Catechetic Ministry in a Parish from the Perspective of the Church Magisterium

The objective of this publication is to point out the fact that the links between a religion instructor, religion instruction and a student should be reflected in dynamic catechetic ministry including liturgy, communities and religious organizations, sacramental catechesis, organizing retreats and pilgrimages. The author argues that school does not provide religious formation in all dimensions as it is not able to do that due to its character. Teaching religion at school is not an equivalent of deepening religious formation of the youth. Summing up it should be said that religious education cannot accomplish all the tasks of catechesis which are possible to complete if combined with catechetic ministry in a parish