The Holy Spirit continues to arouse the thirst for God within people, and within the Church a new fervor, new methods, and new expressions for the proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ (DC 38).
The Catechist is a Christian who receives a particular calling from God that, when accepted in faith, empowers him for the service of the transmission of faith and for the task of initiating others into the Christian life (DC 112).
In order to form believers for an integral Christian life, catechesis therefore pursues the following tasks: leading to knowledge of the faith; initiating into the celebration of the mystery; forming for life in Christ; teaching to pray; and introducing to community life (DC 79).
Centers of specialization, whether diocesan, interdiocesan, or national, have the objective of fostering the formation of leaders and officials of catechesis, or of catechists who intend to specialize because they are dedicating themselves to this sevice in a more stable manner (DC 155).
