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Thank you for that information. I guess I should have thought of that before.

Aside from that, I was really referring to the Mass itself as essentially teaching the Catechism over the course of a year (52 regular Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation). Not the homily.

But now that I think about it, that may be true for an adult, but teaching children the Faith requires classroom teaching.

And thank you for taking the time to respond.

Thank you for that information. I guess I should have thought of that before.
Aside from that, I was really referring to the Mass itself as essentially teaching the Catechism over the course of a year (52 regular Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation). Not the homily.
But now that I think about it, that may be true for an adult, but teaching children the Faith requires classroom teaching.
And thank you for taking the time to respond.
The Mass is a celebration via a meal of His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. It's an appropriate way to celebrate as we humans have always seemed to CELEBRATE with food in some form. Baptisms, weddings, even deaths are times where food is served. At wakes people might recall good times, jokes and such while eating/drinking.
We DO learn about what is really important via what we celebrate, don't we?

So Jesus' passion [The definition of PASSION is "suffering."], death and resurrection for OUR sins is a gift worth celebrating.

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teaching children the Faith requires classroom teaching.
I agree 100% with you there.
We also KNOW that children's brains don't mature enough to truly understand the difference between right and wrong until they reach the "age of reason."
I SAW that once as a six-year-old boy was late to class. It wasn't HIS fault but he BLUSHED. That was a visible sign of his reaching the "age of reason." Children cannot blush until they reach that age, at six or seven years of age.