National Directory for Catechesis and Adolescent Catechesis NFCYM Annual Membership Meeting January 28, 2005 Portland, Oregon
May 11, 2015
National Directory for Catechesis and Adolescent Catechesis
NFCYMAnnual Membership Meeting
January 28, 2005Portland, Oregon
Our Motivation:
“. . . No less than a burning conviction for the proclamation of the Good News can characterize the Church’s commitment to catechesis.
NDC #72
• Focus Adolescent Catechesis
• Implications for Diocesan Youth Ministry
• Challenges
Game Day
Evangelization – Mike Norman
Inculturation – Brian Johnson
Authentic Presentation – Eileen McCann
Comprehensive Vision – D. Scott Miller
Team Roster
Beat the Clock
. . . Each player has 10 minutes to cover the following:
Key plays
Basic moves
Penalties
Coaching tips
From the Playbook
Basic information
Penalty
From the Bench
Referee for today’s game
Mark Pacione– Controls the clock– Call fouls– Instructs players– Implications for our work– Implications for our field
Evangelization, Catechesisand Adolescents
Michael NormanArchdiocese of Los Angeles
From the Playbook
Catechesis is so central to the Church’s mission of evangelization that if evangelization were to fail to integrate catechesis,
• initial faith aroused by the original proclamation of the Gospel would not mature,
NDC 22
From the Playbook
Catechesis is so central to the Church’s mission of evangelization that if evangelization were to fail to integrate catechesis,
• initial faith aroused by the original proclamation of the Gospel would not mature,
• education in the faith through a deeper knowledge of the person and message of Jesus Christ would not transpire
NDC 22
From the Playbook
Catechesis is so central to the Church’s mission of evangelization that if evangelization were to fail to integrate catechesis,
• initial faith aroused by the original proclamation of the Gospel would not mature,
• education in the faith through a deeper knowledge of the person and message of Jesus Christ would not transpire, and
• discipleship in Christ through genuine apostolic witness would not be fostered.
NDC 22
This is crucial:
We must be converted – and
We must continue to be converted!
“On-going catechesis
fosters the growth of a more mature faith in the members of the community.
aims to make each person’s faith ‘living, explicit, and active…’ ”
-NDC 19 E
Penalty
Many times we catechize just to get young people to some imaginary “next step” or some sort of graduation.
We act as if the four years we have them in youth ministry is all there is.
From the Bench
• We must catechize for life!
• Teach our adult teams to model-life long catechesis and create opportunities for intergenerational learning.
Adolescent Catechesisand Inculturation
Brian JohnsonArchdiocese of Galveston-Houston
From the Playbook
The Church and her catechists must continually meditate upon and grow in understanding the Pentecost experience in order to express in every language and culture ‘the inscrutable riches of Christ. . .”
NDC 14
From the Playbook. . . If catechesis is to be
effective, all those responsible for it must monitor the rapid changes in social and cultural trends. The catechist must be able to introduce the real person of Jesus Christ to the real persons of this time and place in history.
NDC 14
Penalty
Cultural diversity is not just ethnicity!
Are we better?
How well equipped are we to minister to young people who are first generation to the United States, to young people with disabilities, to young people who live in the inner city or rural areas. Have we moved forward or backward in our ministry within the African American Community and have we been welcoming to those who are of African descent?
From the Bench
Immersion is a key element to our success or failure.
From the Bench
Full CourtPress
Authentic Presentation of the Christian Message
Sr. Eileen McCann, CSJUSCCB
From the Playbook
We have received this gift, the deposit of faith --- we have not conceived it. It is the heritage of the whole church.
NDC, #26
From the Playbook
It is our privilege and responsibility to preserve the memory of Christ’s words and the words themselves and to teach future generations of believers to carry out all that Christ commanded his apostles.
NDC, #26
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery• Proclaim good news of
salvation
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery• Proclaim good news of
salvation• Serves as an ecclesial
endeavor
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery• Proclaim good news of
salvation• Serves as an ecclesial
endeavor• Has a historical nature
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery• Proclaim good news of
salvation• Serves as an ecclesial
endeavor• Has a historical nature • Seeks incultuartion
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery• Proclaim good news of
salvation• Serves as an ecclesial
endeavor• Has a historical nature • Seeks incultuartion • Respects a hierarchy of truth
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery• Proclaim good news of
salvation• Serves as an ecclesial
endeavor• Has a historical nature • Seeks incultuartion • Respects a hierarchy of truth• Communicates the dignity
of the human person
• Centers on Jesus Christ• Emphasizes the Trinity as
central mystery• Proclaim good news of
salvation• Serves as an ecclesial
endeavor• Has a historical nature • Seeks incultuartion • Respects a hierarchy of truth• Communicates the dignity
of the human person• Fosters a common language
of faith
Authentic Presentationof the Christian Message
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism U.S. Teenagers’ Creed:
– A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth
– God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions
– The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself
– God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when God is needed to resolve a problem
– Good people go to heaven when they die
Mea Culpa
?
From the Bench
When gathering your youth ministry community be intentional about modeling the criteria . . .– Spend time breaking open
the word– Take time to share about
the person of Jesus in each others’ lives
Service in theContext of Catechesis
Proclaiming the good news and liberation from sin
• Arousing “a love of preference for the poor” John Paul II On Social Concern 1988
• Emphasizing that “what is already due in justice is not to be offered as a gift of charity” Vatican II Degree on the Apostolate of the Lay People
Adolescent Catechesisand Discipleship
D. Scott MillerArchdiocese of Baltimore
Penalty
At the June 2003 US Bishops’ meeting in Saint Louis
• “The catechetical deficiencies of our young people”
• “The diminished appreciation of the sacramental nature of the church and the uniquely real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.”
U.S. Bishops
At the October 2005 Synod on the Eucharist
• Much energy is spent on worthy activities, but they are often unrelated, at least in the minds of many of the young, to the experience of Christ.
U.S. Bishops
Yesterday at the NFCYM annual membership meeting
• Catechesis of adolescents is an abiding concern of the bishops. . .
• How do we best communicate that message to the young people in a way that they can accept it and be committed to it?
U.S. Bishops
From the Playbook
The fundamental task for catechesis is, therefore, to form disciples of Christ and to send them forth is mission.
NDC 20, page 59
DISCIPLESHIP
To Young People: Jesus called his
first disciples, as he calls you now.
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
I did not hesitate to ask them to make a radical choice of faith and life and present them with a stupendous task:
DISCIPLESHIP
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
What does mature adult faith look like in those who respond generously to God's call? The General Directory for Catechesis says that it is "a living, explicit, and fruitful confession of faith."
DISCIPLESHIP
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
Go, therefore make disciples of all the nations
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
DISCIPLESHIP
Goal 1: To draw young people to responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the Catholic faith community. Goal 2: To foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
A Vision of Youth Ministry
Goal 1: To empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today. Goal 2: To draw young people to responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the Catholic faith community. Goal 3: To foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
LIVING
EXPLICIT
FRUITFUL
Confession of Faith
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
LIVING
EXPLICIT
FRUITFUL
Confession of Faith
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
A Maturing Young DiscipleSeeking a LIVING Faith:
• has positive self-image• is growing in understanding of intimacy within relationships. • is forming life based upon values.
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
A Maturing Young DiscipleSeeking a EXPLICIT Faith:
• is developing the skills and ability to the apply faith to daily life experiences. • is developing an appreciation for the Scriptures and an understanding of Tradition of the Church.• is acquiring both experiences and skills with which to make moral decisions.
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
A Maturing Young DiscipleSeeking a FRUITFUL Faith:
• desires to grow in personal holiness. • has an imperative to be an agent of change with the Spirit in today’s world. • has a compelling urgency to offer service in God’s name.
The Vision forAdolescent Catechesis
A Maturing Young DiscipleSeeking to CONFESS FAITH:
• is deepening in commitment to grow in maturity in personal faith. • exhibits an active participation in the sacramental life of the Church. • participates actively in the life and ministries of the Church.
From the Bench
• Let us claim and reclaim youth ministry and adolescent catechesis are the work of discipleships.
• Be the mascot for this cause!
The Diocesan Directorfor Youth Ministry
and Adolescent CatechesisMark Pacione
Archdiocese of Baltimore
The NCD is like a time out…
• A time for us to look at our strategy.
• A time for us to check the score
• A time for us to get our team playing with focus…
• a new momentum thathas entered the game.
• finding some key strategyfrom looking at game film
• having a player step up andgive new chemistry to the team
• or a player have a break through gamethat re-defines the team potential and goal
The NCD is like
young people should seeyouth ministry leaders
continuing their own faith developmentand it should look like something
that is desirable…
something worth imitating…
Implications
catechetical players on our teamsmust have the confidence
to speak about the faith,accurately and with conviction.
Implications
we as diocesan youth ministry leadersare the ones who must identifyand implement the correct tool
to measure ourcatechetical game plan..
if not us… who???
Implications
love the culture…
find in it theseeds of the gospel
Implications
we must bepart of the diocesan plan
and the national discussion
Implications
The NDC is going to bethe primary source
in the revision of theChallenge of Adolescent Catechesis…
know what is saysabout adolescent catechesis
by heart
Implications
tell the story of Jesus…
Jesus isthe heart
of catechesis
Implications
The National Directory for Catechesis and the Role of the Diocesan Director of
Youth Ministry
Deb McDonaldArchdiocese of Washington
Game Day Analysis
OVERTIME ONE – 10 minutes
• 4 minutes: group of three
• 6 minutes: floor discussion
What were today’s game highlights?
Game Plan
OVERTIME TWO – 10 minutes
What are we to do asdiocesan leaders to helpthe ad. cat. coaches in the field?
What should be ourorganizational game plan?
National Directory for Catechesis and Adolescent Catechesis
NFCYMAnnual Membership Meeting
January 28, 2005Portland, Oregon