Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.

Part 1. The relationship of liturgy and catechesis and why it matters. The Catholic impulse in adversity: an introduction -- An evangelizing catechesis: today's great need -- Two movements and a council: rediscovering a fundamental connection -- The kerygmatic mystery: its impact upon catechesis and the liturgy -- Liturgical catechesis: an apprenticeship -- Part II. Liturgical catechesis for the transformative encounter with God. The liturgy: entering the eternal exchange of love -- The trajectory of liturgical catechesis from the visible to the invisible -- Liturgical catechesis as a school of discipleship: apprenticing skills for sacramental living -- Part III: Emerging practices: what it all means for parish liturgical catechesis. Come follow me: a new model for children's catechesis / Sr. Hyacinthe Defos du Rau, OP -- The liturgical encounter and the child: insights from the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd / Mary Mirrione -- The liturgy's vital role in discipleship ministry with teenagers / Jim Beckman -- Liturgical catechesis and the RCIA process / William J. Keimig -- The liturgy: our lifelong means of evangelization.