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Office of Catechesis
The Office of Catechesis serves the Religious Education Programs in the
65 Catholic parishes and 43 missions of the Rio Grande Valley. This includes
30,000 children and youth, pre-Kinder through 12th grade. The number represents
a small percentage of those attending public schools
and in need of education in the faith.
These programs have various names including:
- CCD:
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (original meaning)
Continuing Christian Development
- CCE: Continuing Christian Education
- CCF: Continuing Catholic Formation
- Doctrina: Spanish title
- PSR: Parish School of Religion
- EDR: Escuela de Educación Religiosa
The Director of Religious Education (DRE) or Coordinator of Religious
Education (CRE) in each parish directs its catechetical program and organizes
the catechist volunteers. The Diocese has more than 3000 catechist volunteers.
Catechetical Program
Mission Statement
- Realizing that "faith lives in the hearts of believers" (GDC#105), the Office of Catechesis encourages and animates the catechetical leaders and catechists in the Diocese of Brownsville to embrace and live their faith in Jesus Christ and in his Gospel, so that they may effectively transmit it to the students enrolled in the parish programs of religious formation and education.
Goal/Primary Responsibility
- To provide formation, programs and resources, advocacy and support to Pastors, Catechetical Leaders and Catechists involved in Parish Schools of Religion for elementary, middle and high school students.
- To help them plan, evaluate and update staff and programs by offering workshops, retreats and professional days.
The Office of Catechesis offers to catechetical leaders and catechists:
- Various opportunities for continuing formation,
- Gatherings for mutual support and sharing,
- Assistance with materials, programs and planning necessary for effective religious education of children and young people.
All the efforts of this office aim "to put people in touch and in communion and intimacy with Jesus Christ." (GDC#80)
Our Aim:
“to put people not only in touch, but also in communion and intimacy
with Jesus Christ.”
GDC - # 180
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2009-2010 Calendar Events for Catechetical Leaders
Groups that Gather Regularly
- Advisory Team
A group of six representatives, one per deanery, to assist with
collaboration and communication between the Office of Catechesis
and the Catechetical Leaders of their deaneries.
- Deanery Area Catechetical leaders
The leaders of a deanery gather regularly for planning, especially for
Echoes of Faith Catechist Formation sessions, for communication,
sharing of ideas, resources, prayer and mutual support.
- New Leaders
New leaders and those with one to three years experience participate
monthly in formation sessions centered on a particular topic each year.
Formation Opportunities for Catechetical Leaders
- Professional Days
- Summer Study Days
- Catholic Schools Religion Certification Courses
- SACC – San Antonio Catechetical Convention
- Incarnate Word University Pastoral Program, San Antonio
Catechetical Resources
, Director of the Office of Catechesis
, Associate Director
700 N. Virgen de San Juan Blvd. • San Juan, TX 78589 • Phone 956-787-8571 • Fax
956-784-5081
last updated
09-Jun-2010 12:04
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