[NYer]

Without prejudice to any other area of catechesis—in fact, to enhance them all—let us return in a renewed way to a pedagogy of the basic doctrines of the faith.

It may be just that simple - a return to basics.

[B Knotts]

Does Mr. Cavadini miss the irony of this being published in Commonweal?

Although he did manage to slip in a moral equivalence between abortion an capital punishment.

[Romulus]

"If they don't know the faith, John, we have nothing to build on," Father Theodore Hesburgh once summed it up to me.

The article doesn't make clear whether Hesburgh considered this a good thing or not.

[siunevada]

So, I volunteered to help with the Confirmation class by leading a small group discussion after the main talk every week.

Suddenly, I'm referred to as a catechist! Yikes! No training. Little prep before each class. And I'm a catechist?

A couple of months ago I looked at the Baltimore Catechism again. You know, there's not a darn thing wrong with it. Especially for the public school kids I am dealing with. They are just wildly guessing at what their faith is supposed to be. 95% of them seem to have nothing at home.

Well, at least I did get the chance to correct our parish DRE on what the "source and summit" of the Catholic Faith is. Golly, if you're going to cite Vatican II as authoritative, it helps to actually read the documents to see what they have to say.

[Unam Sanctam]

I am shocked and amazed that Commonweal would have an article acknowledging the catechetical crisis of our day. I truly believe the lack of solid grounding of new generations in the teaching of the faith is the single most important issue facing the Church at the present time.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

It was probably inevitable that the liberalization of American Catholicism would lead to more anti-Catholicism and heresy. The good thing about when we actually studied Latin, Greek, philosophy, and theology in Catholic educational institutions is that Catholicism was understood correctly and people were proud to be Catholic. In fact, most were very grateful that they had been spared the errors and grave evils which reign supreme throughout the rest of America.

We all have to work harder to restore the Catholic faith in the American church.

[Salvation]

Alarm bells are going off for everyone who reads this. I suggest we email it to Pastoral Councils and/or take a hard copy to all the priests at your church.

Even the bishops (most of all) need to see this!!!!

[LiteKeeper]

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