The Catechetical Review - Communicating Christ for a New Evangelization

Encountering God in Catechesis— “Bring a Non-Catholic to Mass”

Articles from the Most Recent Issue

From the Shepherds—Fearing the Fear of the Lord in Catechetical Instruction
By Bishop Scott McCaig, C.C.
Free At a regional bishop’s meeting that i recently attended, an animated dialogue took place regarding different catechetical approaches currently employed in our Catholic schools. The discussion was wide ranging, but several bishops lamented the all-too-common absence of any treatment of the “fear of the Lord.” It appears that many texts avoid all... Read more
Youth & Young Adult Ministry—Battling the Epidemic of Loneliness
By Jonah Soucy
Youth Ministry begins with ministering to young people. Though this statement appears self-evident from the title, it can be easy to forget this simple truth. As youth ministers, our time is often divided between writing lesson plans, answering emails from parents, developing programs and Bible studies, ordering pizza, and a host of other... Read more
Children's Catechesis—From Distrust to Empowerment: The (Problem with?) Opportunity of Parents
By Jason Gawaldo
“Enabling families to take up their role as active agents of the family apostolate calls for ‘an effort at evangelization and catechesis inside the family.’” The greatest challenge in this situation is for couples, mothers and fathers, active participants in catechesis, to overcome the mentality of delegation that is so common, according to which... Read more

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