Catechetical Sunday

Dear Parish Family,


This weekend once again we celebrate Catechetical Sunday. A day to celebrate and pray for the Church’s mission to teach the gospel to all people. Those individuals, catechists and teachers, moms, dads, grandparents and loving adults will be called forward, blessed and sent out, to minister the children, youth and adults of the parish community. The root of the word Catechesis comes from a Greek word meaning “to echo, or resound.” Catechism is the act of resounding or bringing the Church’s teachings to the world. A catechist is one who teaches in the name of the Church. This ministry of teaching in the name of the Church has a profound dignity, which is why catechists are formally commissioned by the Church.


On this day we not only highlight the work of catechists in parishes and schools, but we also commend parents and guardians and encourage them to take seriously their role of making their Catholic households a place where faith is passed on to the next generation.


Parents are truly the primary catechists of their children. This has become even more evident in the recent years with the pandemic, so many of you became the academic teachers. You are always the first and most important source of faith to the children in your life.


This is why the rite of blessing of catechists used on Catechetical Sunday includes a blessing of parents and guardians. You too will be commissioned and blessed, in your vocation and mission. 

To all catechists in our lives, parents and grandparents, priests and deacons, religious sisters, church family, all who have been encounters of Jesus in our lives, we thank you!


Siempre Adelante,


Tere Delgado
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Faith Formation Minister 

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