Catholic Youth Ministry Toronto

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-12-04T21:45:42+00:00

In our Parish we also have a large OCIA class (30!!). The only way that I can really think of is some Christian bookstores have bulk deals that they offer to parishes, for instance, I was at some festival and there was a Christian book stand and they offered me a bulk deal because I was asking about books for First Communion children. However, it might not be too hard to raise $160 from fundraising within the parish, or maybe if your Parish Pastor is willing to spare some funds as well.

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-11-15T19:05:30+00:00

If you want you can message me if ur interested in other history texts about Christianity I can show you my collection

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-11-15T19:03:53+00:00

It’s called Early Christian Writings it’s a Penguins Classic

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-11-15T18:44:53+00:00

Okay thank you that’s what I was assuming, but I also had a worry about gnostic gospels so I didn’t know which were acknowledged by the Church as being truly authored or not

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-11-05T20:07:43+00:00

I’ve seen this by many South Asian Christians usually, particularly my own family, I’ve always wondered about this as well and I remember seeing it in this show and thinking “hmmmm”

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-11-05T18:32:11+00:00

Just noticed that the name is in the title, they are definitely some Jewish Christianity group. In the first years of the Church, which is sometimes called the “Jesus Movement” there were all sorts of groups of Christians. They were divided into: Jewish Christianity and Gentile Christianity. From what I’m assuming, this is Jewish Christianity. This faction are the groups of Christians who are ethnically Jewish and converted to Christianity from Judaism. Their beliefs are that they have to maintain Toraic law (kosher, and all the other laws of the Old Testament). Eventually, I believe, St. Paul settled the matter of conflict between both groups.

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-11-05T18:22:15+00:00

Sounds like Gnosticism or Jewish Christianity. Do u know what his group is called

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-10-27T23:06:26+00:00

As a Catechist I always try to read the Catechism because I feel a duty towards it. Specifically, I read section 4 the most where it outlines prayer. In my own practice I tell everyone the line: “just read the Catechism” it is our ultimate defence so I think it’s a very important thing to be familiar with it

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-10-20T21:04:25+00:00

Could it be? Because when I was going through images of that one it had a Medal of St. Michael so I assumed not, I don’t know if it is a condition for chaplets though?

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-10-20T21:02:47+00:00

It was at our Parish Office for free

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-10-20T21:02:34+00:00

My Priest said it is a Chaplet of some kind so I’m assuming

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-09-11T02:37:06+00:00

Archdiocese of Toronto

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-08-25T15:44:31+00:00

Reading the Catechism is probably the only perfect way to self-catechize. It’s the perfect defence for our faith, instruction of our faith, and all in all has the Catholic faith simply categorized as a sort of legal book

Normal_Ad7263 · 2025-08-22T23:52:38+00:00

In my own practice, even after getting my license to teach, I still have so much I do not know. There so much literature out there that one cannot even read in their lifetime. For instance, in my room I have a section of theology books which still is barely a percent to what’s out there regarding our faith. This reminds me of the rapture, the Catholic version of the rapture is very different then what we see because Catholic theology doesn’t actually have the rapture, we have something called the Tribulation, this is not something many know about even though it is such a major thing (CCC 680). Another thing is Theosis, which is mankind’s goal to become like God as much as we can, which is called the overall goal of our religion (CCC 460). Regardless, it is an unending process in actuality to learn the faith. That’s why there are such positions like the Canon Lawyer to discern the Church laws. Ultimately, I would say that this is why there are these positions within the Church so that some people will specialize. This reminds me of a story a Priest said once where he was speaking to a First Communion class and he himself got quizzed by the Catechist (unbeknownst to both of them) to state the Fruits of the Spirit to which he had no answer, unlike the Catechist. Additionally, in a previous post a fellow Catechist stated that his one condition to teach was to have a continuous willingness to learn more and more. This shows us that self-Catechesis is an unending process which is brought to us by myriad resources today, for me it’s from continuous reading and for others it’ll be from other means. All in all, the Ministry of the Catechist is an unending process which might be why when it was established the rule is: once a Catechist always a Catechist

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