1st Assignment (approximately 4 weeks)

Instructions:

Take notes on all the readings - make sure you understand the Compendium Catechism even if some parts of the full Catechism are hard to understand.

Have a discussion here for the introductory parts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the two paintings in the Compendium and at least one for each chapter of A Map of Life.

Be prepared for discussions here on the following topics:

Why was this new Catechism written?
Name the Four Parts of the Catechism.
Why Do You Think These Were Chosen? Would You Have Chosen the Same Four Parts? (Why or Why Not)
How should the Catechism be used?
How can we know about God?

Readings:

Catechism of the Catholic Church:
read pages xiii-xvi and pages 1-13

Compendium Catechism:
Study two paintings right before part I (Adoration of the Magi and Illumination on the Days of Creation)
Read paragraphs 1-5

Catechism of the Catholic Church:
paragraphs 26-49

Read:

A Map of Life by Frank Sheed