3 Sessions

• Sunday l 27 April l 2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

• Fridays l 16, 23 May l 2025 

7.30pm to 10:00pm

Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace

4 Sandy Ln

Singapore 437321

*Prerequisite - Day 1 of Learning to Listen and Facilitate is a prerequisite of Day 2 & Day 3

One of the fundamental tasks of catechesis is the initiation and education in community life (GDC #86); for we recognise that the Christian community is the source, locus and means of catechesis (GDC #158 & #254). However, ‘Christian community life is not realized spontaneously’ (GDC #86) – it needs to be cultivated.  Bringing people to a deeper love of the Truth is done more effectively through small group interactions and by doing so, we are intentionally modelling how Christian communities could come together to share their ‘God-encounters with each other’ in a ‘dialogue of faith-and-life’ (Tenets of the New Evangelisation).

Further, the Directory for Catechesis highlights the need for catechesis to be intentionally dialogical for catechesis is an authentic “laboratory” of dialogue because in the depths of every single person it encounters the vivacity and complexity, the desires and inquiries….of the contemporary world’ (DC #53).

 In this course, participants will learn the key to facilitating small faith-sharing groups - which is how to listen authentically - as well as the practical skills needed to help the individuals and community grow in faith.

Lance Ng is a spiritual director in the Ignatian tradition, He received his formal training at the Sentir Graduate College of Spiritual Formation, University of Divinity (Melbourne) with a graduate Diploma in Theology and a MA in Spiritual Direction.

Jane Lau is certified in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and is a catechist with over 17 years of experience. Trained in Law and Television, she has over two decades of experience as a Broadcast Journalist, Presenter and TV Producer, during which time she has conducted numerous interviews and facilitated panel discussions for TV and 'live' events. She is one of the founders of the Harvesters faith-sharing community and has conducted workshops on small-group facilitation for youth and adults, including a presentation on faith-sharing communities to Asian Bishops at the Bishops' Institute for Lay Apostolate on Youth.

Lunch Contribution: $15.00 (includes GST and tea breaks for Day 1)

*Please note that the Contribution Fee is non-refundable.  

Participants are required to register to assist us in the booking of appropriate rooms, the printing of materials and arrangement of lunch and snacks, etc. In the event of foreseeable no-shows, we encourage participants to inform the office in advance to help prevent wastage of resources. 

The course fee is related to all administrative costs incurred in the process of registering a participant for a course/event and the fee related to the trainer/s, which includes but is not limited to the catering of meals, venue rental, snacks & beverages, course materials, registration, etc.