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Disciples of Christ come in all ages and colors, but they also come from different backgrounds and bring with them diverse gifts, needs, opportunities, and challenges. As a result, catechesis must never take the form of one-size-fits-all. While the Gospel message is eternal, our messaging (how we share that timeless message) needs to adapt to an ever-changing reality, or we risk being perceived as irrelevant. This sixth volume of The Effective Catechetical Leader takes a close look at the many groups of people to be catechizedfrom school-age children to young adults, from parents to the catechists themselvesand offers strategies and tips to effectively engage all of them in life-giving, Gospel-centered faith formation.
The Effective Catechetical Leader series, developed in conjunction with the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership and written by some of the top catechetical leaders in the country, is the only series to encompass all the various aspects of catechetical leadership. This series provides the practical skills, strategies, and approaches that ensure successful parish faith formation in an evangelizing manner, which leads directly to a vibrant Church. From best practices to new approaches for proclaiming Gods word in a rapidly changing world, this groundbreaking series will empower catechetical leaders to excel at everything from administrative duties to effectively catechizing people of all ages within our diverse Church.
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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1993 and 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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The Effective Catechetical Leader series provides skills, strategies, and approaches to ensure success for leaders of parish faith-formation programs. It will benefit anyone working with catechists, including Directors of Religious Education, pastors, diocesan directors, and catechetical training programs. Combining theory and practice, this series will
provide practical instruction and printable resources;
define the role of the catechetical leader and offer specific and practical strategies for leading, collaborating, and delegating;
offer approaches for leading and catechizing in a more evangelizing way; and
describe best practices for recruiting, training, and forming catechists; developing a vision for faith formation; forming an advisory board; planning and calendaring; networking with colleagues; selecting quality catechetical resources; handling the administrative aspects of the ministry; and identifying various groups to be catechized and approaches that meet the unique needs of those various groups.
Whether you are starting out as a catechetical leader or have been serving as one for many years, The Effective Catechetical Leader series will help you use every aspect of this ministry to proclaim the gospel and invite people to discipleship.
Disciples of Christ come in all ages and colors, but they also come from different backgrounds and bring with them diverse gifts, needs, opportunities, and challenges. As a result, catechesis must never take the form of one-size-fits-all. While the gospel message is eternal, our messaging (how we share that timeless message) needs to adapt to an ever-changing reality or we risk being perceived as irrelevant. This sixth volume of The Effective Catechetical Leader takes a close look at the many groups of people to be catechizedfrom school-age children to young adults, from parents to the catechists themselvesand offers strategies and tips to effectively engage all of them in life-giving, gospel-centered faith formation.
Its a joyful and familiar scene. The family gathers around the baptismal font for their childs baptism. Parents, grandparents, and godparents are beaming with pride. The child is wiggling and fussy. It all looks perfectly ordinary. Yet, during this ceremony, the ordinary elements of water, oil, a candle, a white garment all become sacred. Holy words of blessing are said in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the community enters the mystery of initiation with the candidate.
In the celebration of baptism, the principal rolespriest, godparents, or sponsorsare pretty clear. But the role of the onlookers in the congregation may not be so clearly understood. For many people in the community witnessing this blessed event, a question may linger in the back of their minds: And now, who is responsible for instructing and forming this new disciple?
Actually, the entire Church bears the duty and responsibility for raising up disciples. Jesus addressed this in his commission to his disciples after his Resurrection: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you (Matt. 28:1920, emphasis added).
By virtue of baptism, all disciples of Jesus Christ (i.e., Christians) receive this charge to make more disciples, baptizing and teaching them all that the Savior commanded. So how do we, as disciples, form more disciples? The most direct and purposeful way is to invite our family membersspouses and childrento become disciples of Christ. Then, often indirectly, our Christian witness touches the lives of those around us: friends, neighbors, associates, and other individuals in our community and workplace, who are drawn to Christ by our example. But discipleship doesnt just happen all at once!
In his book Will There Be Faith? A New Vision for Educating and Growing Disciples (HarperCollins, 2011), Thomas Groome emphasizes that people seeking to know God are co-responsible in this spiritual journey. They have the capacity or response-ability to accept Gods invitation to draw nearer. Groome synthesizes the new understanding of the role of the laity articulated in the documents of the Second Vatican Council: The Councils statements are a clarion call to a new level of co-responsibility for our faith and Church. Rather than being divided into providers and dependents, teachers and taught, baptism unites and calls everyone to lifelong growth into holiness of life... in carrying on Jesus mission and ministry to the world (78). Catechetical leaders would do well to remind parents and sponsors that baptism is an act of faith, not of magic. Christians dont grow into... holiness of life and co-responsibility for the Churchs mission just by being baptized (78). As I said, discipleship doesnt just happen all at once!
Christians accept the baton of faith much like runners in a 4 x 400-meter relay race: it is passed from one to another. Sometimes, because of a weak grip, they drop the baton of faith somewhere on the track. When that happens, some runners will stop to retrieve the baton; others will continue running their leg of the race, drawn to the goal yet unaware that they have nothing to hand to the next runner. Also, there are those who will attempt to pass the baton to the next runner without ensuring that the teammate has a firm grip on it. Fortunately, some relay runners grasp the baton and run straight ahead, releasing it only when the next runner grasps the baton of faith securely.
Christians generally grasp Jesus command to baptize. In addition, many Christians make it their business to teach the faith to their children and grandchildren. Any efforts to make new disciples beyond the family circle are usually more casual, happening almost accidentally when faith and good works are observed by friends, neighbors, coworkers, and associates over time. Often, these very Christians who attend to the spiritual formation of their own kin do not firmly grasp Jesus command to make disciples of all.
Providing faith formation for ones children is not simply a nice thing to do for them; it is their canonical right to receive effective catechetical instruction. We are told in the Code of Canon Law that the Church has a proper and grave duty to take care of the catechesis of the Christian people (#773). This responsibility flows from the bishop as principal catechist in the diocese to the pastor and catechetical leaders. These teachers of the faith may be assisted by families, Catholic schools, religious associations, diocesan offices, and various ministries of the parish, among others. God acts simultaneously in the hearts of individuals and within the heart of the community, ensuring that those who respond to the invitation to follow Jesus may have full access to his saving vision.
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