Personal Qualities of a Catechist
Persons who desire to become catechists should have:
- Strong awareness of the working of God’s grace in
their lives and a growing faith-life in response to that grace
- Personal commitment to Jesus Christ, who is the center
of the message
- Respect, appreciation and love for the Church
evidenced by a personal commitment to:
- Catechize within the Roman Catholic tradition, in
light of Vatican II and post-conciliar documents and according to the
Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Participate actively and regularly in the Church’s
liturgical and sacramental life
- Ability to appreciate different types and stages of
individual growth and development
- Ability to communicate effectively with the persons to
be catechized
- Sensitivity to the various socio-cultural dimensions
of the students
- Willingness to continue in their own religious
education and formation
“The work of
catechists involves their whole being. Before they preach the word, they must
make it their own and live by it. The world need evangelizers who speak of a
God that they know and who is familiar to them, as if they saw the Invisible.”
Pope Paul VI,
Evangelization in the Modern World