"Those who with God's help have welcomed
Christ's call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to
proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world. This treasure, received from
the apostles, has been faithfully guarded by their successors.
All Christ's faithful are called to hand it on
from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it in
fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer."
"Catechesis is
an education in the faith of children, young people, and
adults which includes especially the teaching of Christian doctrine imparted,
generally speaking, in an organic and systematic way, with a view to
initiating the hearers into the fullness of Christian life."