DECEMBER | Catechists

Let us pray for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God: may they be its witnesses, with courage and creativity and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Pope Francis – December 2021

Catechists have an invaluable mission for the transmission and growth of the faith.
The lay ministry of catechist is a vocation; it’s a mission. Being a catechist means that you “are a catechist,” not that you “work as a catechist.” It’s an entire way of being, and we need good catechists who are both companions and teachers.
We need creative people who proclaim the Gospel, but who proclaim it neither with a mute nor with a loudspeaker, but rather with their life, with gentleness, with a new language, and opening new ways.
In many dioceses, on many continents, evangelization is fundamentally in the hands of a catechist.
Let us thank catechists for the interior enthusiasm with which they live this mission at the service of the Church.
Let us pray for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God: may they be its witnesses, with courage and creativity and in the power of the Holy Spirit, with joy and much peace.

Credits

Campaign title:

The Pope Video – December 2021: Catechists

A project by Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network

In collaboration with Vatican Media

Creativity and co-production by:

Gaia Valeria Rosa, Diego Angeli and Andrea Schneider Graziosi

Music production and mix by:

Índigo Music Design

Benefactors

Media partners:

Aleteia

Thanks to:

Paolo “Gojo” Colasanti
Parrocchia Nostra Signora di Coromoto – Roma

With the Society of Jesus

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