CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS………………………………………………………………… 7
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………. 9
1 CATECHESIS – A VEHICLE OF PROCLAMATION ……………. 11
1.1 The Importance and the Aim of Catechesis …………………. 11
1.2 The Correlation between Catechesis and Kerygma ………. 15
1.3 The Principles of Catechesis – Fidelity to God
and Fidelity to the Content of Faith…………………………….. 18
1.4 The Christological Focus of Catechesis ……………………….. 19
1.5 The Link between the Church,
Sacraments and Catechesis………………………………………… 21
1.6 Occasional, Didactic and Sacramental Catechesis ………… 22
1.7 Distant and Immediate Preparation for Catechesis………. 25
2 AGENTS AND METHODS OF CATECHESIS ……………………… 27
2.1 The Proclaimer of the Kerygma and Catechesis …………… 27
2.2 The Profile of the Catechist and Those to Be Catechized .. 30
2.3 The Theological and Pedagogical Reflection
in Catechesis ……………………………………………………………. 31
2.4 Catechesis and the Word of God ………………………………… 33
2.5 Divine and Human Words in Catechesis ……………………… 34
3 THE ART OF WORD AND SPEECH IN CATECHESIS ………… 37
3.1 Using Speech in Catechesis………………………………………… 38
3.2 Selected Principles of Speech……………………………………… 39
3.3 The Language of Jesus Christ, the Church and Faith ……. 42
3.4 The Biblical Language……………………………………………….. 46
3.5 The Theological Language………………………………………….. 49
3.6 The Liturgical Language ……………………………………………. 51
4 FORMS OF CATECHESIS ………………………………………………… 55
4.1 Kerygmatic Catechesis ………………………………………………. 56
4.2 Anthropological Catechesis ……………………………………….. 60
4.3 Prophetic (Liberation) Catechesis……………………………….. 65
4.4 Biblical Catechesis and Working with the Text …………….. 69
4.5 Liturgical Catechesis …………………………………………………. 71
4.6 Catechumenal Catechesis ………………………………………….. 73
4.7 Factual and Existential Catechesis………………………………. 78
4.8 Catechesis and Renewal of Popular Devotion………………. 79
5 LOCI OF CATECHESIS…………………………………………………….. 83
5.1 Catechesis in a School Setting ……………………………………. 84
5.1.1 The aim and tasks of didactics …………………………… 85
5.1.2 The concept of teaching and the development
of catechizing……………………………………………………. 86
5.1.3 School catechesis………………………………………………. 88
5.2 Catechesis in a Family Setting…………………………………….. 93
5.3 Parish Catechesis ……………………………………………………… 97
5.3.1 An outline of parish catechesis …………………………… 99
5.3.2 A project of parish catechesis …………………………… 101
5.4 Catechesis for the Disabled and the Handicapped ……… 103
5.5 Catechesis of the Marginalized and Different Groups …. 103
5.6 Urban and Rural Catechesis …………………………………….. 105
5.7 Evangelization and Catechetical Instruction
of the Roma ……………………………………………………………. 107
5.8 Formation and Catechetical Instruction
in Armed Forces and Units……………………………………….. 109
5.9 Catechesis in Relation to New Movements
and Organizations…………………………………………………… 111
6 EVANGELIZATION AND CATECHESIS– BRINGING LIGHT
TO DARKNESS…………………………………………………………….. 115
6.1 The Gospel – the Heart of Proclamation……………………. 117
6.2 The Magisterium of the Church Calls
for Evangelization……………………………………………………. 120
6.2.1 Documents of the Second Vatican Council ………… 121
6.2.2 Papal documents…………………………………………….. 129
6.2.3 Documents of the Dicasteries …………………………… 136
CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………….. 139
BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………. 141
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