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          CCI director receives national catechetical award

          
            
              
                
                Published: March 25, 2008
              

              
                Author: Michael O. Garvey
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Gerard F. Baumbach, director of the Institute for Church Lifes Center for Catechetical Initiatives (CCI) at the University of Notre Dame, will receive the 2008 Catechetical Award from the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL) at its April 8 meeting in Houston.

Baumbach, who also is a concurrent professor of theology at Notre Dame, is being honoredfor his work and the ongoing vision and contributions of the Center for Catechetical Initiatives.

Through my service to faith and community, I have worked to nurture and empower persons of faith in uncovering such gifts as wisdom, culture and memory in relationship with others in the life of the Church,Baumbach said.

A catechist since 1966, Baumbach has lectured and directed discussions in more than 40 dioceses on such subjects as spirituality, adult faith formation, liturgy and Catholic identity.He also is the author of numerous articles and books, includingLetters From a Wounded Heart:Reflections to Strengthen and Comfort Your Soul,Spirituality for Lent and Easter:A Guide for Bridging the Mysteries,andExperiencing Mystagogy:The Sacred Pause of Easter.

As director of CCI since it was established in 2003, Baumbach was the chief architect of the Echo Faith Formation Leadership Program, in which Notre Dame graduates live in community and pursue masters degrees while serving asapprentice parish catechetical leadersin Catholic dioceses nationwide.During the last four years 47 graduates have begun or completed the two-year Echo apprenticeships. More than 80 percent of Echo graduates have continued in some form of ministry.

_ Contact: Gerard Baumbach at 574-631-2877 or_  " baumbach.2@nd.edu ":mailto:baumbach.2@nd.edu  _

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