Catholic Catechist

Catechist primarily denotes a religion teacher, who is subordinate to the Protestant or Roman Catholic Church and was educated in line with the general study of teachers whose institutions to teach at general schools exclusively the subject of religion. In addition, this term will in the Roman Catholic Church for lay-persons who prepare children and adults for the reception of certain sacraments on behalf of a minister.

Catechists and catechists who teach religion in the ecclesiastical order, require an ecclesiastical teaching license. For the evangelical religious instruction that is the vocation by a municipality or agents of the Protestant Church, to the Catholic religious instruction, the canonical mission, which is granted by a bishop in the context of a church service by Segensspendung.

• 2.1 Before and after the turn
• 2.2 In the states

History

Origins

Catechists ( sometimes catechists ) were originally in both the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church spiritual companion in the sacramental ministry. They prepare the candidate at the time of their preparation before the reception of certain sacraments. This preparation time is called the catechumenate, the practice is catechesis. This is especially useful for baptism ( baptismal catechesis ) for an end to the early church tradition.

Situation in Germany

The training and working conditions of catechists are different depending on the province. Thus, the three-stage and nearly seven years comprehensive training expired on catechists in Berlin in 2006 and by a technical college for - been replaced religious educators - also qualified.

Before and after the turn

To distinguish them from the community catechists used to turn in the GDR religion teachers at schools were designated as school catechists. Meanwhile there is a conceptual generalization so that the job title of catechists and school catechists has turned into a religion teacher.

Parish catechists were able only under very difficult conditions and to provide Christian teaching confirmation classes outside the school premises in the respective parish. Did community catechists are also used after the turn into the school as a religion teacher, she had to get further qualifications to school catechists.

In the states

• Catechist in Berlin

Situation in Switzerland

From 1964 to 2004, there were in Lucerne a training center for aspiring catechists. The Catechetical Institute Lucerne ( KIL ​​) was connected to the then Faculty of Theology Lucerne and went on 1 August 2004 in the Religious Education Institute (RPI ) over, which is part of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lucerne today.