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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988552
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The world we inhabit is constantly evolving, demanding periodic assessments as we strive to understand a reality where uncertainty is the only constant. This concern with diagnosis stems from our desire to intervene thoughtfully and enhance our quality of life. Facing global challenges, we look outward for assistance with the complexities of diagnosis, hoping that our quest for healing a fractured and discouraged society will foster harmony among peoples and nations. Diagnosis itself is a formidable task, requiring cooperation and collaboration.Many of us have encountered the complexities of diagnosis while grappling with mysterious ailments. Such an illness recently kept me and others sidelined and in my case
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallEditorial2026-04-23text/htmlen-USEditorial2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®67932026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23Catechesis and Evangelization: A Re-Exploration
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Even though there has been a significant convergence in the ministries of evangelization and catechesis in recent decades, typified by the renaming of the distinct United States Catholic Bishops' offices of Evangelization and of Catechesis into the presently named Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis in 2005, there nevertheless remains quite different emphases in these two ministries. After all, one catechizes people who are, one way or another, present to a teacher or preacher. But one evangelizes by reaching out to people who are not consistently present to a teacher or a Christian community. This means that, despite all the ways one might consider catechesis as evangelization, important elements of
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallCatechesis and Evangelization: A Re-Exploration2026-04-23text/htmlen-USCatechesis and Evangelization: A Re-Exploration2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®472062026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23Catechist Formation: Key Principles from the Directory for Catechesis
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988554
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The Directory for Catechesis notes that over the course of centuries the Church has never neglected to give priority to the formation of catechists.1 It goes on to affirm that,the formation of catechists requires particular attention because the quality of pastoral initiatives is necessarily connected to the persons who bring them into being. In the face of the complexity and demands of the time in which we live, it is appropriate that the particular Churches should devote sufficient energies and resources to the formation of catechists.2This enduring priority given to catechist formation received fresh impetus in the Catechetical Movement unfolding in the first half of the twentieth century. Flourishing alongside
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallCatechist Formation: Key Principles from the Directory for Catechesis2026-04-23text/htmlen-USCatechist Formation: Key Principles from the Directory for Catechesis2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®654492026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23Equipping Priests for Apostolic Action: The Catechumenate as the Form for Seminary Formation
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988555
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In his book From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age, Msgr. James Shea describes the current mindset the Church must take in today's world as apostolic, in which the Church makes her way "against the current of the wider society" and articulates and maintains "a distinct and contrasting vision."1 To engage this culture with the Gospel of Jesus, the Church must have a strategy characterized by a renewed proclamation of the Christian message:
It is not simply or primarily a matter of college degrees but of the conversion of the mind to a Christian vision of reality and of readiness to live out the ramifications of that vision. A compelling Christian narrative is called for, one
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallEquipping Priests for Apostolic Action: The Catechumenate as the Form for Seminary Formation2026-04-23text/htmlen-USEquipping Priests for Apostolic Action: The Catechumenate as the Form for Seminary Formation2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®888572026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23The Kerygma of Christ's Saeculum
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988556
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The Directory for Catechesis, published in 2020, shares with its predecessors a characteristic boldness of vision. Among its priorities, it asks for a restoration of a kerygmatic catechesis, a recovery of the "primacy of the kerygma."1 In so doing, it insists that this request is made not in order to marginalize other requirements of catechesis or evangelization—such as a systematic approach to content delivery, or the need for that ongoing assimilation to the faith in sacrament and life that the Church describes as "mystagogy"; rather, its purpose is to provide a "solid, profound, secure, meaningful and wisdom-filled" center for the whole of the Church's catechetical and evangelizing work.2 The recovery of the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallThe Kerygma of Christ's Saeculum2026-04-23text/htmlen-USThe Kerygma of Christ's Saeculum2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®1041232026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23A New Knights of Columbus Initiative: The Cor Program—"Heart Speaks to Heart"
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988557
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Two thousand years ago until recently, life centered around Jesus and Christian culture dominated. This belief is reflected in America's founding documents.1 However, Western countries have moved away from God, entering a post-Christian era.2 Our modern culture, in my opinion, dismisses God as "The Creator," calling it a delusion. Many claim that they alone can determine their own destiny, and their own sense of morality.3 Young people are increasingly identifying as "nones," having no religious affiliation.4 This atheist-secular worldview dominates. Human life and the natural world often seem to be viewed as expendable. Christian families face challenges in shaping their children's morals due to the influence of
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallA New Knights of Columbus Initiative: The Cor Program—"Heart Speaks to Heart"2026-04-23text/htmlen-USA New Knights of Columbus Initiative: The Cor Program—"Heart Speaks to Heart"2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®368712026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23Key Theological Themes in the Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum [On Divine Revelation]: Part 2
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Thank you for helping us understand this document through the lens of the historical sweep you have presented to us in Part 1 of this podcast. I am struck by the providential timing of the reflection of the Council Fathers on whether to accept or reject the notion of two sources in Catholic teaching, namely Scripture and Tradition and the ecumenical breakthroughs taking place at the same time. It seems that this was truly the work of the Holy Spirit in our time. It seems that Christians truly come together when they are focused on the person of Jesus Christ, as the foundation of Christian faith. Obviously, there will be differences and various legitimate starting points, but it's always centered around the person
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallKey Theological Themes in the Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum [On Divine Revelation]: Part 22026-04-23text/htmlen-USKey Theological Themes in the Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum [On Divine Revelation]: Part 22026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®263162026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23Formation of Teachers for Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era ed. by Leonardo Franchi and Richard Rymarz (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988559
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The volume on preparing teachers for Catholic schools is edited by Drs. Leonardo Franchi and Richard Rymarz, two highly trained specialists and seasoned faculty members in the field of Catholic education. Catholic Teacher Formation (CTF) is a relatively new field of study in the broader field of education. Before the editors' groundbreaking research, CTF was not actively explored in scholarly research. The volume builds on the co-editors' previous work while looking at CTF with fresh eyes and a new set of research questions presented to the scholarly community and the practitioner. Thus, the volume makes a valuable and innovative contribution in the discipline of CTF, although the focus is on CTF in the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallFormation of Teachers for Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era ed. by Leonardo Franchi and Richard Rymarz (review)2026-04-23text/htmlen-USFormation of Teachers for Catholic Schools: Challenges and Opportunities in a New Era ed. by Leonardo Franchi and Richard Rymarz (review)2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®60132026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23The Power of Silence Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Robert Cardinal Sarah (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/988560
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Robert Cardinal Sarah's The Power of Silence Against the Dictatorship of Noise presents a unique view into prayer, the liturgy, politics, and secularization that goes well beyond the modest confines of his title. Drawing as much on his experience with monasticism as his time in various aspects of service for the Vatican, he asserts that silence (in all its forms) holds the key to rejuvenating a postmodern world obsessed with greed, materialism, and secularism. Sarah was born in Guinea and was named Archbishop of Conakry by John Paul II (1979) and was later elevated as a Cardinal by Benedict XVI (2010). He has served as president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum and as secretary of the Congregation for the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/773/image/coversmallThe Power of Silence Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Robert Cardinal Sarah (review)2026-04-23text/htmlen-USThe Power of Silence Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Robert Cardinal Sarah (review)2026-04-232026TWOProject MUSE®82702026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-04-23