The following issues related to the provision of SRE were discussed: Secondary SRE; joint denominational format and parental choice;
catechist training and formation;
catechist accreditation; communication with
catechists; recruitment of
catechists; the status of the CCD; and, matters related to resources.
"Historically, most of the growth and much of the creativity in indigenous churches has been from
catechists," says Bishop Mark MacDonald, the church's national indigenous bishop.
Already in another part of the diocese, a local
catechist, Gabriel Damor, who was also a poet and a musician, under the inspiration of another dynamic missionary, Fr.
In 1907, Black Elk was appointed a
catechist or teacher of Christian faith in recognition of his enthusiasm and excellent memory for reading Scripture in Lakota.
The case for seeing pastoral
catechists as a key for unlocking vernacular literature is less persuasive.
Pastors, religious educators, liturgists and
catechists have much to learn from a scholar who is an eloquent spokesman for Augustine.
Eighty-five years old Younis served as
Catechist for more than 57 years at Lahore Cathedral.
A report by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News said Almario collapsed in his room at the convent of the Religious
Catechist of Mary in Malolos on Friday.
The program is to train
catechist teachers and formators.
With those parents in mind, Stanz, with Joe Paprocki, national faith formation consultant at Loyola Press, wrote The
Catechist's Backpack: Spiritual Essentials for the Journey (Loyola).
Examples include Fr Patrick Baugh, founder of the parish and parish priest for 27 years; Michael Toohey who in 1938 donated 5000 [pounds sterling] to liquidate the parish debate (equivalent today?); Nerina Frisone, a
catechist for 25 years; Harry Stephens, a local architect closely involved with building and renovation over twenty years; and John Phillips who first appears in the history in Catholic Youth concerts of the 1940s and in later years as chair of the parish council and parish treasurer (well qualified considering his earlier career as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia).
Saint John Paul II regarded Pope Paul VI as the great
catechist of modern times: "Through the whole of his work, my venerable predecessor Paul VI served the Church's catechesis in a particularly exemplary fashion."