[NYer]

Time to get back to basics. Nothing compares to this all time best seller - still #1 for teaching doctrine.

The Baltimore Catechism

[Domestic Church]

Why the heck aren't they using the Catechism of the Catholic Church itself in the highschools? They don't need no stinkin' textbooks!!!

I start using it in our homeschool in 3rd grade.

[polemikos]

Although high school texts are generally strong in their emphasis on the social mission of the Church and the moral responsibilities of Catholics in this area, the social teaching is not always grounded in the divine initiative of the Holy Spirit or related to personal moral teaching and to eschatological realities.

Code words for the "peace and social justice" crowd?

[johnb2004]

This is the crux of the problem the Church faces today. All scandals can be traced back to failures in catechesis. After Catholic grade school, high school and college I can say I never received any authentic catechesis. Plenty of felt banners and gushy talk, but no truth.

If more Catholics new their faith it would not eliminate scandal, but I believe more folks would be intolerant of the shenanigans that pass as Catholic beliefs today.

[GirlShortstop]

Archbishop Hughes: Unfortunately, the widespread use of these books perpetuates a religious illiteracy that is all too prevalent in the Church today. It is very important that young people are given an opportunity, first of all, to learn the truths of the faith, and secondly, to grow in understanding of them.

It isn't just "today".    The bishop's response caught my eye because just the other day I told my sister how lucky she was to have been taught so much about our religion; it gave her the foundation for understanding.  Twelve years of Catholic school through to the eighties, and I was never taught how to say the rosary, much less all the prayers she (and many of y'all I'm sure) still recites.
Where did all the good nuns go?
FReegards.

[GrandMoM]

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