A photo of the author's First Communion, along with a souvenir from the ceremony (Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times) In the spring of 1997, my sister and I took catechism classes at our home parish ...

How many Catholics does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to change the bulb and a priest to hear him confess and give the old bulb last rites. Part soliloquy, part improvologue, Catechism is ...

As almost everyone knows, a catechism is a book or manual for the instruction in a particular religion. Perhaps the most famous one is the “Catechism of the Catholic Church,” which runs to some 800 ...

In the spring of 1997, my sister and I took catechism classes at our home parish, St. Boniface Catholic Church in Anaheim. Once a week, we joined about 20 other teens in the basement of the massive ...