Thursday 30 September 2021

New Catechetical Center at Archdiocese of Calcutta


Fr Robert Johnson




Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter Antiquum Ministerium (Ancient Ministries: Instituting the Ministry of Catechist) expressed his desire and vision to see in every diocese in the Catholic Church to have an active and structural catechetical ministry to serve the people of God. Sharing his vision, His Grace Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta has established a new catechetical center in the premises of Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, 15 , Portuguese Church Street, Kolkata- 700001. 

This center will serve the Archdiocese of Calcutta and the entire region with catechetical materials and useful resources to strengthen the faith of the people. He also took the initiative to send the catechism teachers to the catechetical diploma course organised by Commission for Catechetics , CCBI , Go a through online platform. The Catechetical Centre was blessed by ArchbishopThomas on 5th September 2021 on the feast day of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, the Co-Patroness of the Archdiocese of Calcutta in the presence of Fr. Franklin Menezes, the Pro-Vicar of the Cathedral and Fr. Robert Johnson, the Director of Catechetical Commission.

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