On Saturday more than 2300 members of the Archdiocese gathered at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown DC to celebrate the catechetical mission of the Archdiocese. Our Archbishop demonstrated once again, as I have noted, that we have an Ordinary who is a remarkable teacher. For one hour, the keynote address, the Archbishop shared with all of us present the critical need in our world today for all of us to realize our role as teachers. Just when your Pastor wanted to take a picture of the parish personnel who attended, they disappeared. The workshop focused on the new United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. At the end of the closing liturgy, Archbishop Wuerl stood outside the ballroom where he greeted all those who came up to him. Truly we owe the Archbishop thanks for scheduling this event. For Religious Ed teachers and other catechists it was a day when the leader of the Church in Washington affirmed in both his teaching and in his words of thanks that he is quite mindful of the important role catechists have in our Church today. Likewise he was very clear about the challenges that the contemporary culture put before them. Pictured behind the Archbishop is Fr. Carter Griffin, his secretary. You may remember him from a short assignment he had at OLV. No doubt that our DRE and the Pastor came away with some very good ideas. Now from ideas to implementation. Saturday, October 28, 2006
Archdiocesan Catechetical Workshop
On Saturday more than 2300 members of the Archdiocese gathered at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown DC to celebrate the catechetical mission of the Archdiocese. Our Archbishop demonstrated once again, as I have noted, that we have an Ordinary who is a remarkable teacher. For one hour, the keynote address, the Archbishop shared with all of us present the critical need in our world today for all of us to realize our role as teachers. Just when your Pastor wanted to take a picture of the parish personnel who attended, they disappeared. The workshop focused on the new United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. At the end of the closing liturgy, Archbishop Wuerl stood outside the ballroom where he greeted all those who came up to him. Truly we owe the Archbishop thanks for scheduling this event. For Religious Ed teachers and other catechists it was a day when the leader of the Church in Washington affirmed in both his teaching and in his words of thanks that he is quite mindful of the important role catechists have in our Church today. Likewise he was very clear about the challenges that the contemporary culture put before them. Pictured behind the Archbishop is Fr. Carter Griffin, his secretary. You may remember him from a short assignment he had at OLV. No doubt that our DRE and the Pastor came away with some very good ideas. Now from ideas to implementation. 
