Catechetical Centre Karachi is the institute responsible for catechism in the Roman Catholic, Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan. He in collaboration of Sr.
In 1972, the government nationalized the educational institutes of the Catholic Church. Thus, Catholics were deprived of their right to educate their children in their faith in the schools. Negatively viewed, nationalization meant less opportunities to teach religion in schools. Positively, it provided providential moment to re-fashion the system of religious instruction by putting the emphasis on
the responsibility on the parishes and the homes. The Archbishop of Karachi, Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro thought of establishing a Catechetical Centre to assign Catechetics top priority. For this reason, he began the process of overhauling the catechism system in the Archdiocese of Karachi. Katherine Prince FMM initiated the Catechetical Centre in 1973. At first the Centre was located at St. Joseph’s Convent premises. In August 1980 it was shifted to its present premises in the heart of the city. From its inception the Centre is committed to offer education and formation to the faithful in the ministries of Word, Worship and Service. It also arranges programmes for all age level groups so that the faith will be handed on to the future generation. The Centre offers training to teachers who teach religion as a subject in the schools. It also prepares catechism books for the children. In addition to these activities the Centre offers lay leadership training courses and seminars; marriage preparation and enrichment programmes; on-going formation programme for the Catechists; training in modern catechetical pedagogy, methods and techniques for proclamation and faith education. Over the years the Centre has received fame in publishing authentic and quality books especially in Urdu on catechetical, biblical, theological, church history and liturgical topics. The Centre also has one of the well equipped media communication section in the country for the use of faith formation and education. The material is made available to the schools and parishes of the archdiocese. The collection included 16mm films, film strips, slides, photo language, posters, audio & video cassettes and CDs. Since its establishment, there has been a growing response of the faithful. In the resent years the interest of the people has been beyond our expectations. Increasing enrolment and seeing the appreciation of the participants, the staff is convinced of its vital role, in fostering the development of the faith of the Christian community in Karachi.
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