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The Monitor releases Catechetical Sunday special edition
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September 7, 2018
Parishes across the Diocese of Trenton will hold special catechist commissioning ceremonies and other observances of
Catechetical Sunday Sept. 16, coinciding with the opening of their catechetical year. Sponsored by the USCCB’s Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, this year’s observance will fall under the theme
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“Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus Christ,” in Spanish, “Creando Testimonios para Jesucristo.”
To honor this annual Sunday, The Monitor has released a special supplement for Catechetical Sunday, published inside the Sept. 6 print edition which features a message from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., encouraging the faithful to “be renewed in a simple faith.”
“Catechists are, once more, commissioned in our parishes to lift up and hand on to young people what they/we believe in our heart of hearts about the God who created and loves us, about God’s presence among us, about God’s desire to hold us close and never let us go, no matter what happens around us. Those are the simple, uncomplicated things that catechists in the Church teach and nurture in the young people who come to us in our parishes for religious education, so that they can hold on to them in a very complicated, anything-but-simple world that wants to convince them otherwise, that wants to take them away. Simple things last.”
To read Bishop O’Connell’s message in full, click here.
To listen to Bishop O’Connell’s podcast message for Catechetical Sunday, click here.
The Monitor’s Catechetical Sunday special supplement also includes the following key stories that you won’t want to miss:
- A couple with a special needs daughter pens a book on the importance of catechesis and prayer.
- Bios on new Catechetical leaders from around the Diocese.
- A sampling of Diocesan and parish resources for special needs religious instruction.
To view a digital file of the 2018 Annual Catechetical Sunday Tribute, click here.