We Are:

The Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, guided by the Holy Spirit, serves the Archbishop in directing and moderating the evangelizing and catechetical activity of Galveston-Houston in order to draw people into a deeper communion and intimacy with each other and Jesus Christ.

We Believe That Sound Catechesis:

• reflects gospel values and church teaching to encourage discipleship,
• enables the spiritual growth and giftedness of all people,
• is a lifelong, on-going process of education, formation and transformation,
• reflects sensitivity to the multiple expressions of the family and supports the enrichment of the family,
• responds to all ethnic groups in all diocesan geographical areas.
• invites and empowers the community to assume responsibility for the ownership of its faith formation.

We Serve One Another Through:

• witnessing to gospel values,
• prayerful support, availability and presence,
• offering opportunities for spiritual development,
• providing ministry formation programs and processes,
• offering guidelines and resources,
• planning and program development,
• providing placement services,
• networking and collaboration,
• consultation and support.

The Office of Evangelization and Catechesis is guided by the Archbishop of the Archdiocese and follows the directives of the National Catechetical Directory, #218, #238 and #259.