to Responsibility Free Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope Free Mary, Mother of the Messiah, and her Mothers in Faith The Centrality of the Spiritual Life in the Work of Catechesis Clear Next Steps: A Vision for Forming Teens as Disciples Inspired Through Art— A Mystical Approach to the Holy Family The Seed that Sprouts and Grows: Forming Disciples in a Catholic High School Teaching Systematically: How to Determine the Order of Teachings In the OCIA Children's Catechesis —The Importance of Methodological Variety in Catechesis Christians and “Little Books”: Compromise under Persecution The Kerygma of the Martyrs Encountering God in Catechesis —A Belated Confirmation