The launch of the new Directory for Catechesis provides catechists, religious educators, and the lay-faithful with a reference gui
de for the teaching and transmission of faith in our modern world.
The Directory, therefore, presents kerygmatic catechesis not as an abstract theory, but rather as an instrument with a strong existential value. This catechesis finds its strength in the encounter that allows one to experience​ the presence of God in the life of each one of us. A God who is near, who loves us and who follows the events of​ our history because the Incarnation of the Son engages him directly. Catechesis ought to involve everyone, the​catechist and the catechised, in experiencing this presence and in feeling involved in the work of mercy. In short,​ this type of catechesis allows us to discover that before it is a moral proposal, faith is really an encounter with a​ person and that Christianity is not a religion of the past, but an event of the present. Such an experience​ promotes the understanding of personal freedom as the fruit of the discovery of the truth which sets us free (ref.​ John 8:31).