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The Steering Committee for Adult Studies in the Catechism of the Catholic Church emerged in the Spring of 2014 as a response to 15 years of work in promoting and establishing study groups in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Currently made up of five members, our work is growing all the time. There are currently 28 groups studying the catechism in 16 Irish dioceses. We are very excited about the fact that Autumn 2014 is going to see a number of new groups being established.
An awareness of the necessity to understand the Catholic faith has been growing steadily in recent years in Ireland. It is the Committee’s collective view that the hosting of the Eucharistic Congress in 2012 can be pinpointed as a particular moment of grace in this regard. The genius of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is its capacity to transmit the truths of the faith in a masterly and symphonic presentation. It is integral to our work to demonstrate to people the imperative to study the Catholic faith as though it were a symphony, for, to do otherwise risks misunderstanding the rationale for the Christian creed, worship, morality and prayer.
No matter what external factors and challenges may come our way in our day-to-day lives, the human heart cannot shake off its longing for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness and goodness. These are some of the spectacular fruits of the Holy Spirit. When we feel them and experience them, we instantly recognise them, even if, as adults, we have never formally studied their theological definitions. If we are going to survive and flourish as Christian disciples today, we need one another more than we ever did. Belief requires community. And when we are touched by joy, all is changed. Many people are searching today. Come and join us in this exciting and providential movement in the renewal of the Irish Church.
Rev Tom Deenihan, Cork and Ross Ms Mairin Ni Shuilleabhain, Cork and Ross
Ms Caoimhe Frain, Dublin Rev Donncha O hAodha, Prelature of Opus Dei
Rev Sean Corkery, Cloyne
An awareness of the necessity to understand the Catholic faith has been growing steadily in recent years in Ireland. It is the Committee’s collective view that the hosting of the Eucharistic Congress in 2012 can be pinpointed as a particular moment of grace in this regard. The genius of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is its capacity to transmit the truths of the faith in a masterly and symphonic presentation. It is integral to our work to demonstrate to people the imperative to study the Catholic faith as though it were a symphony, for, to do otherwise risks misunderstanding the rationale for the Christian creed, worship, morality and prayer.
No matter what external factors and challenges may come our way in our day-to-day lives, the human heart cannot shake off its longing for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness and goodness. These are some of the spectacular fruits of the Holy Spirit. When we feel them and experience them, we instantly recognise them, even if, as adults, we have never formally studied their theological definitions. If we are going to survive and flourish as Christian disciples today, we need one another more than we ever did. Belief requires community. And when we are touched by joy, all is changed. Many people are searching today. Come and join us in this exciting and providential movement in the renewal of the Irish Church.
Rev Tom Deenihan, Cork and Ross Ms Mairin Ni Shuilleabhain, Cork and Ross
Ms Caoimhe Frain, Dublin Rev Donncha O hAodha, Prelature of Opus Dei
Rev Sean Corkery, Cloyne
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Pictured at the Gathering of the 'Adult Studies of the Catechism of the Catholic Church' in Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare, on 5 July were (left to right): Mgr Gearóid Dullea, Fr Sean Corkery, Máirín Ní Shuilleabháin, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano (Bridgeport, Connecticut), Caoimhe Frain, Bishop Denis Nulty (Kildare and Leighlin), Fr Michael Sheil, S.J., and Fr Donncha Ó hAodha.