Catechetical Sunday 2010: Marriage

"Matrimony: Sacrament of Enduring Love"

This series focuses on the theme, “Matrimony: Sacrament of Enduring Love.” Those who have been designated by the  community to serve as catechists will be called forth to be commissioned for  their ministry. Catechetical Sunday is a wonderful opportunity to reflect upon  the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith  and being a witness to the Gospel. Catechetical Sunday is an opportunity for  all to rededicate themselves to this mission as a community of faith.

Teaching Resources

• Theological Reflection on the theme “Marriage:  Sacrament of Enduring Love”

Lesson Plans

• Opening of the Year InService for Catechists and Catholic School Teachers
• Adult Faith Formation
• A Model for the Immediate Catechesis for the Sacrament of Marriage

Teaching aids

• Theology of the Body: A Catechesis into the Fullness of Love
• Responsibility and Joy: Catechesis and the  Promotion and Protection of Marriage
• Celebrating the Rite of Marriage
• Scriptural Reflections on Marriage and Marital Love as Reflective of the Union of God and Israel and Christ and the Church

For Catechetical Leaders

• Formation in Human Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Life
• Engaging Ecclesial Movements and Associations in Support of the Church’s Ministry to Marriage and Families

For Families

[these articles might make excellent parish bulletin inserts]

• Married Couples and the Challenge of Extended Tours, Financial Pressures, and Reentry into the Family After Military Service
• Advent-Christmas and Lent-Easter Reflections: Cultivating the Gift of Self
• Lent-Easter Reflections: Cultivating the Gift of Self
• Pornography’s Effects on Marriage and the Hope of Recovery and Healing
• The Church’s Healing Ministry in Caring for Those Touched by the Trauma of Separation and Divorce
• The Christian Family and the Evangelization of Children

Retreat

• Family Retreat: Nurturing and Sustaining Christian Marriage as an Efficacious Sign, the Sacrament of the Covenant of Christ and the Church

Liturgy and Prayers

• Commissioning Service

Prayers

• Catechist's Prayer
• Prayer for Catechists
• Family Commitment Prayer

Articles

• Matrimonio: Sacramento del Amor perdurable
• Celebrating the Rite of Marriage
• Scriptural Reflections on Marriage and Marital  Love

Acknowledgements and Credits