Disney Hires Evangelical Publishing Company To Promote Chronicles Of Narnia Across UK Churches…

Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online: "The Walt Disney organisation has appointed Christian Publishers and Outreach, an evangelistic publishing company, to promote the Christian message behind the story in churches across Britain."
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Part 2 of the Interview with Bishop Wuerl

Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome: "Bishop Wuerl on New Catechetical Tools (Part 2)
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Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome

Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome: "Bishop Wuerl on New Catechetical Tools (Part 1)

Pittsburgh Prelate Discusses the Compendium

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, NOV. 22, 2005 (Zenit.org).- In an effort to make Church teachings more accessible to modern Catholics, the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is being released in English in early 2006.

Bishop Donald Wuerl -- chairman of the American bishops' editorial oversight board for the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults and a member of the bishops' Committee on Catechesis -- is heralding the Compendium as a concise yet complete presentation of the faith."

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Update on the Symposium Readings

"The New Catechetical Reality: Forming Catholic Identity in a Postmodern Context." Since the two article from Church Magazine are no longer available in print, Neil has made arrangements with Church Magazine to reproduce the articles by Robert Barron, "Beyond Beig Catholicism" and by Dennis M. Doyle, "Beige or Technicolor." The National Office will e-mail you a digital copy of both articles. Simply open the files in your graphics program and print them. If you have any trouble let us know and we will do what we can to help. Jim Kemna made arrangements with Tom Walters to share the outline of the talk he gave at the Rep Council meeting with the people who will be attending the Symposium. So please watch for that document as well. At the last count there are at least 71 (that is not a typo!) people registered for the symposium. I'm really excited about this symposium. I think it will be one of the key events in Catechesis for 2005. See you there!

Don Kurre

Actions taken at the Rep Council meeting

Two actions taken during the Rep Council meeting will be important for Diocesan Directors. First, Anne Comeaux, NCCL President appointed a Hurricane Relief Task force. The purpose of the task force is to gather and coordinate information for NCCL members to use in providing support and assistance to those who've been effected by the recent Hurricanes. For information about the Task Force contact Jeanne Schrempf at Jeanne.Schrempf "at" rcda "dot" org.

Second, following a discussion by the Diocesan Directors Forum members who are on the Rep Council it was decided to make entry to the DDRE Forum meeting during the Annual meeting a ticketed event. Much like the Diocesan Directors Breakfast (During the 2006 Annual Meeting it will be a luncheon) which has always been a ticketed event. In the past uninvited people came to the DDRE Forum meeting including members of the press. Participants in the discussion felt that implementing a ticked model would make the Forum gathering more focused, productive and profitable.