Lay Educators of Catholic Schools

ISBN-13: 9783659578977 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 188 str.

Okafor James Ifeanyi

Opis

The Church has always used its schools as one of the "privileged environments" for the integral formation of young people, which primarily is dependent upon well-prepared educators. Consequently, this work utilized a mixed methodology- Survey and Interviews, to examine (a) The theological literacy of lay educators of Catholic secondary schools in the Awka Diocese, Nigeria, regarding the six tasks of catechesis (knowledge of the faith, liturgical life, moral formation, Prayer, communal life, and missionary spirit), (b) Their Beliefs, attitudes, and Practices regarding these tasks, and (c) Their interested theological topics for future formation. This work revealed that respondents scored high regarding their literacy, beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding these tasks and showed strong desire for future formation through their choice of theological topical interests. The author concluded by urging the leadership of the Church to continue to provide opportunities for the formation of these lay educators who are the "teacher-catechists" of the Catholic schools.

O autorze

The author is a priest of Catholic Diocese of Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. At present, he is the Chaplain of Archbishop Mitty High School of San Jose Diocese, California. He received his degrees from Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu- Nigeria, University of Santa Clara- California, and his doctorate from University of San Francisco-California, USA.