October 2026 - Catechetical Review: A Catechesis that Evangelizes

Discover how catechesis can proclaim the Gospel and draw hearts to Christ in this October 2026 edition of Catechetical Review (Issue #12.4), A Catechesis that Evangelizes. This issue examines how catechists and parish leaders can form disciples through a catechesis that announces the Good News, renews parish life, and invites a lasting encounter with Jesus.

An essential resource for catechists, religious educators, parish leaders, and Catholic school teachers seeking to make every catechetical encounter an occasion of evangelization.

Featured articles include:

• From Fear and Fatigue to Flourishing: Daring to Dream Again in Parish Life by Julianne Stanz and Fr. Jason Blahnik
• Resources for Renewal: The USCCB’s Role in Evangelizing Catechesis by Fr. Daniel J. Mahan
• We Were Made to Gaze and Rejoice by Robert Kloska
• Receiving and Giving the Gospel: Essentials for Evangelizing Catechesis by Bishop William A. Wack, CSC
• From Proclamation to Communion: The Eucharist and a Catechesis That Evangelizes by Jack Herbert Martin Tuinier
• How to Foster Prayer and the Interior Life in Youth Evangelization by Dan DeMatte
• Plus articles on sacred music, the giftedness of men and women, Christian art, the Song of Songs, Catholic schools, children’s catechesis, accompanying couples facing infertility, and more

This comprehensive resource connects evangelization and catechesis for parishes, schools, and families.

The Catechetical Review, an international quarterly catechetical journal, is primarily written for Directors of Religious Education, catechetical leaders, Catholic school teachers, youth ministers, OCIA coordinators and anyone involved in faith formation. Its contributors, who aim to help in the formation of all those in a position to hand on the faith, come from academic catechetics faculties and “from the field”.