Features & Resources

Serving Catholic leaders in their ministry of evangelization with curated knowledge, approaches, strategies, and resources to reach out to those who have never heard the gospel proclaimed, to re-engage those who have lost a living faith in their daily lives, and to those who are faithful and need to be renewed with increased catechesis

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New Feature Article: September Initiative 2016: The Time for Outreach Continues to be....Now
Tom Quinlan, Diocese of Joliet

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Feature: Evangelizing Catechesis

In 2000 the National Conference for Catechetical Leaders commissioned a series of twelve articles to explore central themes from the General Directory for Catechesis. In 2015, the NCCL Evangelization Committee invited twelve catechetical leaders to revisit the original twelve articles and offer contemporary reflections on the original themes. Throughout the first half of 2016 we will be presenting the original article with the 2016 article. We invite you to share your reflections on both articles in the Comment Section after the articles. ​

Now Online. . . . 

• Article 1. Evangelization & the Catechist
• Article 2. Evangelization & Catechesis 
• Article 3. The Tasks of Catechesis
• Article 4. The Catechumenal Model 
• Article 5: Faith in Cultures: Inculturation & Catechesis
• Article 6. The Person of the Catechist
• Article 7. Divine Pedagogy & Methodologies
• Article 8. Adult Faith Formation
• Article 9. Apprenticeship in the Christian Life 
• ​Article 10. Roles in Catechesis
• Article 11. Catechesis and Liturgy
• ​Article 12. Catechesis and Social Justice

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Catholic Evangelization Resources

​We have organized the content in the 21st Century Catholic Evangelization Resource Center into six major categories. New resources are added throughout the year. 

1. Trends - Current research studies and reports on Catholic religiosity and practices
2. Vision - Contemporary Church teaching on evangelization from the Vatican and the U.S. Catholic Bishops; and articles on Catholic evangelization from theologians and pastoral leaders
3. Liturgy - Resources describing the connection between liturgy, especially Sunday Mass, and evangelization
4. Approaches - Resources developed by parishes and dioceses that illustrate a variety of effective effective practices and approaches for Catholic evangelization
5. Resources - Books, digital media, program resources, organizations, and websites  designed to help parish and dioceses develop Catholic evangelization initiatives and programs
6. Leaders - Educational resources to learn more about Catholic evangelization and train leaders for evangelization in their communities​.

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Catholic Family Faith Website

Created by catechetical and evangelization staffs from the Dioceses of Jefferson City, MO, San Jose, CA, and St. Petersburg, FL to provide parish and school leaders with curated high quality resources to build strong Catholic families. 

www.catholicfamilyfaith.org