Change is afoot!

A discussion we have on the diocesan level is how do we pass on the faith. The model most of us Boomers and Gen -Xers were raised with is that we went to classes; CCD, CRE, Catechism, or other similar names. It served us okay. Yet, now it is not working. So now we move towards (back to the future) to transformation. It is about accompaniment with our youth, with our persons in RCIA, with each other. Information plays a part, but something deeper needs to occur.

I wrote “Back to the future” because this was the model that existed in the very early church. Those interested in the Christian faith were walked through it, experienced the faith all before making the final commitment of entering formally into the faith. The implication is that we, already fully initiated into the Catholic faith, have been transformed and that we are part of the process of helping others be transformed.
So, I ask all of us, including myself: have we, have I been transformed and how will I and we help others?


Your Pastor
Fr. Bob Chorey

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