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"The Office of Christian Formation has done an excellent work since its beginning many years ago. It is developing in response to the growing needs of the Vicariate. I am happy that more and more faithful are interested to deepen their faith knowledge and to improve their skills of collaboration within the Church. This website gives you an oversight of the activities of our Office and invites you to be part of the mission the Lord has given to his disciples."  + Paul Hinder Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia

 

Click here to view and download the new Distance Learning Manual for Catechesis.  It is filled with strategies, ideas and technology suggestions for Catechists to provide catechism by Distance Learning.

For the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (Avosa)
and Apostolic Vicariate of Nothern Arabia (Avona).
 

A virtual summer camp was held for students from KG and up and for Young Adults from July 26 to August 8.  It was a tremendous success, thanks to the dedicated and innovative hard work of a team of catechists, Catholic School teachers and volunteers -- and of course the nearly 2,500 children and young adults that participated.

Fr. Thomas Sebastian, OFM Cap, the parish priest at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Ras Al Khaimah, has written a beautiful and inspring poem about the Covid-19 Crisis.

Thank you to Fr. Thomas for sharing your work of poetry.

To read the poem, which is a message of hope, click here.

Dear Catechists,

I hope you are all healthy and surviving well during these very challenging days.  We certainly had a memorable Lent and are having an unprecedented Easter season.

To say that I miss seeing you all would be a great understatement. So much of what we do is collaborative. I think we honestly love working together for the benefit of the children, teens and adults who participate in Christian Formation.

Hopefully we will soon return to a more normal situation in which we will be able to meet face to face.

In the meantime I want to leave you with a thought about the Resurrection of our Lord.

In Matthew 28:8-10 we read that the women, after encountering an angel in the empty tomb, hurry to tell the disciples the good news. On the way they meet  the risen Jesus. He simply says, “Greetings”. Imagine the joy that they felt!

There were three very important actions that took place.

First the women took hold of his feet, they worshipped him. Next Jesus told them to not be afraid, and to go and tell his brothers to go to Galilee. 

The women worshipped Jesus, they listened to him, and they followed what he told them to do.

Matthew gives us a good prescription for this Easter Season; worship, listen and follow. 

And remember, even during these strange days, as Jesus told the women, “Do not be afraid “.Happy Easter everyone!

Please click here to view or download the new Avosa Catechetical Directory for 2020-2022.