Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

National Federation for Catholic Youth

Ministry

National Catholic Educational Association

National Conference for Catechetical Leadership

PACThe Partnership for Adolescent

Catechesis

Laity, Family, Marriage, and Youth

Evangelization and Catechesis

Cultural Diversity in the Church

Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

Stir into flame the gift of God

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

I left at 28. I left at 14.

I left at 17. I left at 35.

I am leaving now.I left in 18.

I left at 16.

I left at 26. I left at 20.

91% of her generation were

confirmed

79% of her generation were

confirmed

69% of her generation will be confirmed

CARA, 2008

Be nice because good people go to heaven.

Moralistic

Deism

Therapeutic God is my divine butler, my cosmic therapist and the goal of life is to be happy

God exists and watches over the world.

what is missing?

The Church has all that is needed to feed this hunger

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, Catechesi Tradendae

Head

Heart

Hands

Young people grow in their Catholic faith by 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.

Our goal…our dream

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

The Power of the Community

to Transform Adolescent Catechesis

Our Bright Spots

• Briefly list your bright spots here

• Briefly list your gaps here

Our Goal

To use your wisdom to develop ideas on

strategically addressing the gaps!

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

Transforming Adolescent Catechesis

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

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.

Transforming Adolescent Catechesis