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Doing your homework

If your group is up for it, take the opportunity to read the YOUCAT links suggested.

You can go deeper in the full catechism, available online at scborromeo.org. It’s not often we get the chance to study our faith as adults, so maybe take the opportunity for yourself as well.

For more information about the new translation, and for a lot more resources, go to the new missal microsite: missal.org.uk. There are study packs for parish groups and individual ministries, guidelines for schools, and a lot of fascinating background information.

For more practical help on running a youth group, go to catholicyouthwork.com for a great set of tips. This website also has loads of practical ideas for youth leaders as well as a very comprehensive set of session ideas.

"The new translations of the Roman Missal offer us an opportune moment to deepen our appreciation of the Mass. Through catechesis we can renew our reception of the richness of the Church’s faith through the ages which, in faithfulness, is now handed on to us in these texts."

Archbishop Vincent Nichols
Address to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI