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‘How Do I Serve the Church as a Lay Person?' For two and a half years I was a Jesuit, living religious life and experiencing what it was like to be part of the Church in more of a public capacity. I had many opportunities to serve people from all walks of life in different places. I had to get used to people calling me brother or father, though I was neither. (Andy Otto, Busted Halo)
Four Ways to Help Your Parishioners Live Their Apostolic Vocation The RCIA lists four ways that RCIA teams can help their parishioners live into their apostolic vocation. (TeamRCIA)
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Thinking of Becoming a Catechist? Here’s an example, using the Hail Mary, of how we might use a traditional prayer as a guided reflection for our classes (and in our own prayer lives as well).
How Do We Recruit New Catechists? INVITE Them! May your efforts at catechist recruitment be fruitful!
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What ARE Lay Leaders? In the 1960s the Catholic Church released the document "Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity". In it the Catholic Church strove to add new life to the laity by giving firm theological affirmations about what it means to be a Christian lay man or women. In it they declared that God's plan for the world is for human beings to "renew and perfect" the temporal order.
Essential Role of the Laity Never before in the history of the Church has the absolutely essential role of the layperson been so dramatically emphasized as it is now. (Ignatius Press)
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USCCB-Our Hearts Are Burning Within Us A Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the United States. The bishops present a pastoral plan to help Catholics advance in their role as disciples by awakening a renewal in the ministry of adult faith formation and helping all to grow to the full maturity of Christ. (PDF version)
USCCB - Church Teaching on the Laity Lists of Vatican/Papal Statements & Bishops Statements on Laity in the Catholic Church
USCCB - Church Teaching on the Laity Lists of Vatican/Papal Statements & Bishops Statements on Laity in the Catholic Church
TASK 5 – EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITY LIFE – Students study and participate in the life and mission of the Church-the Body of Christ and the community of believers-as expressed in the Church's origin, history, ecclesiology, the Community of Saints, and their new family, the Domestic Church.
The Essential Concepts come from the Table of Contents for the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). They have been re-organized to fit under the Six Tasks of Catechesis. CCC articles numbers associated with each Essential Concept are listed throughout this document. Referencing CCC article numbers is a recommended resource for catechist preparation.
The Essential Concepts come from the Table of Contents for the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). They have been re-organized to fit under the Six Tasks of Catechesis. CCC articles numbers associated with each Essential Concept are listed throughout this document. Referencing CCC article numbers is a recommended resource for catechist preparation.
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Marriage & Family Life, Formation
Youth ~ Young Adult ~ Religious Education
Marriage & Family Life, Formation
Youth ~ Young Adult ~ Religious Education