By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald On Catechetical Sunday we reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. This year, the church celebrates Catechetical Sunday on Sept. 18. The theme, “This is my body given for you,” is […]
Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy: Smile! It’s Catechetical Sunday!
FAITH FORMATION Their eyes smile. It’s a response I see time and time again whenever I ask a catechist to share their vocation story, of how they heard God’s call and why they accepted the mission of passing on the faith and witnessing to the Gospel as a community of faith. Some say they […]
Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy: Christ encounters of the parental kind
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 When we think about parents as primary catechists of the Christian faith we often conjure up visions of formal instruction. But the new Directory for Catechesis states that “parents, with their daily example of life, have the most effective capacity to transmit the beauty of the Christian faith to their children.” […]
Catechists: commissioned to receive, and hand on, the faith
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY: SEPT. 20 By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald This year, the church will celebrate Catechetical Sunday on Sept. 20. The 2020 theme is “I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you.” Catechetical Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role each person plays, by virtue of […]
At Kapolei parish, ‘missionaries’ venture into unfamiliar territory
By Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy Special to the Herald The brain likes familiarity. Familiarity is safe, effortless, easy. Unfamiliarity takes effort, is cognitively demanding, and can be stressful. Yet in their commitment to evangelize and catechize parents and children of their parish during the pandemic, the catechists of St. Jude Church in Kapolei, Oahu, are courageous missionaries […]
Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy: Enlisting witnesses for Jesus Christ
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY 2018 A friend of mine recounted an experience on a recent trip to Israel. Traveling through the arid countryside, his tour group paused to admire a section of verdant pasture. There, he observed two shepherds conversing with one another. As the shepherds spoke, their flocks of sheep merged together, forming a large, single […]
Theme for Catechetical Sunday is ‘The Faith Prayed’
The diocese will celebrate Catechetical Sunday this year on Sept. 18. The theme is “Prayer: The Faith Prayed.” Catechetical Sunday is an opportunity to reflect on the role each person — the parent, in particular — plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. It […]
