CATECHISM RESOURCES

In the year 2001 I initiated a project to present the material found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) in a Baltimore Catechism question and answer format, as explained elsewhere on this website Journey . The project was completed in August 2002. Sections from the CCC were selected according to the various topics appropriate for discussion at RCIA meetings. The answers to the various questions are quotations from the Catechism, or paraphrases of it. The CCC tends to be very wordy in explaining some concepts, so the text was simplified in a number of cases. There are also topics not thoroughly covered by the Catechism, so we supplemented the CCC text in some instances. In all cases we were careful to have our edited versions reflect as closely as possible the spirit and the formulation of the Catechism itself. It is hoped that these Catechism paraphrases will be found helpful to the viewers. The sidebar provides links to the questions and answers that were assembled for 34 individual topics of interest. This material was originally posted on our website www.rciaresources.com in March, 2006, and is repeated here.

In 2005 the Church issued the Compendium of the Catechism which represents a similar project, and the reader is urged to consult this work www.vatican.va/ for a more authoritative presentation of the teachings of the CCC in a question and answer format.