Jesus the Good Shepherd Church
2510 Emerson Street, Monroe, LA 71201 (318)-325-7549
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"What is needed today is a Church which knows how to respond to the expectations of young people. Jesus wants to enter into dialogue with them and, through his body which is the Church, to propose the possibility of a choice which will require a commitment of their lives. As Jesus with the disciples at Emmaus, so the Church must become today the traveling companion of young people..." (Saint John Paul II, Youth: Sent to Proclaim true liberation, World Youth Day 1995, Philippines)
"If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful and great. No! Only in this friendship are the doors of life opened wide. Only in this friendship is the great potential of human existence truly revealed. Only in this friendship do we experience beauty and liberation." (Pope Benedict XVI, Homily at Mass of Inauguration, 24 April 2005)"Quite early on, the name catechesis was given to the totality of the Church's efforts to make disciples, to help men believe that Jesus is the Son of God so that believing they might have life in his name, and to educate and instruct them in this life, thus building up the body of Christ. Catechesis is an education in the faith of children, young people, and adults whch have includes especially the teaching of Christian doctrine imparted, generally speaking, in an organic and systematic way, with a view to initiating the hearers into the fullness of Christian life." From The Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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