Roman Catholic Parish of Ogle Street

Why are we inviting everyone to attend the catechesis for adults taking place in this parish?

A few weeks ago Pope Leo XIV spoke to the Bishops of the Italian Conference about the need to understand catechesis not merely as preparation for the sacraments but as ‘a journey of initiation and ongoing formation in the Christian life’.

The Holy Father spoke of Christian initiation as ‘the “womb” in which a community brings forth the faith and introduces people to the Paschal life, to communion with the Lord and to ecclesial fraternity. It is a matter of rediscovering Baptism as a living and existential reality; and it is “understood more fully when placed in the context of Christian Initiation, that is, the journey through which the Lord, through the ministry of the Church, introduces us to the Paschal faith and draws us into Trinitarian and ecclesial communion.”’

The Pope invited the Church to have “the courage of welcoming and missionary parishes, where families come together and are renewed by the life-giving force of the Gospel … [Where] a people is brought forth by mothers and fathers in the faith, by communities that know how to say, through their lives even before their words: “We have found the Messiah” (Jn 1:41).’

This is why we are inviting everyone to the series of catecheses explaining the way of Christian initiation offered in our parish which will start on Monday 21st September at 8pm and continue every Monday and Thursday at 8pm after that. Everyone is welcome to attend!