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An illustration from a children's catechism shows a boy and a girl discerning vocations to the religious life, encouraging young readers to consider such a possibility for themselves. Vocational discernment is the process by which men and women in the Catholic Church discern, or recognize, their vocation in the church and the world.
The role of a Catholic catechist is to catechize (teach; variant spelling is catechise [1]) the faith of the Catholic Church by both word and example. The Directory for Catechesis states that faith must be "known, celebrated, lived, and turned into prayer" in a personal and total encounter of the heart, mind and senses with Christ. [2]
Catechesis is an education in the faith of children, young people and adults which includes especially the teaching of Christian doctrine imparted, generally speaking, in an organic and systematic way, with a view to initiating the hearers into the fullness of Christian life.
Partly in response to the challenge to uniformity posed by the Reformation, the Council of Trent stated that church reform must begin with the religious instruction of the young. The Council issued the "Catechismus ad Parochos" and decreed that, throughout the Church, instructions in Christian doctrine should be given on Sundays and festivals.
Restricting sexual activity to times when conception is unlikely (natural family planning and similar practices) is not deemed sinful. [62] The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that the spacing of births may be practiced for "just reasons" and not "motivated by selfishness". [63] John Paul II said in Familiaris consortio,
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Luther's Small Catechism (German: Der Kleine Katechismus) is a catechism written by Martin Luther and published in 1529 for the training of children. Luther's Small Catechism reviews the Ten Commandments, the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, the Office of the Keys and Confession and the Sacrament of the Eucharist.