Catechesis of children and youth during the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic forced the need for distance learning, and the resulting isolation of people resulted in the temporary closure of educational institutions. Teachers and students had to adapt to a new situation – virtual learning using new information and communication technologies. It can be said that the pandemic accelerated the process of applying modern information technologies in the teaching-learning process. This situation also affected teachers of religion (catechists) and children and young people catechized by them. They had to get used to the fact that at this point the place of catechesis would be cyberspace, and not the real world – catechesis at school. While the virtual world is now part of reality for students, it can be challenging for educators. This article examines new information technologies in the service of catechesis. The need to deepen the information competences of a religion teacher was shown and examples of the use of digital tools in religion lessons were given. New technologies have created more opportunities for education and school catechesis to bring the truth of salvation, which teachers of religion should use with great advantage.