Meinrad College in Indiana, Father Mahan holds a licentiate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Atheneum of St. The institute also will provide resources to dioceses and yearly, in-person training conferences and retreats for diocesan catechetical leaders.įather Mahan has reviewed catechetical texts since the late 1990s and has worked as a core team member for the institute since its November 2022 launch. The institute will help them address today’s challenges to catechesis, such as young people’s disaffiliation with organized religion, the growing secularism in society and the influences of social media. Through the institute, catechetical publishers and developers of catechetical content will work directly with the USCCB subcommittee in new ways to pass on the faith using digital tools while aiming to reach a more diverse church. The Institute on the Catechism was created “to reimplement and reinvigorate the mandate of the subcommittee in responding to the changing catechetical landscape,” said USCCB news release announcing Father Mahan’s appointment. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, chairman of the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism, which reviews catechetical texts and provides consultation to the bishops’ Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, presented a proposal to create an Institute for the Catechism at the bishops’ spring meeting in June 2021, which was held virtually because of the pandemic. This “evangelizing catechesis,” a focus of the church as a whole, aims to teach the beliefs of the Catholic faith in a “compelling and inviting” way to help young Catholics foster a “deeper relationship with the Lord and help them see their place within the body of Christ, the church, and in turn, reach out to others to share the Good News,” Father Mahan told OSV News.īishop Frank J. Fuller, USCCB general secretary, appointed Father Mahan Feb. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ headquarters in Washington.įather Michael J.K.

The institute is housed within the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis at the U.S. Mahan, an Indianapolis archdiocesan priest just named as the institute’s director. bishops’ vision of the importance of “connecting evangelization and catechesis,” according to Father Daniel J. WASHINGTON (OSV News) - The recently formed Institute on the Catechism will carry out the U.S. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Indianapolis) Father Mahan, pictured in an undated photo, was named to the post Feb. Mahan, an Indianapolis archdiocesan priest, has been named director of the recently formed Institute on the Catechism at the U.S.

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