Catechesis
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Have you ever considered to be a Catechist?
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Requirements for Registration
In August, we will begin registration for the new religious formation course and for the different groups of formation of sacraments for children, youth and adults (RCIA).
Requirements:
Bring photocopy of Birth certificate (we do not accept originals).
Photocopy of all the sacraments received (we do not accept originals).
If you have participated in the last year of formation in another parish, bring a letter signed by the priest or religious director as proof of participation.
If you have received sacraments in this parish of St. Joseph, bring copies of those certificates
Things you must know:
This year the registration fee for religious formation are the following:- If the student is over 7 years old and is not baptized and last participated in the catechism course is part of the RICA for a cost of $40.00
- If your child has already made his first communion and is in grades 4th – 7th we invite them to be part of the post – communion group which will cost $40.00.
- If your child received the First Communion last year and is in 8th grade, this year will be part of of the second year Confirmation group.
Do not miss the opportunity for your children to receive their sacraments and together walk in faith to meet the one who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life: The Lord Jesus.
First Communion Confirmation First Year $40.00 $50.00 Second Year $60.00 $70.00
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More Catechist, less Clericalism.
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 evangelization of the modern world, and undertaken in a “secular” manner, avoiding clericalisation.
“Fidelity to the past and responsibility for the present are necessary conditions for the Church to carry out her mission in the world,” writes Pope Francis in the Apostolic Letter Antiquum ministerium, with which the Holy Father institutes the lay ministry of catechist.
In the context of evangelisation in the contemporary world and in the face of “the rise of a globalised culture,” it is necessary to recognise “those lay men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of catechesis.” At the same time, Pope Francis emphasises the importance of “genuine interaction with young people,” as well as “the need for creative methodologies and resources capable of adapting the proclamation of the Gospel to the missionary transformation that the Church has undertaken.”
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