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Catechetics

Basic Principles of Religious Education

An insanely quick introduction to Catholic Religious Education. This section will be updated soon. For more information see the EWTN series “Handing on the Faith”.

1. Lesson 1. Introduction to Catechetics
2. Lesson 2. Six Aims of Catechesis
3. Lesson 3. Deficiencies in Modern Catechesis
4. Lesson 4. The Story of Salvation
5. Lesson 5. Teaching To Wonder
6. Lesson 6. The Liturgy
7. Lesson 7. Teaching in the Shadow of the Masters
8. Lesson 8. Sacred Spaces
9. Appendix 1. The Essential Book List for Catechists
10. Appendix 2. Other Texts for Catechists
11. Appendix 3. Catechetical Saints
12. Appendix 4. Oath of Fidelity

Lesson Planning: Designs and Examples

Going into the classroom unprepared = baaaad.

1. Lesson Planning
2. The Ecclesial Method
3. Blank Ecclesial Method Template

Classroom Handouts and Working Examples – See “The Project”

Primary Catechetical Documents

1. Adult Catechesis in the Christian Community
2. Catechesi Tradendae
3. Christifidelis Laici
4. Credo of the People of God
5. Evangelii Nuntiandi
6. Guide for Catechists
7. Lay Catholics in the Schools
8. General Directory for Catechesis (1997)

Catechisms and Catechetical Instruction

1. The Blessed Curé of Ars in his Catechetical Instructions
2. The Catechism of Saint Pius X
3. The Douay Catechism of 1649
4. The Baltimore Catechism #1
5. The Baltimore Catechism #2
6. The Baltimore Catechism #3
7. The Baltimore Catechism #4
8. The Catechetical Instructions by Saint Thomas Aquinas
9. The Catechetical Lectures by Saint Cyril
10. Words Every Catholic Should Know

Catechetical Resources

The Catechism in Examples

1. Volume 1: Creed
2. Volume 2: Prayer
3. Volume 3: Charity
4. Volume 4: Grace
5. Volume 5: Virtue

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

1. Part 1: Creed
2. Part 2: Sacraments
3. Part 3: Christian Living
4. Part 4: Prayer

The Catechism of the Council of Trent

1. Introduction and Preliminary Matter
2. Part I – Creed
3. Part II – Sacraments
4. Part III – Ten Commandments
5. Part IV – The Lord’s Prayer
6. Appendix I-IV

The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

1. Full Document

Apologetical Resources

1. Click Here – Internet Evangelization
2. Click Here – How to Debate Online
3. Click Here – Intellectual Integrity and the non-Catholic
4. Click Here – Case Study of Deuteronomy 30:1-6
5. Click Here – Case Study of Colossians 1:24
6. Click Here – The Eucharist and Baptism in the Early Church
7. Click Here – A Simple Explanation of the Mass
8. Click Here – Pre-Catechumenal Apologetics
9. Click Here – Conversion Stories
10. Click Here – On Faith Alone
11. Click Here – On Mary, Mother of God
12. Click Here – On Christian Behavior
13. Click Here – On Salvation
14. Click Here – Where we Got the Bible by Fr. Henry Graham
15. Click Here – Saints who Defended the Deposit of Faith during the Reformation

Scripture Apologetics

God – Holy Trinity

• Click Here – God is One
• Click Here – God is Three Persons

The Apostles

• Click Here – Primacy of Peter
• Click Here – Apostolic Succession
• Click Here – Hierarchy in the Church

The Blessed Virgin Mary

• Click Here – Immaculate Conception
• Click Here – Assumption
• Click Here – Mother of God
• Click Here – Perpetual Virginity

The Holy Catholic Church

• Click Here – Body of Christ
• Click Here – Apostolic
• Click Here – Infallible

The Salvation of Man

• Click Here – Faith Alone
• Click Here – Good Works
• Click Here – Assurance

The Seven Holy Sacraments

• Click Here – Annointing of the Sick
• Click Here – Baptism
• Click Here – Confession
• Click Here – Confirmation
• Click Here – Eucharist
• Click Here – Holy Orders
• Click Here – Matrimony

The Word

• Click Here – Bible Alone
• Click Here – Second Coming
• Click Here – Tradition

Other Issues

• Click Here – Call No Man Father
• Click Here – Communion of Saints
• Click Here – Purgatory
• Click Here – Images
• Click Here – Celibacy

Spiritual Texts

1. The Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross
2. The Confessions of St. Augustine