Posts Tagged ‘Transmission of faith’

Grandparents are called to save the faith

Friday, July 27th, 2012

Catherine Wiley grew up in County Mayo, one of a family of 10. She knew only one of her own grandparents, but she was “very close to him, although he died before I was six”. “He read Bible stories to me,” she recalls. “My first image of prayer was our family rosary, everyone kneeling down Read more

Problems with transmission of faith to youth in PNG

Friday, May 18th, 2012

There are problems with the transmission of faith to youth in Papua New Guinea.  (ll existe un problème de foi et de spiritualité parmi les nouvelles générations de Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. Parmi les jeunes.) This is what a document recently issued by Fr. Shanthi Chako PIME, Secretary of the Commission for Youth and Laity within Read more