Adult religious education and adult catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church

Abstract

In this paper, the author defines the terminology used in the fields of adult religious education and adult catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church. He examines the transition from what, in a certain historical period, used to be catechesis intended exclusively for children to adult catechesis. While analyzing different models of religious education and adult catechesis, he establishes the absence of models intended for the elderly and foresees the emergence of different models of religious education and catechesis for the elderly.