SRE & Catechesis

"Catechesis is a pillar of faith education and we need good catechists! Thank you for your service to the Church and in the Church. Even if at times it may be difficult and require a great deal of work and although the results are not always what we hope for, teaching the faith is something beautiful!"

Pope Francis, 27 September 2013
Address of Holy Father Francis to participants in the pilgrimage of catechists
on the occasion of the Year of Faith and of the International Congress on Catechesis

(At right: Murray Deanery catechists gather at the Slattery Centre in Albury for Child Protection training and to develop their knowledge and skills in the area of effective Classroom Management.)

CCD Contact Details (during School Term)

Victoria Kirley - Catechist Coordinator

16 Ash Street, LEETON NSW 2705

0407 537 994 or catechist@wagga.catholic.org.au

What is CCD?

The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is an Ecclesiastical Organization of the Catholic Church. Its primary and principal purpose is to provide religious education and Christian formation for Catholic children in State schools.

What is SRE?

Special religious educationtakes place in NSW Government Schools and is education in the beliefs and practices of an approved religious persuasion by authorised representatives of that persuasion. (Religious Education Implementation Procedures document, DoE, 2015). Generally SRE lessons are held weekly and are of thirty minutes duration.

There are three main requirements of the Department of Education and Communities for the implementation of SRE:

1. Churches or SRE Providers must be approved (have the approval of the Minister for Education to deliver SRE) 
2. SRE teachers (catechists) must be authorised 
3. Curriculum- materials and pedagogy- must be authorised

About the SRE Teacher

Who needs to be authorised? (click here for details)

Click here to begin the Authorisation process.

Code of Conduct and Complaints Policy

Authorised Curriculum (available here)

SRE Training - Correspondence and Face to Face