Brothers+

Note the percentage of French children receiving Catechism.  I wonder what percentage of U.S. children are receiving similar instruction in either RC, Anglican, Orthodox or Protestant households?

Charles+
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French Dioceses Launch Campaign to Promote Catechesis

PARIS, AUG. 25, 2003 (Zenit.org).- 

Six of the eight Catholic dioceses of the  metropolitan Paris area launched a joint
campaign to have children register for catechism classes. 

The campaign, illustrated with the photograph of a smiling girl leaning on a 
large globe, includes the slogan: "The catechism: reference points for life." 

"It is addressed, in particular, to families of Catholic tradition that do not 
have a regular relation with a parish, to remind them about the pertinence of 
the catechism in a world in search of points of reference," the dioceses explain 
in a statement released today. 

Each diocese has a telephone line available to answer requests for information. 
Web sites also have details. 

The Archdiocese of Paris had already launched a similar campaign last year with 
"encouraging results," according to the statement. "The number of those 
registered for catechism, which was declining over 10 years, was stabilized for the 
first time." 

During the 2002-2003 school year, 17,000 children between ages 8 and 12 
attended catechism classes in the Archdiocese of Paris. Parishes have directed 80 
recreation centers, in which they offered numerous activities, including catechism. 

In France, fewer than a third of children ages 8 to 12 attend catechism 
classes.





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