Office of Religious Education

The Office of Religious Education has one person, the Diocesan Director of Religious Education. The Diocesan Director of Religious Education serves as a resource in the field of catechesis and faith formation. The director visits twenty-two parishes which include the five parishes in the Fairbanks area, the four parishes on the rural road system, the five remote parishes/missions on the Northwest coast and the eight remote native villages in the interior. The director provides on-site training and assistance in catechist formation, sacramental preparation, adult faith formation and parish religious education programs. When requested, the Office of Religious Education provides resources to the Southwest region of the diocese.
 
The following areas are addressed by the Office of Religious Education:

  1. Religious Education Certification
  2. Adult Faith Formation
  3. Sacramental  Preparation
  4. Catechist Formation
  5. Resource to the Catholic School
  6. Total Community Catechesis
  7. Provides resources in Youth and Young Adult  Ministry

Catechesis is intimately bound up with the whole of the Church's life... her inner growth and correspondence with God's plan depend essentially on catechesis.
Catechesi Tradendae ( On Catechesis in Our Time ) no. 13.



Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska
Sister Dorothy Giloley, SSJ
Diocesan Director of Religious Education
1316 Peger Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709-5199
907-374-9572 907-374-9580 (Fax)
dorothy@cbna.org