Year of Laity: Salute to the Catechists!

89 Pangulo sa Panudlo or known to us as Catechists serve in San Isidro Labrador Parish in one and many tasks.

Their primary work is to go to schools and teach the Catholic Faith. They go through trainings and workshops on how to conduct catechism classes. They too prepare lesson plans like a regular school teacher does. They facilitate First Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation to children. They regularly conduct the Sunday eight o’clock in the morning Pre-Baptism Seminar and assist in the Baptism Rites.

The PSP are also the ones who train, does the practice with the Children Servers of the Children’s Mass (2:30 in the afternoon Sunday Mass). They take time to prepare songs and dances with the little children who play angels during the Easter Vigil Mass, the Encounter (Salubong) and the Easter Dawn Mass.

They spend the whole of their month of May each year to do the Flores de Mayo in the Chapels of their GKK. To bring children understand and appreciate Blessed Virgin Mary as the Mother of Christ.

The Catechists are also active lectors, commentators and psalmists and choir in the celebration of Mass in the GKK or in the Parish Church.

They are prayer leaders, choir in many processions, rites and celebrations in the Parish and in the community.

The Catechists are trained by the Saint John XXIII Catechetical Center and attends different formations in the parish.

They have remained humble and dedicated to this most noble vocation less the salary and incentives of a teacher employee. Care less too of the early morning, mid-day, night activities’ call for service.

Why a very noble vocation? Teaching, as always said, is a noble profession.  Service in the church is a vocation. These Pangulo sa Panudlo, the Catechists, chose teaching as their vocation.  They help mold the faith among young children and even to adults.  They play great part in the parish activities and on its mission to evangelize.

They choose to be brave to teach and stand for the Catholic Faith; they are unsung heroes of the church. Salute to our Catechists!

Formation for the faith continues in San Isidro Parish

Year of Faith (2013) that was, the Faith remains, strengthened by knowing God, the Church and her teachings. As Year of Laity is celebrated, San Isidro Labrador Parish has never forgotten to take the Prophetic Mission shared from Christ’s Commissioning; “Go, therefore,* and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit,“ (Matthew 28:19)

The Parish Formation Ministry did the year round teaching in the basic ecclesial community (BEC) or the Gagmay’ngKristohanongKatilingban (GKK) on the Compendium on the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). (Leah Ibanez)