Seminars in Youth Ministry Session 6 on Adolescent Catechesis

1. A New Morning for Young Disciples

2. What were your early experiences with religious education?

3. A New Morning for Young Disciples A New Morning for Young Disciples A New Morning for Young Disciples A New Morning for Young Disciples A New Morning for Young Disciples

4. A New Morning for Young Disciples Warning

8. A New Warning 390 hours

10. A New Warning “ There is a certain sense of malaise in the catechetical world.” malaise

11. A New Warning malaise

12. A New Morning In America Warning malaise

13. A New Morning In Adolescent Catechesis malaise

14. A New Morning WORLD YOUTH DAY

15. A New Morning Theater and Musical Performances __________________ WORLD YOUTH DAY

16. A New Morning Theater and Musical Performances + Assist with Studies and Trade Crafts __________________ WORLD YOUTH DAY

17. A New Morning Theater and Musical Performances + Assist with Studies and Trade Crafts + Soccer __________________ WORLD YOUTH DAY

18. A New Morning Theater and Musical Performances + Assist with Studies and Trade Crafts + Soccer + Skiing, Hiking, Camping __________________ WORLD YOUTH DAY

19. A New Morning Theater and Musical Performances + Assist with Studies and Trade Crafts + Soccer + Skiing, Hiking, Camping + The Bonfire __________________ WORLD YOUTH DAY

20. A New Morning Theater and Musical Performances + Assist with Studies and Trade Crafts + Soccer + Skiing, Hiking, Camping + The Bonfire + Speaking Frankly __________________ = WORLD YOUTH DAY Being Present to Young People + Occasionally Getting Away/ Active + Celebrate Community

21. A New Morning “ A Church for young people, which will know how to speak to their heart and enkindle, comfort, and inspire enthusiasm in it with the joy of the Gospel and the strength of the Eucharist;

22. A New Morning “ A Church which will know how to invite and to welcome the person who seeks a purpose for which to commit his whole existence;

23. A New Morning “ A Church which is not afraid to require much, after having given much; which does not fear asking from young people the effort of a noble and authentic adventure, such as that of the following of the Gospel.”

24. A New Morning Jesus called his first disciples, as he calls you now. Like the apostles, like the saints. . . , like all those who have allowed the Lord Jesus to choose them, nor should you (young people) be silent

25. A New Morning Each of you has a special mission in life, and you are each called to be a disciple of Christ. to become missionaries of this New Evangelization Saints of the new millennium

26. A New Morning the future of the world and the Church belongs to the younger generation, to those who, born in this century, will reach maturity in the next, the first century of the new millennium

27. A New Morning I did not hesitate to ask them to make a radical choice of faith and life and present them with a stupendous task: to become "morning watchmen" at the dawn of the new millennium.

28. A New Morning I did not hesitate to ask them to make a radical choice of faith and life and present them with a stupendous task: DISCIPLESHIP

29. A New Morning Go, therefore make disciples of all the nations

30. A New Morning The Christian faith is, above all, conversion to Jesus Christ, full and sincere adherence to his person and the decision to walk in his footsteps.

31. A New Morning Faith is a personal encounter with Jesus Christ making, of oneself, a disciple of him. This demands a permanent commitment to think like him, to judge like him and to live as he lived.

32. A New Morning In this way the believer unites himself to the community of disciples and appropriates the faith of the Church. DISCIPLESHIP

37. A New Morning Adult faith formation, by which people consciously grow in the life of Christ through experience, reflection, prayer, and study, must be "the central task in [this] catechetical enterprise,“ becoming "the axis around which revolves the catechesis of childhood and adolescence as well as that of old age."

38. A New Morning 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

39. A New Morning 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.

40. A New Morning 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

42. A New Morning for Young Disciples

43. ADOLESCENT FAITH FORMATION

44. DISCIPLESHIP Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

46. What are the “core essentials” that we must pass along? How shall we do that?

47. ADOLESCENT FAITH FORMATION

48. ADOLESCENT FAITH FORMATION Carpe mañana

49. ADOLESCENT FAITH FORMATION x x x x x x qb x x wr x o o o o o o o o o o o Carpe mañana is not unlike a “long bomb” pass

50. ADOLESCENT FAITH FORMATION x x x x x x qb x x wr x o o o o o o o o o o o Carpe mañana is not unlike a “long bomb” pass

52. Catechists have a special solidarity withy those whom they catechize and a particular sensitivity to their needs. They live in the same world as those they catechize, and share the demands of living in the world as do those they teach. (54, B, 8)

53. Heart context living Affective feel

54. The process of conversion involves understanding who Christ is in order to change and follow him more closely. Conversion begins with an openness to the initial proclamation of the Gospel and a sincere desire to listen for its resonance within. (17, B)

55. Head content explicit Cognitive know

56. Catechists should deepen the believer’s understanding of the mystery of Christ. A strengthening of faith, in turn, leads to a change of heart (conversion) in order to be more committed and follow Christ more closely. (28, B)

58. Feet communion Confession of faith Spiritual am/ home

59. Faith, then, is the human response to a personal God, who has revealed himself, and to the Truth that God has revealed through the Catholic Church. (16, C)

60. conspire Fruitful Behavioral do Hands

61. What does a “maturing” Adolescent faith look like?

67. www.usccb.org/education/framework.pdf

73. Core Curriculum The Christological centrality of this framework is designed to form the content of instruction as well as to be a vehicle for growth in one’s relationship with the Lord so that each may come to know him and live according to the truth he has given to us .

80. Electives