The books recommended in this episode are:
- Christ the Educator by Clement of Alexandria
- Catechism of the Catholic Church by John Paul II
- Gospel, Catechesis, Catechism by Card. Joseph Ratzinger
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Craft of Catechesis by Pierre de Cointet, Barbara Morgan and Petroc Willey
- Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed
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No Catholic, therefore, can afford to be indifferent to catechesis. Every Catholic needs it, and many are called to impart it.
In this interview, Dr. Petroc Willey recommends and discuss five books on catechetics.
Petroc Willey is married to Katherine and has four children and six grandchildren, one in heaven. Originally from England, he has lived in Steubenville, Ohio, since 2015 where he is a Professor of Theology at Franciscan University. Before his move to the United States, Petroc worked in Catholic education, in Oxford and in Birmingham, for more than twenty-five years, in seminary and lay institutions, and in both traditional and distance education. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI a Consultor for the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization and by Pope Francis as a Consultor to the Dicastery for Evangelization.
He is the author of Reading the Catechism: How to Discover and Appreciate its Riches, and co-author of The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Craft of Catechesis, The Joy of the Gospel: A Companion Guide to Evangelium Gaudii, A Year with the Catechism: 365 Day Reading Plan, Speaking the Truth in Love: The Catechism and the New Evangelization, and Companion to the Directory for Catechesis.
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