The school-year here is from February to the “summer” holidays in December. So also is our Catechism Programme. The big difference from Ireland is that the Catechism is not taught in the schools as most of the schools here are state schools and so we depend very much on the goodness and charity of the unpaid “heroes” of the parish “The Catechists”. They come together at start of the year to learn and to familiarise them selves about the programme. They take on the responsibility of preparing children and adults to receive the sacraments of the church. We have 30 communities all with their own catechist(s) and they came together the other day for an encounter. Almost all of our communities were represented. Their time is their gift to their God.
"Encontro-dos-Catequistas 2008"
Some of the Catechist who attended the encounter. Photo taken in our "soon-to-be-demolished-before-it-falls" parish hall. Note: This is only about two thirds of them.
Some of the Catechist who attended the encounter. Photo taken in our "soon-to-be-demolished-before-it-falls" parish hall. Note: This is only about two thirds of them.
