Option #3 for Limited Space Is Also Included

August, 22-23, August 29-30, September 5-6

Note to bulletin editors: You can use option #1 below or, you can be creative and use option #2.

Directions for option #2: This weekend and next, ask catechists and teachers to write a brief message describing being a catechist provided an opportunity to defend human dignity. Can you name some of the ways that being a member of the Church helps us to be witnesses of Christ in what we say and do? Include people working at various age levels of your programs. Limit this to one or two ads each week. Keep the quotes short and compelling. You might even use this idea to recruit catechists. If your catechists/teachers submit a lot of comments, consider continuing to include their comments in the bulletin following Catechetical Sunday. Below is an example. Use the blank text box for your ad.

Option #3 for limited space is also included. The banner for bulletin and/or internet use is also included.

Option #1: 2015 Catechetical Sunday This year, the Church will celebrate Catechetical Sunday on September 20, 2015, and will focus on the theme "Safeguarding the Dignity of Every Human Person." Those whom the community has designated to serve as catechists will be called forth to be commissioned for their ministry. Catechetical Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. Catechetical Sunday is an opportunity for all to rededicate themselves to this mission as a community of faith. The Office of Human Life and Dignity and the Office of Catholic Formation and Evangelization are collaborating to bring you this extensive page of resources. We are all catechists- teachers, parents, grandparents- really all of the lay faithful. The diocese has created a webpage which we hope will be useful at in your classrooms, in your parish and in your homes in promotion the theme of Safeguarding the Dignity of Every Human Person. Go to this website to learn more : http://dioceseofraleigh.org/content/catechetical-sunday-2015

Option #2: 2015 Catechetical Sunday In the Spotlight: (insert text of Catechist)

Option # 3 for limited space: 2015 Catechetical Sunday Banner