The Holy Family Initiative for Family Catechesis
The Holy Family Initiative for Family Catechesis embraces the diverse spiritual needs and complex realities of multigenerational immigrant communities in the United States, serving as a powerful catalyst for Hispanic families to embrace a faithful Catholic life.
Designed to reach communities wherever they are in their formation and to invite them into a deeper understanding of Christian parenting, this program focuses on formation, community building, prayer and action.
Through two-hour evening sessions in Spanish and English, members of the McGrath team offer dioceses and parishes new methods of affiliation, to overcome the existing divisions between immigrant parents and growing numbers of first and second generation Hispanics born in the United States. These generational divisions can not only generate discord within families but also interrupt the passing on of the faith from one generation to the next.
Sessions begin with establishing trust, along with a robust training on the doctrinal and moral teachings of the Catholic faith, to assist parents in embracing and embodying these teachings in their own homes. The group then progresses to pastoral and leadership training to build confidence in parishioners’ own ability to take real ownership as the primary evangelizer for their families.
The Holy Family Catechesis program is currently offered to members of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, and the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina. This initiative has been brought to life thanks to the generosity of the Gibney Family and Lilly Endowment Inc.
Interested in learning more? Please email Benito Medrano at bmedrano@nd.edu.
