catechesis Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/catechesis/ England and Wales Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:17:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png catechesis Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tag/catechesis/ 32 32 174395915 Pope at Audience: God’s grace helps us triumph in spiritual combat https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-audience-gods-grace-helps-us-triumph-in-spiritual-combat/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-audience-gods-grace-helps-us-triumph-in-spiritual-combat/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:16:54 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=85726 Pope Francis picked up his catechesis series on vices and virtues at the Wednesday General Audience, focusing his reflections on spiritual combat. The Pope said that our Christian life is never “linear or devoid of struggle,” but rather requires “continuous combat.” He pointed to the oil with which Christians are first anointed at Baptism, saying […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-at-audience-gods-grace-helps-us-triumph-in-spiritual-combat/feed/ 0 85726 Catechesis with Bishop Alan Williams https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wyd23-catechesis-with-bishop-alan-williams/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:59:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=78005 On the morning of Tuesday 2 August, our Brentwood and Westminster pilgrims spent time with Bishop Alan Williams, the Bishop of Brentwood, in Fatima, Portugal. In an uplifting catechesis session, Bishop Williams stressed to the young people the importance of pilgrimage as a precious opportunity for prayer, penance, procession – the pilgrims will take part […]

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]]> 78005 Pope Francis establishes the ministry of catechist https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-francis-establishes-the-ministry-of-catechist/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-francis-establishes-the-ministry-of-catechist/#respond Tue, 11 May 2021 10:11:34 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=55942 With a new Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio, Pope Francis establishes the lay ministry of catechist, intended to respond to an urgent need for the evangelisation of the modern world, and undertaken in a ‘secular’ manner, avoiding clericalisation. Download You can download the Apostolic Letter, issued motu proprio, Antiquum Ministerium “Fidelity to the past and […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-francis-establishes-the-ministry-of-catechist/feed/ 0 55942 Analysing Catechesis in England and Wales https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/our-work/catechesis/directory-for-catechesis/analysing-catechesis-in-england-and-wales/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:18:17 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=54518 The Bishops’ Conference’s Catechesis Committee has been reflecting on the directory and what it offers to the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Analysis phase One of the directives issued by the Holy See on its publication was that each Bishops’ Conference should analyse the “situation of catechesis in its territory” with a view to […]

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]]> 54518 Summary of the Directory for Catechesis https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/our-work/catechesis/directory-for-catechesis/summary-directory-for-catechesis/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:58:42 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=54512 The Directory for Catechesis is an opportunity for the Church to re-examine the role of catechesis in our contemporary situation, in some way heightened by the challenges of the COVID pandemic. The impact of the global pandemic has accelerated change in our society at so many levels and has made people question what is truly […]

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]]> 54512 Assessing Catechetical Formation across England and Wales https://www.cbcew.org.uk/assessing-catechetical-formation-across-england-and-wales/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/assessing-catechetical-formation-across-england-and-wales/#respond Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:54:06 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=54410 The long-awaited Directory for Catechesis was published by the Vatican on 23 March 2020 presenting the local church with the opportunity to re-examine the role of catechesis in today’s world. The Bishops’ Conference has a Catechesis Committee that has been reflecting on the new directory and what it offers to the Catholic Church in England […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/assessing-catechetical-formation-across-england-and-wales/feed/ 0 54410 Statement on the new Directory for Catechesis https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-on-the-new-directory-for-catechesis/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-on-the-new-directory-for-catechesis/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:45:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=47625 Bishop Mark O’Toole, Chair of the Department for Evangelisation and Discipleship, has warmly welcomed the publication of the third edition of the Directory for Catechesis.  This Vatican document will be available to purchase from the Catholic Truth Society (CTS) from 3 July 2020. Order a copy now. “I warmly welcome the new Directory for Catechesis. This […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-on-the-new-directory-for-catechesis/feed/ 0 47625 New Directory for Catechesis https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-directory-for-catechesis/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-directory-for-catechesis/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:40:50 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=47630 The Directory for Catechesis is a document of the Holy See and entrusted to the entire Church. Much time and work has gone into its preparation, and its publication comes after a wide international consultation. It will be available to purchase from the Catholic Truth Society (CTS) from 3 July 2020. Order a copy now. The publication […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-directory-for-catechesis/feed/ 0 47630 Directory for Catechesis https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/our-work/catechesis/directory-for-catechesis/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:32:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=41940 The publication of the Directory for Catechesis (2020) is an important moment for the Church in our time. It calls each believer to focus on their relationship with the Lord. It calls for the pastors of the Church to create new ways to come to know Christ and proclaim him confidently in our own day […]

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]]> 41940 Catechesi Tradendae – Module Two https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/our-work/catechesis/catechesi-tradendae/catechesi-tridendae-module-two/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:05:21 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=42038 It’s important that catechists truly understand, believe, and proclaim the knowability of God, and the certainty of faith. The proclamation of the Gospel is not an announcement of mere opinion, or something that the Church thinks might be true. It is the absolute truth: certain, unchanging, and knowable. This module starts by examining catechesis in […]

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