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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: catechetics: 57 1 - May 2014 - After the turbulent years: the Church renewed, Fr John O'Neill At the end of the 1960s Father James Tierney used to talk a lot about the revolution in catechetics. 2 - Dec 2013 - Christifidelis Laici: vocation and mission of the lay faithful (1), Anne Lastman To view the clergy as being the Church and the laity as their assistants just outside of it and whose apostolate is to assist them to manage Church/parish affairs as in parish councils diocesan councils financial matters catechetics or even as extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist all important works in themselves but only a shadow of the true meaning of the lay apostolate whose charism is to be the light of Christ in the secular world. 3 - Jun 2008 - Letters: Ordinary Magisterium, Peter D. Howard (Msgr E Kevane Creed and Catechetics 1978 p. 4 - Sep 2007 - Rediscovering the real history of Australian Catholic education, Eamonn Keane There are good grounds for believing that religious education departments in many Australian Catholic schools are staffed by lay teachers with poor preparation in catechetics many of whom graduated from the ACU. 5 - Jun 2007 - Obituary: Bill Daly RIP: fearless defender of Catholic orthodoxy in Australia, Fr James Tierney Later he would be vital in setting up the monthly family catechetics gatherings in the early 1980s. 6 - May 2007 - Catechesis: Sydney RCIA conference in June on forming new adult Catholics, Joanne Zwaans Scott Sollom who is currently a professor for the Office of Catechetics at the Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio. 7 - Oct 2006 - Modernism's 'second wave' continues to impact on the Church, Fr Martin Durham Well because according to the modernist truth is subjective and the Holy Spirit gives ongoing revelation to each individual: there is no limit to change whether in doctrine or discipline; the gospels and letters of the New Testament are only a summary of the experiences of the writers; doctrinal content in catechetics is not important nor is the Catechism of the Catholic Church; the Magisterium of the Church is inferior to professional theological experts; papal documents are of little value e. 8 - Sep 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing It would be an ideal resource for upper secondary or adult catechetics. 9 - Aug 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing It would be an ideal resource for upper secondary or adult catechetics. 10 - Jul 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing It would be an ideal resource for upper secondary or adult catechetics. 11 - Jun 2006 - Books: Dear Son, Dear Daughter: God's Plan for Catholic Marriage and the Family, Michael Gilchrist DEAR SON DEAR DAUGHTER: Gods Plan for Catholic Marriage and the Family by Carol Phillips (St Philomena Catechetics Perth 2006 16pp $4. 12 - Feb 2006 - Books: The Pope Benedict Code, by Joanna Bogle, Michael Gilchrist These snippets (together with linking narratives and commentaries) are grouped under such key headings as the Eucharist Sunday observance confession the Church papal authority the priesthood ecumenism the one true Church sanctity of human life catechetics and young people and the Churchs future. 13 - Oct 2005 - Books: Your Life is Worth Living: The Christian Philosophy of Life, by Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Gilchrist And many younger Catholics brought up on a diet of lightweight accommodating catechetics will enjoy a voyage of discovery. 14 - Jul 2005 - Letters: Silent apostasy, Fr. G.H. Duggan SM There can be little doubt that a major cause of this mass apostasy has been the catechetical revolution set in motion by Fr Joseph Jungmann SJ Professor of Homiletics and Catechetics at the University of Innsbruck. 15 - Jul 2005 - Evangelisation: Why many Catholics join fundamentalist sects, Frank Mobbs So also were catechetics and religious education. 16 - Apr 2005 - Letters: ACU, Sabina Sannen I teach catechetics at a state school and we are able to teach the children Catholicism because we are a group of five strong-minded catechists who refuse to teach general religion. 17 - Nov 2004 - News: The Church Around the World Many have a very old-fashioned view of what Catholic theological institutes offer that it might be fundamentalist all catechetics. 18 - Mar 2004 - USA: American bishops critical of their RE texts, Zenit News Service What has the Committee for the Implementation of the Catechism developed as the national doctrinal guidelines for high school catechetics? 19 - Nov 2003 - Letters: Vatican II, Peter D. Howard Kevane Creed amp; Catechetics 1978 p 279). 20 - Oct 2003 - Books: Crisis In Religious Education, by Eamonn Keane, Damien Tudehope not only a work of superb content and high intellectual order but also an inspiration to confront courageously the malign and pervasive germs and viruses which have in recent decades infiltrated and in some instances infected the various aspects of Catholic ecclesial life particularly catechetics and Catholic education. 21 - Feb 2003 - John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne: a progress report, AD2000 Report Some are teachers who are interested in improving their knowledge of philosophy theology and catechetics; others have a background in psychology marriage education social work healthcare or NFP and hope to work in one of the many Catholic social welfare agencies. 22 - Dec 2002 - Education: Most teachers reject Church teaching: ACU professor, Michael Gilchrist Such muddled thinking is hardly surprising given the prevalence of the lightweight new catechetics - spearheaded by such experts as Thomas Groome and Gabriel Moran - over the past 30 years or so in most Australian dioceses. 23 - Nov 2002 - Books: A Generation Betrayed: Deconstructing Catholic Education, by Eamonn Keane, John Young He uncovers the foundations of the process concentrating on the influence of two of the most prominent figures in present-day catechetics: Thomas Groome and Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza. 24 - Nov 2002 - Catholic schools: restoring a sense of sin, Br John Moylan CFC To restore a healthy sense of sin the Pope urged a sound catechetics illuminated by the biblical theology of the covenant by an attentive listening and trustful openness to the Magisterium of the Church which never ceases to enlighten consciences and by an ever more careful practice of the Sacrament of Penance. 25 - Oct 2002 - Books: The Courage to be Catholic, by George Weigel, Michael Novak Especially in their role as teachers the growing ignorance of the American Catholic people under the regime of catechetics since about 1968 condemn the bishops of the 1970s-1980s severely. 26 - Aug 2002 - Letters: Experts? (letter), Jerome Gonzalez AD2000 (July 2002) states in The Church around the World that one Thomas Groome widely quoted in Australian Catholic educational circles as a catechetics expert has declared (among other gems) that those who hope for a systemic overhaul of priestly ministry know that when celibacy is taken off the table the same surely follows for womens ordination. 27 - Jul 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Thomas Groome calls for reconstructed priesthood Links celibacy to gay US clergy Thomas Groome widely quoted in Australian Catholic educational circles as a catechetics expert has recently called for a reconstructed Catholic priesthood. 28 - Aug 2001 - Letters: Mass leaflet (letter), Stephanie McClarty Though it was originally designed for legionaries to give out on our visitations particularly to lapsed Catholics we have found that many people are finding a variety of uses for it not only in catechetics etc but also to give to relatives and friends particularly to families of First Holy Communicants for example. 29 - Aug 2001 - Letters: Orthodox seminary (letter), Paul Chigwidden Vianney College also offers to trainee teachers courses in the Catechism Introduction to the Bible and Catechetics. 30 - Apr 2001 - Archbishop Curtiss on implementing the theology 'mandatum', Archbishop Elden Curtiss I dont think there is a division between catechetics and theology at the undergraduate level. 31 - Mar 2001 - Books: Why the hopes of the Council Fathers of Vatican II are yet to be realised, Michael Daniel This mood of dissent has characterised other areas of Church life such as catechetics and liturgy. 32 - Jun 1999 - Bishops Conference resolves crisis over 'Statement of Conclusions', Michael Gilchrist No doubt these bishops are well aware of the uphill battle they face if substantial progress is to be achieved in remedying deep-seated problem areas such as liturgy teacher education and catechetics. 33 - Feb 1999 - Editorial: Tackling the Church's problem areas, Michael Gilchrist There has been no lack of Vatican documents and episcopal statements expressing concerns about different problem areas in the Catholic Church in Australia: declining priestly and religious vocations liturgical abuses low Mass attendances empty confessionals poor catechetics and so on. 34 - Aug 1997 - Participation of Women in the Catholic Church in Australia: an update, Michael Gilchrist These speakers were variously critical of unsuitable sex education programs and inadequate catechetics in Catholic schools and spoke out against inclusive language or talk of women priests. 35 - May 1997 - Brisbane pastoral ministers guidelines: 'Zooming along' to priestless parishes?, Michael Gilchrist Pecking order As far as pecking order goes on the bottom rung of the pastoral ministry ladder comes the pastoral ministry co-ordinator defined as: a person employed by a parish or pastoral area under the direction of a pastor or pastoral director to co-ordinate one or more particular pastoral activities such as liturgy youth ministry catechetics sacramental programs liturgical music etc. 36 - Sep 1996 - Books: 'Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church', by Romano Amerio, Fr Peter Joseph Amerio covers almost all the whole range of modem Catholic life and doctrine in 42 chapters considering in detail amongst others: Vatican II the priesthood catechetics religious orders ecumenism faith morality Catholic culture the liturgy and eschatology. 37 - Sep 1996 - Fr Joseph Fessio in Australia: Principles of genuine liturgical reform, Michael Gilchrist Fr Fessio noted that whereas the majority of complaints from American Catholics up to ten years ago had related to defective catechetics today the area of greatest concern had become liturgy. 38 - Feb 1995 - Vatican says 'no' to NRSV translation - 'Inclusive language' setback, Michael Gilchrist Cardinal Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith explained that problems with the NRSV text were partly inclusive language and partly the need for consistency in the Churchs liturgical and catechetical language: We can have these new translations but at the same time the Churchs official language in liturgy and catechetics has to preserve some continuity. 39 - Mar 1994 - The new Catechism and Cardinal Newman, Archbishop Eric D'Arcy But given the awe in which Newman holds revelation can one doubt what he will think of such authentic originality in catechetics? 40 - Feb 1994 - New studies raise question: How 'Catholic' are Catholic schools?, Michael Gilchrist And many of todays younger lay teachers are products of the new catechetics and unsound teacher education courses. 41 - Jul 1993 - U.S. Bishop solves vocations crisis, Michael Gilchrist And with three strongly-worded pastoral documents - one on abortion another on the Eucharist and the most recent on catechetics - he has made clear his total identity with the Papacy. 42 - Nov 1992 - From a 'workshop' for Pastoral Associates On-going revelation - popularised by new catechetics guru Br Gabriel Moran in the 1960s - was revived by Sr Miriam for the eager ears of Melbournes 1990s pastoral associates. 43 - Feb 1992 - The Pope's agenda - overcoming the obstacles, Michael Gilchrist Some National Bishops Conferences and individual bishops around the world have paid little more than lip service to Papal instructions and teachings notably on seminary training liturgy and catechetics. 44 - May 1991 - Why the 'new' catechetics is flawed, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP A Dominican Sister who believed in and taught the new catechetics for many years examines its flaws and suggests future directions for Catholic religion teaching. 45 - Jun 1990 - Books: 'Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century', Fr John Parsons There are separate chapters on the sacraments in general and each sacrament in particular on natural theology scepticism the liturgy the priesthood the religious orders Catholic lay movements asceticism Catholic education Church and State the death penalty work and technology the Church and women abortion catechetics and a variety of other topics bringing the book to forty two chapters in all. 46 - Apr 1990 - Architects of failure on the offensive: US theologians 'pan' new Catechism, Michael Gilchrist In April 1989 one of the staunchest supporters of the new catechetics Bishop Raymond Lucker of Minnesota described such indictments as devastating admitting that if these were true there is no catechetical renewal and we have to go back to the 50s. 47 - Mar 1990 - Parish assemblies - pluralism or brainwashing?, Michael Gilchrist The priorities would be clear and urgent: falling Mass attendances empty confessionals the rapid decline of priestly and religious vocations defective catechetics courses a breakdown in family life little understanding and/or observation of the Churchs moral teachings widespread liturgical abuses and much unorthodox content in seminary adult education and teachers college courses. 48 - Dec 1989 - Can Catholic integrity be recovered?, Colin Jory Catechetics An entitys integrity is its proper inner ordering - it is that arrangement of its integral elements which is necessary to the entitys wholesomeness. 49 - Oct 1989 - Catholicism at the crossroads, Michael Gilchrist Reform of the defective experientialist catechetics and some theology courses at teachers colleges and seminaries or curbing rampant liturgical abuses did not merit serious attention in Perth or elsewhere for that matter. 50 - Sep 1989 - Three problems for Catholic schools, Michael Gilchrist Here we have the link between the doctrinal and the administrative problems within the catechetics crisis. 51 - Apr 1989 - The Catholic Church in Britain: Piers Paul Read interviewed by 'AD2000', Paul Gray I think many feel the Church is lacking something which it did not previously lack and I think the reason for that is that there has been a sort of revolution in or abandonment of catechetics in the last 15 years. 52 - Feb 1989 - The condition of Catholic teacher training in Australia, Michael Gilchrist There is a conspicuous lack of emphasis on what the official Church teaches or instructs in the areas of doctrines Scripture morals catechetics and liturgy. 53 - Feb 1989 - Editorial: Who are the educational 'experts'?, B.A. Santamaria The absence of these essentials from curricula inspired by experientalist model catechetics has had baneful consequences even while devoted work was being lavished on other areas of faith-education. 54 - Jul 1988 - Growth of a 'new church': the Dutch experiment, Michael Gilchrist Their selective biased interpretations of conciliar documents laid the ideological foundations for liturgy mass media catechetics diocesan administration and social justice. 55 - Jun 1988 - A pen picture of American Catholicism, Michael Gilchrist It responds to the pressures of militant feminists or homosexual groups; it seeks to make liturgy and catechetics relevant; it downplays the supernatural and the hierarchy. 56 - Apr 1988 - A kingdom divided in itself, B.A. Santamaria Demand for the end of clerical celibacy for female ordination coupled with blind insistence on visibly inadequate catechetics are everywhere audible and visible not least among the ecclesiastical bureaucracies which effectively control the commanding heights of the Church in Australia. 57 - Dec 2007 - Catechetics: Religious education in Catholic schools: the role of parish priests, Michael Gilchrist
