Reason? Catechism. On May 11, 2021, Pope Francis established the lay ministry of catechists in the Catholic Church, which he referred to as being ancient. Although this ministry has been the ...

But catechists already exist. How is this different? Many catechists today serve the Church at the parish level, but the instituted ministry of catechist will be tied to the diocese and be at the ...

At the Mass for the Day of the Catechists an appointment for the Year of Faith , Francis urges catechists to be "God's memory" and to awaken it in others. Communicating doctrine " in its entirety ...

In earlier centuries, catechists were often priests or members of religious orders, but they are now frequently lay persons who volunteer or are sometimes employed at Catholic schools or parishes.

Earlier this year, Pope Francis created the instituted ministry of catechist in the Catholic Church with the publication of the papal letter, Antiquum ministerium (“Ancient ministry”).

In most countries, women and men have long served as lectors and catechists and even have been commissioned for those roles. But those formally installed in the ministries are recognized as having ...

Catechists make an outstanding and necessary contribution to the spread of faith – and this is particularly important today, when the number of priests is sharply declining in many parts of the ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During one of his pastoral visits to Africa, Pope John Paul II addressed the catechists of Angola, gathered in the Cathedral of Benguela, with these words that can ...

Its distribution to 500 public school catechists working under the archdiocese will begin the second week of July. Aside from instructions to catechists, the module contains songs for animation, ...

This summer, Heidi led an in-person VLCFF course titled "Metodología Catequética" (Catechetical Methodology) for 14 Spanish-speaking catechists. The students came into the course with a wide range of ...

Ananda is one of some 300 catechists, who supplement the pastoral work of parish priests in eight Bangladeshi dioceses, despite their personal challenges of poverty and meager income. The task is ...

Għajnsielem parish church, on October 7, hosted Gozo diocese catechists for a celebration to mark the beginning of a new liturgical year. In his address to the catechists, Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma ...