A Catechist Blessing

What our Church needs most today is men and women who are willing to touch the heart and not just the head. As Pope Paul VI once wrote, we need to be more like witnesses than teachers. We need people who will not only catechize, but evangelize our Church’s youth.

The following blessing for catechists is meant to inspire you and all volunteer catechists and teachers to become Christ’s witnesses. It is based on the principles in the book To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, which is inspired by the t...