Office of Catechetics

• Fashioning Faith

•  National Catholic Partnership on Disability

•  National Conference for Catechetical Leadership

•  The National Initiative for Adolescent Catechesis

• ​Catholic Family Faith

  
       The Office of Catechetics primary task is to assist the Bishop in handing on the Deposit of Faith transmitted by Jesus Christ to the original 12 Apostles and their successors from one generation of Catholics to the next. The Deposit of Faith is more commonly known as the beliefs, practices, dogmas, doctrines, and disciplines we live out in our lives in word and deed as disciples of Jesus Christ as fully initiated Christians in the Catholic Church. The Office of Catechetics operates as a liaison between the Bishop and his priests by providing for their most pressing needs in Catechesis and Evangelization efforts within their individual parishes. Special focus is placed on the formation and ongoing education of individuals in parishes who work in parish-based Catechesis such as CCD, Whole Family Catechesis, In-home Catechesis, OCIA, Apologetics, and Youth and Adult ministry. 
 
       The office is also responsible for overseeing and implementing the certification process for parish Catechists and Catholic school teachers. The Director of the Office of Catechetics collaborates with the Superintendent of Catholic Schools in this effort, as well as the Office of Hispanic Ministries and the Office of Black Catholic Ministries. Our goal is to implement a vision for Catechesis that transforms volunteers into being intentional missionary disciples who can witness to an encounter with Christ that is both Catechetical and Evangelical.
 
        The Office of Catechetics offers ongoing formation through Franciscan Catechetical Institute as well as workshops annually for those in parishes and schools who are pursuing a Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced diocesan catechetical certification. This process is focused on equipping catechists, teachers, and interested laity with a holistic integration of the four pillars of Christian Formation (Human, Intellectual, Spiritual, and Apostolic-Pastoral) within their lives to hand onto souls entrusted to their care. In order to accomplish these tasks, the Office of Catechetics seeks to rebuild the domestic church in parishes of this diocese by having them become families that conform to Christ. 

Romans 12:2 - Do not conform to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. 

“Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” (41)
                                         Blessed Paul VI’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi  
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• Policy for Selecting Text Book Publishers 

Theology of the Body Certification (K-12th) Diocesan Certification

• Theology of the Body Community of Acadiana  
• Image and Gift Ministries  (K-5th grade & Jr. High & High School) 

Educational Opportunities

• Aquinas Institute - Master's Degree Program (Holy Cross) New Orleans
• Sacramental Information for Persons with Special Needs  
• National Catholic Partnership for Disabilities - Catechesis for Special Needs Children