Being a catechist is a vocation, pope says in establishing formal ministry
A lay teacher leads a class discussion in the Parish Religious Education Program of St. Robert Parish, Warrington. Pope Francis formally established a new ministry for lay catechists May 11.
By Cindy Wooden
• Catholic News Service • Posted May 11, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Calling for formal recognition of “those lay men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of catechesis,” Pope Francis has instituted the “ministry of catechist.”
“The Spirit is calling men and women to set out and encounter all those who are waiting to discover the beauty, goodness and truth of the Christian faith,” the pope wrote in “Antiquum Ministerium” (Ancient Ministry), his document released at the Vatican May 11.