Third International Congress on Catechesis
Third International Congress on Catechesis
The Catechist, witness of the new life in Christ
Paul VI Hall, Vatican City,
September 8-10, 2022
Session I
Thursday, September 8, 2022
- 16.00 Opening Prayer
- 16.15 The Catechist, Witness of the New life in Christ
H.E. Most Rev. Rino Fisichella, President PCPNE
- 16.45 “Called to freedom” (Gal 5,13): the kerygma and new life [CCC 1691-1715]
Rev. Msgr. Antonio Pitta, Pontifical Lateran University – Rome (Italy)
- 17.30 Coffee break
- 18.00 Antiquum ministerium: the vocation of the Catechist
H.E. Most Rev. Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth, Chair of the Department for Evangelization and Catechesis of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
- 18.45 The synodal perspective for an evangelizing catechesis
H. E. Card. Mario Grech, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
- Dialogue with Presenters
SESSION II
Friday. September 9, 2022
- 08.30 Holy Mass at the “Altare della Cattedra” – Saint Peter’s Basilica
- 09.30 Coffee break
- 10.00 Personal Freedom and Ecclesial Consciousness [CCC 1730-1748; 1776-1785]
Dr. Robert Cheaib, Faculty of Theology, Catholic University – Lyon (France)
- 10.45 The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes:
catechesis at the service of conscience formation [CCC 1716-1729; 2052-2082]
Rev. Fr. Mário Marcelo COELHO, SCJ, Dehonian Faculty – Taubaté, São Paulo (Brazil)
- 11.30 The contribution of catechesis for ecclesial and social renewal [CCC 1877-1948]
Rev. Fr. José Luis Segovia Bernabé, Episcopal Vicar for Integral Human Development, Archdiocese of Madrid (Spain)
SESSION III
Friday, September 9, 2022
- 16.00 In-depth studies by linguistic groupings
In English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish on the following themes:
· Christian formation in the face of end of life questions [CCC 2276-2279]
· Difference and reciprocity between men and women: gender ideology [CCC 369-373 2331-2335]
· Responsibility and participation in social life [CCC 1913-1917]
· Truth, communication and the digital question [CCC 2488-2499]
· Ecological education for the care of the ‘common home’[CCC 2415-2418; LS 137-162]
· Communicating Catholic Culture: presentation of the volume Reclaiming the Piazza III (Gracewing: Leominster, 2021), edited by R. Convery, L. Franchi, J. Valero
- 18.00 Cultural Performance: Holy Dance with Sister Anna Nobili
SESSION IV
Saturday, September 10, 2022
- 9.00 Opening Prayer
- 9.15 “Joyful messengers of challenging proposals” (EG 168)
Catechesis, morality and holiness [CCC 2012-2031]
Dr. Donna Lynn Orsuto, Institute of Spirituality, Pontifical Gregorian University and Co-Founder of “The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas” - Rome (Italy)
- 10.00 Catechesis and morality: some pastoral experiences
· The Way of Saint James: the conversion journey and the challenge for evangelization
Sister Carolina Blazquez Casado, OSA, Albergue paroquial Santa María del Camino – Carrión de los Condes, Palencia (Spain)
· The Mobokoli Centre: formation of Catechist Couples for the proclamation of the faith and the promotion of human development
H.E. Most Rev. Jean-Bertin NADONYE NDONGO, OFMCap, Bishop of Lolo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
· Real+True, an Evangelization Project through Social Media
Julianne STANZ & Edmundo REYES, Real+True – Huntington, Indiana (USA)
- 11.00 Coffee break
- 11.45 Audience with the Holy Father