CATECHISM OUTLINE

Course Name:
YouCat
Course Description:
Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church
Duration:
1st Week of July 2013 to 1st Week of December 2013 = 22 meetings
TOPICS
No. of
Hour(s)
I.
What We Believe
A. Why We Are Able to Believe
1
Man Is Receptive to God
B. God Approaches Us Men
1
C. Men Respond to God
1
D. The Christian Profession of Faith
1
E. I believe in God the Father
1
F. I Believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son
1
G. I Believe in the Holy Spirit
1
II.
How We Celebrate the Christian Mysteries
A. God Acts in Our Regard by Mean of Sacred Signs
1
God and the Sacred Liturgy
How We Celebrate the Mysteries of Christ
B. The Seven Sacraments of the Church
1
The Sacraments of Initiation
C. The Sacraments of Healing
1
D. The Sacraments of Communion and Mission
1
E. Other Liturgical Celebrations
III.
How We Are to Have Life in Christ
A. Why We Are Put on Earth, What We Are Supposed to Do, and How Gods Holy Spirit Helps
Us to Do It
1
B. The Dignity of the Human Person
1
C. Human Community
1
D. The Church
1
E. The Ten Commandments
1
You Shall Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart, and with All Your Soul, and with All
Your Mind
F. You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
1
IV.
How We Should Pray
A. Pray in Christian Life
1
How to Pray: The Gift of Gods Presence
B. The Sources of Prayer
1
C. The Way of Prayer
1
D. The Lords Prayer: The Our Father
1
Methodology:

Group Discussion
Group Activity/Singing/Sharing
Unit Exam

References:

YouCat
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Faith Explained, Leo J. Trese