God of truth, you endowed our

brother Albert with the gift of

combining human wisdom with
divine faith. May the pursuit of all
human knowledge lead to a
greater knowledge and love of
You. We ask this through our
Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who
lives and reigns with You and the
Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.
 PROLOGUE
"FATHER,... this is eternal life, that they may know you,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have
sent."
"God our Saviour desires all men to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth."
"There is no other name under heaven given among
men by which we must be saved” - than the name of
JESUS.
The purpose of creating man:

to make him
Share In His Own
Blessed Life #1
• How?
- God draws closer to
us.
- He calls us to seek
him, to know him and
to love him.
- By coming together
as God’s one family,
the Church
• Through?
- Salvation brought
about by the Son’s
redeeming sacrifice
- becoming children of
God and heirs of
blessed life by the Holy
Spirit
2Peter 1:3-4
• His divine power has
bestowed on us
everything that makes
for life and devotion,
through the knowledge
of him who called us by
his own glory and
power.
• Through these, he has
bestowed on us the
precious and very great
promises, so that
through them you may
come to share in the
divine nature.
The purpose of
creating man: God,
infinitely perfect and
blessed in himself, in
a plan of sheer
goodness freely
created man to make
him share in his own
blessed life.
Beatitude: Nothing
else matters.
Purely God’s initiative
Call RESOUNDS
throughout the world…

Commission to teach:
Apostles #2

Matthew 28:19-20
The Great Commission

Treasure guarded in its purity,
handed it over to generations:
Profession of Faith
Living in Fraternal Sharing
Celebrating it in Liturgy and Prayer
Acts 2:42
Cat-eche-sis
Cat-echi-sm

-echo-
ECHO of the Word
• does not diminish but increases…
Their voices go out to the ends of the
earth
• amplified by the witness of the martyrs
• testimony of missionaries
• heroic virtue of people through the
centuries
• Not just echo…
• It’s a relay system
• Reaching,
Connecting
everything
• Internet of things

“Their voices go out to

the ends of the earth.”
Catechism
• Not just a list of
doctrines but the Totality
of teachings for
Christian living #5
• Organic and systematic
way of presenting the
teachings of the Church.
• Four parts express the
same truth but in
different ways
• Symphony of Faith…JP
II
Catechesis
The totality of the
Church’s effort to make
disciples, help them
believe that they may
have life, instruct and
educate for building up
the Body of Christ. #4
Catechesis is related to:
• the initial proclamation of
the Gospel or missionary
preaching to arouse faith;
examination of the reasons
for belief; experience of
Christian living; celebration
of the sacraments;
integration into the
ecclesial community; and
apostolic and missionary
witness #6
“Katekista lang
ako.”
“I am just a
catechist.”
 • thus the whole life of the Church #7

thus the whole life of the Church #7

To “BE” catechists!
Not to “WORK” as
catechists.
“BEING A
CATECHIST”
This is the vocation.
Not “working” as a
catechist.
Pope Francis
• Every single aspect of
the life of the Church
is covered by the the
Catechism.
• Growth and fidelity to
God’s plan depend
essentially on
catechesis #7
1 Peter 3:15

Simply proclaim the

Lord Christ holy in
your hearts, and
always have your
answer ready for
people who ask you
the reason for the
hope that you have.
Knowledge is essential to
fidelity.

Be attentive to sound
doctrine (teaching).
History of the Church
shows attentiveness to
sound doctrine (teaching)
• 1 Tim. 4:6 Give these
instructions to the
brothers, (and) you will
be a good minister of
Christ Jesus,
nourished on the
words of faith and of
the sound teaching
you have followed.
2 Tim 4:1-5
• Proclaim the message and,
welcome or unwelcome, insist on it.
Refute falsehood, correct error, give
encouragement -- but do all with
patience and with care to instruct.
The time is sure to come when
people will not accept sound
teaching, but their ears will be
itching for anything new and
they will collect themselves a whole
series of teachers according to their
own tastes; and then they will shut
their ears to the truth and will turn to
myths. But you must keep steady all
the time; put up with suffering; do
the work of preaching the gospel;
fulfil the service asked of you.
Throughout history…
many attempts to present
systematically the
teachings of the Lord

• St. Cyril of Jerusalem

• St. John Chrysostom
• St. Ambrose and St.
Augustine,
• other Fathers
Prayer to Saint Joseph
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you
God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ
became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us
in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us
from every evil. Amen.