The Office of Evangelization and Catechesis

In pursuing its mission, the OEC:

• Acts as a liaison between the bishop and the parishes by surfacing needs and concerns to the bishop and disseminating guidance and directives from the bishop to the parishes;
• Serves as a consultative resource to parishes and schools in their faith formation efforts, helping staffs thoroughly understand the vision and mission of evangelization and lifelong catechesis, develop strategies to pursue this vision, and understand the resources available to them in this effort;
• Helps parishes and schools form effective catechists and faith formation personnel;
• Helps parishes support marriages and families;
• Coordinates diocesan-wide faith formation opportunities available to all people of the diocese;
• Provides resources shared at a diocesan level;
• Coordinates diocesan participation in regional, national and international opportunities;