Question of the Month - June

Every month we feature a YOUCAT question on this page. Post your thoughts, opinions and questions below!

Question of the Month

What does the Holy Spirit do in my life?

The Holy Spirit makes me receptive to God; he teaches me to pray and helps me to be there for others. [738–741]    

Augustine calls the Holy Spirit “The quiet guest of our soul”. Anyone who wants to sense his presence must be quiet. Often this Guest speaks very softly within us and with us, for instance, in the voice of our conscience or through other interior and exterior
promptings. Being a “temple of the Holy Spirit” means being there, body and soul, for this Guest, for God in us. Our body is therefore God’s living room, so to speak.
The more receptive we are to the Holy Spirit in us, the more he becomes the master of our life, the sooner he will bestow on us even today his charisms for the upbuilding of the Church. And so, instead of the works of the flesh, the fruits of the Spirit grow in us.       

Question of the Month

May 13, 2012

124

Why is the Church more than an institution?

The Church is more than an institution because she is a mystery that is simultaneously human and divine. [770–773, 779]  
True love does not blind a person but rather makes him see. With regard to the Church, this is precisely the case: Viewed from outside, the Church is only a historical institution with historical achievements, but also mistakes and even crimes—a Church of sinners. But that is not looking deep enough. After all, Christ became so involved with us sinners that he never abandons his Church, even if we were to betray him daily. This inseparable union of the human and the divine, of sin and grace, is the mystery of the Church. Seen with the eyes of faith, the Church is therefore indestructibly holy.

Question of the Month

Every month we feature a YOUCAT question on this page. Post your thoughts, opinions and questions below!

Question of the Month

March 23, 2012

98

Did God will the death of his only Son?

The violent death of Jesus did not come about through tragic external circumstances. Jesus was “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23). So that we children of sin and death might have life, the Father in heaven “made him to be sin who knew no sin” (2 Cor 5:21). The magnitude of the sacrifice that God the Father asked of his Son, corresponded to the of Christ’s obedience: “And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? no, for this purpose I have come to this hour” (Jn 12:27). On both sides,God's love for men proved itself to the very end on the Cross. [599–609, 620]  
In order to save us from death, god embarked on a dangerous mission: He introduced a “medicine of immortality” (st. Ignatius of Antioch) into our world of death—his son Jesus Christ. The Father and the son were inseparable in this mission, willing and yearning to take the utmost upon themselves out of love for man. god willed to make an exchange so as to save us forever. He wanted to give us his eternal life, so that we might experience his joy, and wanted to suffer our death, our despair, our abandonment, our death, so as to share with us in everything. so as to love us to the end and beyond. Christ’s death is the will of the Father but not his final word. since Christ died for us, we can exchange our death for his life.

YOUCAT around the World

YOUCAT is spreading all over the world! It is currently being translated into twenty languages and has already been released in more than ten! If you click on a continent you can find information about languages, countries and dissemination of YOUCAT in this region.

South-East Asia

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	English: Ignatius Press	March 2011	www.ignatius.com
	India (English): Asian Trading Corporation, Bangalore		www.atcbooks.in
	Indonesisch: Kanisius Printing & Publishing		www.kanisiusmedia.com

Australia / Oceania

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	Indonesisch: Kanisius Printing & Publishing		www.kanisiusmedia.com
	English: Ignatius Press		www.ignatius.com

Asia

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	Englisch: Ignatius Press	März 2011	www.ignatius.com
	RUSSIAN Издательство Францисканцев (Izdatelstvo Franziskacev)	August 2011	www.francis.ru/editrice

Africa

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	Englisch: Ignatius Press	March 2011	www.ignatius.com
	Französisch: Éditions du Cerf	27.05.2011	www.editionsducerf.fr
	Niederländisch: Lannoo Uitgeverij		www.lannoo.be

Northern America

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	Englisch: Ignatius Press	March 2011	www.ignatius.com
	Französisch: Bayard Presse	27.05.2011	www.groupebayard.com/fr
	Spanisch: Ediciones Encuentro	26.06.2011	www.ediciones-encuentro.es/

Central- & South America

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	Spanisch: Ediciones Encuentro	August 2011	www.ediciones-encuentro.es/
	Portugiesisch: Paulus Editora	August 2011	www.paulus.pt

Europe

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	Deutsch: Pattloch Verlag	25.03.2011	www.pattloch.de
	Tschechisch, Slowakisch: Karmelitanske Nakladatelstvi	30.04.2011	www.kna.cz/
	Französisch: Editions du Cerf	27.05.2011	www.editionsducerf.fr
	Niederländisch: Lannoo Uitgeverij		www.lannoo.be
	Portugiesisch: Paulus Editora	30.04.2011	www.paulus.pt
	Englisch: Ignatius Press	March 2011	www.ignatius.com
	Slowenisch: Slomskova Druzba	01.07.2011	druzba.slomsek.net
	Kroatisch: Verbum	30.04.2011	www.verbum.hr
	Ukrainisch: Fr. Rostyslav Pendyuk Commission of the UGCC on Matters of Youth
	Litauisch: UAB Kataliku pasaulio lediniai		www.katalikuleidiniai.lt
	Dänisch: Ansgarstiftelens forlag
	Polnisch: Edycia Swietego Pawla	01.06.2011	www.edycja.pl
	Spanisch: Ediciones Encuentro	26.06.2011	www.ediciones-encuentro.es/
	Italienisch: Editrice Citta Nuova	15.04.2011	www.cittanuova.it
	Schwedisch: Catholica AB		www.bokus.com
	Norwegisch: St. Olav Publishing House
	Katalanisch: Editorial Claret	August 2011	www.claret.cat
	Rumänisch: Episcopia Romano-Catolica		www.ercis.ro

YOUCAT Materials

Cardinal Schönborn said:

"The ability to give answers to questions regarding one’s own faith has become much more urgent now than in my generation. In the Catechism, which is simply an attempt to present the Catholic Faith, there may be much that people will have difficulty to accept. Some things will seem foreign or contradictory to the way we think today.
But I think that one of the most important tasks of such a book and the work related to it is learning to deal with challenging topics."

Faith needs community. The YOUCAT was developed through a joint effort and it should also promote and encourage community. If a community wants to be more than a social gathering, if it wants to be a community of faith, then it needs a common basis. Read and study YOUCAT together!
Study groups also exist on Facebook! Get involved!
YOUCAT fits well into youth groups, summer camps and confirmation classes!
YOUCAT is ideal for religion classes and Sunday schools!

YOUCAT Quiz

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Quiz

YOUCAT photography contest

YOUCAT photography contest: "The Universal Church"

We asked you: What does the term "universal church" mean to you? How did you experience the universal church at World Youth Day?
Our jury had to made some tough decisions, but now proudly can announce: Ladies and Gentelmen, these are the winners of our first photo contest:

1st  Glòria Sala

2nd  Thu Nguyen 3rd  Enmanuel Montero Fortunato

Illustrations

The entire YOUCAT is commented by illustrative stick figures. They lighten up the format and encourage each person to creatively reflect on his or her faith. They are a part of the identity of YOUCAT. A special highlight is the flipbook on the lower right corner. Have you tried it?

Youcat Content Structure

Layout and Structure of YOUCAT

YOUCAT is full of quotations, references and explanations that help the reader to understand the statements of the Church. It looks like this:

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	Questions and answers, numbered 1 - 527
	Short and precise answer with refereces to the "Complete Cathechism of the Catholic Curch"
	Explanatory text with examples for better understanding
	References to further YOUCAT questions (numbers at the end of the text)
	References to the „Complete Catechism of the Catholic Church" (bold numbers)
	Quotations from the Holy Bible, saints and great thinkers