Abuja, 17 January, 2025 / 8:30 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) have launched an initiative to enhance faith formation by sending a team of six Nigerians to the United States to study advanced methods of catechesis and evangelization.
The move aims to invigorate practical faith application in Nigeria and establish the country’s first ever National Institute for Catechesis and Evangelization.
In a Friday, January 18 interview with ACI Africa, Femi Emmanuel Adeojo, National Coordinator for the New Evangelization under CBCN, underscored the need for transformative catechesis.
“We are working to ensure that catechesis in Nigeria forms not only the head but also the heart and hands, making the faith alive and practical in people’s lives,” Mr. Adeojo said.
The initiative traces its roots to 2013 when Adeojo visited the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, and attended a catechetical conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio.