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Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

Transforming Adolescent Catechesis. PAC The Partnership for Adolescent Catechesis. National Catholic Educational Association. National Conference for Catechetical Leadership. National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry. Laity, Family, Marriage, and Youth Evangelization and Catechesis

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Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

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  1. Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

  2. PAC The Partnership for Adolescent Catechesis National Catholic Educational Association National Conference for Catechetical Leadership National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry Laity, Family, Marriage, and Youth Evangelization and Catechesis Cultural Diversity in the Church

  3. Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

  4. Stir into flame the gift of God

  5. Who “lit”/strengthened my flame of faith when I was a child?

  6. I am leaving now. I left in 18. I left at 14. I left at 28. I left at 20. I left at 26. I left at 35. I left at 17. I left at 16.

  7. 69% of her generation will be confirmed 91% of her generation were confirmed 79% of her generation were confirmed CARA, 2008

  8. Moralistic Be nice because good people go to heaven. Therapeutic God is my divine butler, my cosmic therapist and the goal of life is to be happy Deism God exists and watches over the world.

  9. what is missing?

  10. The Church has all that is needed to feed this hunger

  11. Catechesis is “the whole of the efforts within the Church to make disciples, to help people to believe that Jesus is the Son of God, so that believing, they might have life in His name, and to educate and instruct them in this life and thus build up the Body of Christ.” John Paul II, CatechesiTradendae

  12. Head Heart Hands

  13. Young people grow in their Catholic faithby falling in love with the person and message of Jesus Christ, and mature in faith when they let that love form and transform them within the Church, a community of disciples. Adolescent catechesis is one stage of a lifelong process of embracing the Catholic way of life that forms young disciples by empowering them to know and follow Christ in their daily lives, thus becoming leaven for the Kingdom of God in the world.

  14. Our goal… our dream

  15. Foundational Elements Empowered Parents and Faith-Filled Families Vibrant, Youth-Friendly Parishes Fruitful Partnerships Comprehensive Ministry with Intentional Systematic Faith Formation Inclusion, Trust, and Acceptance

  16. The Power of the Communityto Transform Adolescent Catechesis

  17. Our Bright Spots

  18. Briefly list your bright spots here

  19. Briefly list your gaps here

  20. Our Goal To use your wisdom to develop ideas on strategically addressing the gaps!

  21. Process • Small groups divided by gap • Brainstorm ideas • Share • Choose group • Flesh out idea more

  22. Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

  23. But faith is not an isolated act. No one can believe alone, just as no one can live alone… Each believer is thus a link in the great chain of believers. I cannot believe without being carried by the faith of others, and by my faith I help support others in the faith. CCC166

  24. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and we shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Amen.

  25. Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

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