Jem Sullivan, visiting associate professor, catechetics, published commentary in Our Sunday Visitor, and quoted in Crux about Pope Francis renewing the ministry of catechism for the New Evangelization.
..."Just as lay ministers serve as lectors, cantors or extraordinary ministers of holy communion to support the liturgical life of the Church, now the lay ministry of catechist will be recognized formally as a vital support to the evangelizing mission of the Church. Catechists of today are linked to a long chain of faithful men and women who dedicate themselves to initiating, educating, accompanying and forming their brothers and sisters to grow in lifelong friendship with Jesus as members of Christ’s body, the Church."...
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