Morality II

Before Class

• Read the Summary of the National Directory for Catechesis
• Read the following handouts:
  • Natural Law
  • Christian Meaning of Freedom
  • Light of Conscience
  • Jesus: the Way, the Truth, and the Life
• Read other handouts (optional)

Homework

• Read chapters 25-28 and 32 of U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults
• Read handouts (optional)

To Make Up an Absence

If you are unable to attend this class, please submit to the instructor at the next class written responses to a total of four questions from below. Each response should be 2-3 paragraphs in length and address the question completely. Include the question (not just the number) at the top of your response.

Summary for the National Directory for Catechesis

1. Describe at least three prominent characteristics of U.S. culture that catechists should take into account in the course of catechesis. Give examples of how these features of American culture affect specific elements of catechesis.
2. What is the "new evangelization" in which all members of the Church are called to actively engage? What role do catechists play? Give examples.
3. Why is catechesis always an act of the Church? How is this a reflection of the historical reality of the Christian message?
4. Describe God's own teaching method. How does the catechist use God's catechetical methodology as a model from which to work when catechizing others? Give an example.
5. Describe how "catechesis both precedes the Liturgy and flows from it" (ch. 5). How are the Church's liturgy and sacraments sources of catechesis? Why must catechesis also precede the liturgy? Give examples.
6. Describe how catechesis for personal and social moral formation begins and ends in Christ. Why must one's formation of a moral conscience be rooted in conversion to Christ?