ADULTHOOD

92 This General Directory earnestly affirms the need of catechesis for adults, for these reasons:

a) The undertaking of tasks in social life, and the responsibilities of family, professional, civic, and political Life demand of adults that they complete their Christian formation according to the norm of the word of God in a special and suitable way (cf. AA, 29-32). Co-operation should be promoted between those who catechise adults and those who take part in the various forms of the apostate of the laity.

b) Aptitudes and capacities which reach their full development in adult life, such as the experience of life, maturity of personality, and so on, must be cultivated and illumined by the word of God.

c) The adult, moreover, must successfully pass through certain periods of life which are full of crises. Although these crises are Less obvious than those experienced by adolescents, they are not to be considered Less dangerous or less profound; in these times the adult’s faith must be constantly illumined, developed, and fortified.