We encourage parishes to use FORMED as a tool for faith formation. There is a lot of easily-accessible content for parish leaders and all parishioners. There are resources below for parish pastors, ministry leaders, and leadership teams to use FORMED fruitfully in your parish. Over 50 of our parishes and schools have an account with FORMED.
To talk to someone in Ministries and Outreach about using FORMED in your parish, please contact Louisa Gietz at [email protected].
Faith formation needs to be intentional and balanced. The below list will guide you to use the content on FORMED in the Areas of Accompaniment and Tasks of Catechesis to serve fruitfully.
Tasks of Catechesis
“In order to form believers for an integral Christian life, catechesis therefore pursues the following tasks: leading to knowledge of the faith; initiating into the celebration of the mystery; forming for life in Christ; teaching to pray; and introducing to community life.” (DC, 79)
[Helps] the believer to know the truths of the Christian faith, introduces him to the knowledge of Sacred Scripture and of the Church’s Living Tradition, fosters knowledge of the Creed and the creation of a coherent doctrinal vision that can be used as a reference for life.” (DFC, para. 80)
- Symbolon: Knowing the Faith
- Echo: The Creed
- Anima
- Adventure Catechism for Children
- Real + True
- The Bible and the Virgin Mary
- The Search
- Answering Common Objections
- Lectio: Salvation
- Our Story
- Footprints of God
- Lectio: Mary
- Lectio: God
- The Case for Jesus
- Lectio: Mark
- From Nothing to Cosmos: God and Science
- Divine Mercy
- Lectio: Peter
“…[Assists] in the comprehension and experience of liturgical celebrations.” (DFC, para. 81)
- Presence
- Lectio: Eucharist
- Symbolon: Living the Faith
- Reborn: You, Your Child and the Heart of Baptism
- Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession
- Presence: For Children: The Miracle at Every Mass
- Signs of Grace: You are Loved
- Signs of Grace: You are Forgiven
- Sent By The Spirit - The Sacrament of Confirmation
- Echo: The Sacraments
- Opening the Word
- The Elements of the Catholic Mass
- Sacraments (Audios)
“This task consists in showing that the response to the lofty vocation of holiness is a filial way of life that is capable of bringing every situation back to the way of truth and happiness that is Christ.” (DFC, para. 83)
- Into His Likeness: Be Transformed as a Disciple of Christ
- Lectio: Philippians
- The Wild Goose
- Who Am I to Judge?
- Kapun's Men
- Into the Breach
- Foundations for Thriving in Parenting
- Lectio: Salvation
- Conversion Stories
- Me and My House
- Called: Discover Your Vocation by YDisciple
- Echo: Christian Morality
- Beloved: Finding Happiness in Marriage
- Symbolon: Living the Faith - Session 6: A Catholic Moral Vision
- Symbolon: Living the Faith - Session 7: A Love That Lasts (Discovering Authentic Love)
- Symbolon: Living the Faith - Session 8: A Love that Lasts (God's Plan for Sexuality)
- Symbolon: Living the Faith - Session 9: Catholic Social Teaching (Build a Civilization of Love)
- Symbolon: Living the Faith - Session 10: Catholic Social Teaching (Protecting Human Dignity)
- OSV Talks
- True Reformers
“…[Educates] the believer for prayer and in prayer, [develops] the contemplative dimension of the Christian experience.” (DFC, para. 86)
“…[Develops] the sense of belonging to the Church, teaching the sense of ecclesial communion, promoting acceptance of the Magisterium, communion with pastors, fraternal dialogue.” (DFC, para. 89)
Areas of Accompaniment
“The Accompaniment of a person on a journey of growth and conversion is necessarily marked by gradualness, in that the act of believing implies a progressive discovery of the mystery of God and openness and entrustment to Him that grows over time.” (DC, 179)
Narthex events go deeper than Church steps and invite the faithful to the doors where there are initial stages of growth and formation.
Those who sit in the pews know Jesus, and are in the beginnings of a relationship with Him.
- The Search
- Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession
- Presence
- Symbolon: Knowing the Faith
- Lectio Prayer
- Into His Likeness: Be Transformed as a Disciple of Christ
- FORMED Daily Reflections
- The Wild Goose
- Opening the Word
- Divine Mercy
- Our Story
- The Case for Jesus
- Lectio: God
- Who Am I to Judge?
- Real + True
Sanctuary events go much further into formation; they aim at communion with our Lord.