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Catechetical Saints: Blessed Pius IX and John XXIII

Catechists can learn from two Popes, beatified together by John Paul II: each called a Council; each loved Tradition; each wanted the Faith to reach today’s new audience.
During the Jubilee year, John Paul II beatified two of his predecessors: Pius IX and John XXIII. He said, ‘By divine design their beatification links these two popes who lived in very different historical contexts, but beyond appearances, share many human and spiritual similarities.’ Each of these Popes called an Ecumenical (universal) Council of the Church: Pius IX called Vatican I and John XXIII called Vatican II. Each of these Popes can be seen as deeply concerned to ensure both continuity with the past, within a dynamic sense of Tradition, and were also preoccupied in how to meet the challenges presented by their contemporary situations.

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Sr. M. Johanna Paruch, FSGM, Ph.D, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George, holds a BA in Theology and Elementary Education from St. Louis University, a Pontifical Catechetical Diploma, an MA in Religious Education from the Angelicum, and a PhD in Theology from Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, England. Sister has been involved in Religious Education for over twenty-five years. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, specializing in Catechetics, and offers catechetical workshops in both the US and her native Canada. In 2013 she published her first book Mentors for the New Evangelization: Catechetical Saints of North America.

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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