Browsing by Author "Sultana, Carl-Mario"

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    Aspects of Synodality in Recent Catechetical Documents: The Directory for Catechesis and Antiquum Ministerium
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2024) Sultana, Carl-Mario
    This article seeks to draw out the implications of synodality as journeying together in some aspects of the Directory for Catechesis (2020) and of Antiquum Ministerium (2021). These notions of syno­dality cannot be fished out of these documents in an immediate way. The method which will be adopted is a bibliographical one where several texts will be analysed. The first part will seek to give a working definition of synodality. For a balanced view, this will be supplemented by some difficulties in synodality today. This will be followed by a very brief outline of how catechesis changed as a result of the Second Vatican Council. The Directory for Catechesis and Antiquum Ministerium will then be presented in terms of contents within them which point at or call for synodality. Finally, specific aspects of the contents of these two documents will be studied in view of their practical implications to catechesis in the contem­porary secularised world, namely synodality within the structures of the Church entrusted with cateche­sis; accompaniment; listening and speaking, and discernment.
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    Catechesis and Catholic Religious Education: Distinct Nonetheless Complementary
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2020) Sultana, Carl-Mario
    Catechesis and religious education are two ways in which the ministry for the education for the faith is exercised, but within different physical contexts and with interlocutors coming from different backgrounds. Moreover, both catechesis and religious education share the same contents, which are passed on to the interlocutors. This paper seeks to shed some light on the relationship between catechesis and religious education, in terms of their being distinct but at the same time complementary to each other. In this pursuit, we put forward arguments from both directions, those in favour of considering Catholic Religious Education and catechesis as identical and those viewing the two as distinct. The aim is to highlight the specific mission and role of each in education for the faith of the contemporary human being.