"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)
The ministry of the word is so important in the life of the Church. And the two chief ways in which that ministry is carried out are preaching and catechesis. To be a catechist is to be involved in an essential ministry of the Church, a ministry by which the Spirit builds up the Church, drawing persons into a personal commitment to Jesus Christ.