CCD

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CCD is a Catholic religious education program, especially for children attending non-Catholic schools, that provides instruction in the faith and preparation for the sacraments.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CCD canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious education program
catechetical program
ageRange elementary school children
high school youth
middle school children
alsoCalled PSR in some dioceses
parish school of religion
religious education
associatedWith Catechism of the Catholic Church
surface form: catechism of the Catholic Church

parish life
authority diocesan office of religious education
local parish pastor
componentOf parish faith formation programs
focus basic evangelization of children
ongoing faith formation of youth
fullName Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
goal formation of children in Catholic faith
preparation for full participation in sacramental life
transmission of Catholic beliefs and practices
historicalOrigin Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
surface form: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine movement in the Catholic Church
instructionFormat classroom-based instruction
group catechesis
language various local languages depending on country
locationType parish religious education program
meets weekly during the school year
organizedBy diocese
parish
preparesForSacrament Confirmation
First Holy Communion
First Reconciliation
primaryAudience children
children attending non-Catholic schools
youth
purpose catechesis in the Catholic faith
preparation for the sacraments
religious education
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
staffedBy catechists
volunteer religious education teachers
targetGroup children not enrolled in Catholic schools
teaches Catholic doctrine
Catholic moral teaching
Sacred Scripture basics
prayer and liturgy
uses approved diocesan curricula
catechism-based textbooks

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