continue at the Diocese of Green BayGREEN BAY, Wis. (March 30, 2012) -- Green Bay Bishop David L. Ricken today reveals a new 60-hour religion certification program, the Foundational Catechetical Certification (FCC), to members of the diocesan Department of Education, Catholic school administrators, and catechetical leaders.
The ultimate goal of the FCC is to ensure that all teachers and parish religion educators in the Diocese of Green Bay are well educated in the teachings of the Catholic Church.
"To the best of my knowledge, there is no current catechetical program in our country that is this comprehensive in integrating the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults (USCCA)," said Bishop Ricken, who is also chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "I hope this program can be of service to others."
Wow, I am curious what other dioceses are using now. I think the Diocese of La Crosse does allow the Marian Catechist program to vouch as a certification to teach, but other than that I do not know. The Marian Catechist program is much longer than 60 hours though.
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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has its own program, but it is based on general clock hours in three categories (Scripture/ Theology/ Cathechetical Methodology), and has 3 different stages for certification, requiring 40, 50, or 60 total hours depending on the level.
It is I suppose better than some programs, but a more comprehensive and systematic program, as well as more protection to insure orthodoxy, would be much more beneficial
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