A Catechumenal Model of Catechesis to Prepare Children for First Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of Białystok

Abstract

After the Second Vatican Council, the Church in Białystok became open to the catechetical trend of kerygmatic renewal. Influenced by Her predecessors, the Church began to move away from didactic catechesis and to developing a catechesis based on initiation. Drawing on years of pastoral experience, the Archdiocese of Białystok implemented its own catechetical program that includes scripts and teaching aids based on a catechumenal model of formation to prepare children to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.