Neo-catechumenate Review Welcome to the Neo-catechumenate Review pages, prepared by PASCH - Parishioners Against a Secret Church.

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PASCH is a group of concerned parishioners who have experienced the promises and problems of the movement in the Roman Catholic Church known as the Neo-catechumenate.

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Below is a sampling of the limited information available, including
Reports and Other Materials, Articles, Clifton Enquiry Details and Letters.

Reports and Other Material

• Early critique of the N-C movement (Mgr. J.C. Buckley, c. 1988)
• Excerpts of Secret Instructions for N-C Catechesis (Kiko Arguello)
• N-C 'Catechesis' Contrasted with Official Church Teachings
• N-C Teachings: The Parable of Barabbas
• Diocesan N-C Enquiry Report (see Clifton Enquiry section)

Articles

• Is the Neo-Catechumenate Way Compatible with Religious Life?
  ... (by Gerald A. Arbuckle, SM, in Religious Life Review)
• The NeoCatechumenate Movement (local copy)
  ... (by an anonymous supporter, in Inside the Vatican; see also original)
• The Neocatechumenate Movement, continued (local copy)
  ... (by Kiko Arguello, in Inside the Vatican; see also original)
• Is the Neo-catechumenate Movement Compatible with Parish Life?
  ... (by Ronald Haynes, in Clifton Diocesan Justice & Peace Newsletter)

Clifton Enquiry Details

• Announcement of N-C Enquiry in Diocese of Clifton, England
  ... (see also: archived local copy)
• N-C Restrictions and Enquiry report planned in Westminster and Clifton Dioceses, England
  ... (see also: archived local copy)
  
• N-C Enquiry Report - Diocese of Clifton, England
  
  • Full Report - November 1996 - NEW (11/97)
    (large file - approx. 500,000 bytes/147 print pages, interim version, with errors!)
    
  • Summary Press Statement - November 1996
    
  • Conclusions & Recommendations - November 1996
    (from the Report, includes some material not in the Press Summary)
    
  • Bishop's Response - January 1997
    
  • Bishop's Decree - January 1997

Letters

• Open Letter to local communities (Karen Anderson)
• Open Letter to local communities (Ronald Haynes)
• Letter to Diocesan N-C Enquiry Panel (Louis & Mary Beasley-Suffolk)
• Bishop of Clifton's Pastoral Letter - Advent 1997

Please note: While published details about the Neo-catechumenate are still a bit sparce, we hope to continue to build up this archive from some of the sources that are available. If you have any information to add to this collection please do let us know!