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National Directory for Catechesis and Adolescent Catechesis NFCYM Annual Membership Meeting January 28, 2005 Portland, 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

Game Day

Focus Adolescent Catechesis

Implications for Diocesan Youth Ministry

Challenges

Team Roster Evangelization – Mike Norman Inculturation – Brian Johnson Authentic Presentation – Eileen McCann Comprehensive Vision – D. Scott Miller

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, Catechesis and Adolescents Michael Norman Archdiocese 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,

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From the Playbook

education in the faith through a deeper knowledge of the person and message of Jesus Christ would not transpire

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From the Playbook

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.

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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 Catechesis and Inculturation Brian Johnson Archdiocese 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. . .”

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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.

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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 Court Press

Authentic Presentation of the Christian Message Sr. Eileen McCann, CSJ USCCB

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 Presentation of 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

Seeks incultuartion

Respects a hierarchy of truth

Seeks incultuartion

Communicates the dignity of the human person

Seeks incultuartion

Communicates the dignity of the human person

Fosters a common language of faith

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 the Context 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 Catechesis and Discipleship D. Scott Miller Archdiocese of Baltimore

Penalty

At the June 2003 US Bishops’ meeting in Saint Louis

U.S. Bishops

“ 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.”

At the October 2005 Synod on the Eucharist

U.S. Bishops

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.

Yesterday at the NFCYM annual membership meeting

U.S. Bishops

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?

From the Playbook

The fundamental task for catechesis is, therefore, to form disciples of Christ and to send them forth is mission.

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DISCIPLESHIP

The Vision for Adolescent Catechesis To Young People: Jesus called his first disciples, as he calls you now.

The Vision for Adolescent 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 for Adolescent 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 for Adolescent Catechesis Go, therefore make disciples of all the nations DISCIPLESHIP

The Vision for Adolescent Catechesis 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. A Vision of Youth Ministry

The Vision for Adolescent Catechesis 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. DISCIPLESHIP

DISCIPLESHIP DISCIPLESHIP DISCIPLESHIP

The Vision for Adolescent Catechesis LIVING EXPLICIT FRUITFUL Confession of Faith

The Vision for Adolescent Catechesis A Maturing Young Disciple Seeking a LIVING Faith:

has positive self-image

is growing in understanding of intimacy within relationships.

is forming life based upon values.

The Vision for Adolescent Catechesis A Maturing Young Disciple Seeking 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 for Adolescent Catechesis A Maturing Young Disciple Seeking 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 for Adolescent Catechesis A Maturing Young Disciple Seeking 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 Director for Youth Ministry and Adolescent Catechesis Mark 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 that has entered the game.

finding some key strategy from looking at game film

having a player step up and give new chemistry to the team

or a player have a break through game that re-defines the team potential and goal

The NCD is like

young people should see youth ministry leaders continuing their own faith development and it should look like something that is desirable…

something worth imitating…

Implications

catechetical players on our teams must have the confidence to speak about the faith, accurately and with conviction.

Implications

we as diocesan youth ministry leaders are the ones who must identify and implement the correct tool to measure our catechetical game plan..

if not us… who???

Implications

love the culture…

find in it the seeds of the gospel

Implications

we must be part of the diocesan plan and the national discussion

Implications

The NDC is going to be the primary source in the revision of the Challenge of Adolescent Catechesis …

know what is says about adolescent catechesis by heart

Implications

tell the story of Jesus…

Jesus is the heart of catechesis

Implications

The National Directory for Catechesis and the Role of the Diocesan Director of Youth Ministry Deb McDonald Archdiocese 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 as diocesan leaders to help the ad. cat. coaches in the field? What should be our organizational game plan?

National Directory for Catechesis and Adolescent Catechesis NFCYM Annual Membership Meeting January 28, 2005 Portland, Oregon