Vision and Skills for Faith Formation Fall 2025
A formation based on the philosophy of missionary discipleship and accompaniment.
This formation builds on the process of accompaniment introduced and modeled in the One Mission One Faith (OMOF) basic formation. Each participant will be paired with a mentor-companion and assigned to a small group of mentees-companions in ministry. Together, they will journey through the process to gain the vision and presenting skills for making missionary disciples. The terms 'mentor-companion' and 'mentee-companion' are used to distinguish roles and acknowledge the reciprocity of companionship.
Prerequisite for certification (re): Completing One Mission One Faith before attending this course. VSFF is the second phase in the process of becoming a certified catechist, although a participant may take the course for enriching formation in any parish ministry.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS:
VSFF is composed of Zoom Live sessions and online sessions. The components of each session are prayer, presentations, video recordings, readings, online forums, group projects, small-group conversations, etc.
VSFF FALL 2025—Cohort 8 Schedule:
Online sessions run for one week each; participants can access the content and complete the work at their own pace each week. Zoom Live session will be held on TUESDAYS, please see details below. All Zoom Live and Online sessions are integral to the course and build on each other, all are required. Any missing Zoom session will need to be made up in a future cohort.
VSFF CONTENT AND SCHEDULE
Tuesday November 4, 2025, 6 to 9:00pm | Live Zoom | Session 1—Evangelizing Catechesis and it kerygmatic approach. The Catechist and how the identify of catechesis is expressed.—The Catechetical Method —The Art of Listening and Dialogue. |
Tuesday November 11, 2025, 6 to 9 pm | Live Zoom | Session 2—Root of all Catechesis in Adult Faith Formation, The Catechumen Process model for Catechesis.—Collaboration, Diversity and Synodality. |
Nov 17—23, 2025 | Online | Session 3—Accompaniment through ages and stages—Pastoral guidelines with different age groups |
Dec 1—7, 2025 | Online | Session 4—Understanding How We Learn—Adults at the center of Evangelization and Catechesis |
Tuesday January 6, 2026 7 to 9 pm | Zoom Live Integration | Session 5—Integrating Sessions 3 and 4 — Planning Prayer and Adaptive Designed Approach. Special Project. |
January 12—18, 2026 | Online | Session 6 —Facilitating and Teaching—Accompanying People We Serve, Evaluating Resources. |
Tuesday January 20, 2026 6 to 9 PM | Live Zoom | Session 7— Planning Prayer Project (all groups) Methodology in Catechesis—To Teach as Jesus Did! The Art of Story Telling.—Session Planning Laboratory. |
Tuesday January 27, 2026 6 to 9 pm | Live Zoom | Session 8— Laboratory of Learning —Process for integrating skills—Multigenerational Planning |
TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING:
The course is hosted in the C3LEAD learning management system. If you do not have a C3lead account, please create one here: c3.leadlms.com. Details for the class will be sent three weeks before the course starting date.
Formation Fee $40.00*
If Credit/Debit Card payment is declined, choose to pay by Check/MoneyOrder at CkeckOut and email or call the number provided in the contact information below.
*If you prefer to pay by check or money order, please DO NOT use the instructions provided by the store but do follow these instructions / If your parish is paying your fee, please provide this payment information to them:
Make check payable to: Office of Religious Education
Mail it to:
Archdiocese of Los Angeles-ORE ♦ Attn: Flor de Maria Luna/Elizabeth Argueta ♦
3424 Wilshire Blvd., 4th Floor ♦ Los Angeles, CA 90010
Contact information:
Elizabeth Argueta ♦ Catechist Formation Assistant ♦ EArgueta@la-archdiocese.org or 213-637-7358
