Parish Secondary Religious Education

“In general it is observed that the first victims of the spiritual and cultural crisis gripping the world are the young. It is also true that any commitment to the betterment of society finds it hopes in them. This should stimulate the Church to proclaim the gospel to the world of youth with courage and creativity.” - General directory on Catechesis n. 181 (1997)

Introduction

This programme is a joint production. The Training Manual and the Catechists Guides were produced by the National Centre for Religious Studies, while the Topic Students materials come from the Catholic Education Centre of the Archdiocese of Wellington.

This resource was designed as a flexible tool to help parishes and catechists in their important task.

Components

The programme has three main parts:

The Training Manual is to help diocesan offices to train parish catechists

The Catechists Manual contains material to help catechists with their role

The Topic Units are for the catechist to use in sessions with the young people.

The topics are:

Being Catholic

Celebrating God in Our Lives

Social Justice

Scripture

Sacraments of Initiation

Pentecost and early Church History

Who Is Jesus?

Lent and Easter

Advent

Orders

This programme is available from diocesan Religious Education offices.