CATHOLICS ON CATECHESIS
“Catechesis is an education in the faith of children, young people and adults…in an organic and systematic way.”
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, Prologue 5
“At the heart of Catechesis we find, in essence a Person, the Person of Jesus."
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 426
“Faith seeks understanding.”
- St. Anselm, Doctor of the Church
“He who hears you hears Me, and he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”
- Luke 10:16
“We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides”
- St. Ignatius Loyola
“About Jesus and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.”
- St. Joan of Arc
“…always be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you…”
- 1 Peter 3:15
“The Catechism of the Catholic Church…is a statement of the Church’s faith and of catholic doctrine, attested to and illuminated by Sacred Scripture, the Apostolic Tradition, and the Church’s Magisterium. I declare it to be a sure norm for teaching the faith…”
“The Catechism of the Catholic Church…is offered to every individual who asks us to give an account of the hope that is in us (cf. 1 Pt 3:25) and who wants to know what the Catholic Church teaches.”
- Bl. John Paul II
Apostolic Constitution, Fidei Depositum