COMMISSION

Coordinator: Fr. Robin Gomes

ACTIVITIES/PLANS:
Provincial level:
Training programmes:
for Faith Formators of the following categories:
Catholic Teachers, Sunday School Teachers, Religious and Diocesan Scholastics, laity in parishes, catechists-lectors-choir units-litury animators, etc.
The course Content: Vatican II, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Bishop Morrow's My Catholic Faith.

Catechetics India : Tri-monthly Journal
Continuing the publication of the same and improving its quality and circulation and making it more and more relevant for our times and need.

Provincial Catechetical Day:
This day will be organized on the 2nd Sunday of November 2005, by Catechetical and Mission Commission. This year it intends to conduct 4 preliminary zonal events followed by a Provincial level event to be held at a convenient place. The Theme would be "The Eucharist is the source of our Christian Joy and nourishment".

Local level :
Each Community will draw up a pastoral plan whereby the process of catechesis and Evangelization will be carried out in the day to day living. The same will be submitted to the Provincial co-ordinator, for better planning and co-ordination.
Each community will seek to enhance the skill and dedication in Sunday catechesis and teaching of religion through participating in training programmes and workshops.

Catechetical resource persons could be used to draw up plans and effective organization of novenas and feast days.

To make better use of the audio-visual materials made available through Nitika or other centers as catechetical tools.