About 60 lay catechists, academically qualified Catholic teachers set apart as full-time catechists in Salesian schools, attended the programme. There are two to three lay catechists in every Salesian school in Shillong Province. They are fully responsible for the catechesis of the Catholic students, morning talks, Frist Friday Mass, Feast days, annual retreats, prayer room, etc. They are the Catholic Face of Faith in the Salesian Schools, a venture that is the first of its kind in South Asia and maybe the whole world.
Being a trainer, Father Gilbert said that “To have committed lay catechists in our settings, we need to have committed Salesians in this ministry. It is not enough to know that the Congregation started with a simple catechism lesson (Art. 34) but a continuous reminder to all of us about the catechetical origin of all our institutions … We need to rethink our training curriculum”.
Source: Don Bosco South Asia
