catechist

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Recent Examples of catechist Reconciliation today Searching for a path forward, contemporary Sámi artist and Lutheran catechist Lars Levi Sunna began to produce church art that incorporated and celebrated pre-Christian Sámi symbols – some of the very traditions that had been demonized by clergy of the past. Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025 But Philip Siphong Onphitak, the village religious teacher, or catechist, assumed leadership of his flock, keeping up resistance until Dec. 16, when he was murdered in the jungle, reportedly by Boonlue. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019 Lacchin was quietly transferred to a nearby mission; his driver and a catechist at Archer’s Post, Benjamin Ekwam, was chosen to marry Sabina. Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019 Thunder Bar, chief of police at the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota; George Fire Thunder, an English-speaking catechist in the Episcopal Church; and Kicking Bear, a Lakota Sioux who had fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2018
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Noun
  • The dynamic and popular preacher discomfited many in his parish with his increasingly pointed critiques of inequities and corruption in the city.
    Time, Time, 22 July 2025
  • The Atlanta preacher was visiting the city to march alongside striking workers.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Down through the generations, Milton’s epic has drawn intense responses and sharp debate from readers and critics: Was Satan the poem’s true hero?
    Katherine Howell, National Review, 24 July 2025
  • Still, Ewen has noticed that his readers—who presumably have a more sophisticated understanding of credit-card rewards than the average person—are having a hard time figuring out how to use theirs.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025

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