Diocesan Programs

Goals of the DCCC office

• Continue to support, nurture, and train catechists – through spring and fall visits to catechetical coordinators in the parish, the newsletter (ten months a year), through spring and fall diocesan catechist gatherings, deanery training of catechists, etc.
• Promote the programs chosen by the Diocese for the teaching of catechesis and sacramental preparation
• Keep in contact with provincial (ACRES) and western coordinators of religious education (WCCRE) – continue to be knowledgeable about the direction of the National Office of Religious Education (NORE)
• Continue to work with the other Pastoral Team to offer intergenerational catechetical events

Next year’s additional goal of the DCCC Office:

• To form a catechesis commission
• With this commission, through a social analysis of the present realities of catechesis in our diocese develop an action plan
• Implementation of the action plan
• End of year evaluate how things unfolded and set the action plan for next year

Key words that describe the focus of this mission:
Christocentric, enthuse, evangelize