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The Tamilnadu Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre known as TNBCLC is a unit functioning under the Tamilnadu Bishops’ Council. It was started as a “Teacher-Catechist Training School” by the MEP missionary Rev. Fr. Thomas Govan Duffy in 1921. With another MEP zealous missionary, Rev. Fr. Edmand Becker, it grew into a center with creative ministries in imparting Catechism to the children through catechism textbooks, media aids and by publishing a magazine called Thozhan. In 1960, the Tamilnadu Bishops’ Conference made it a Regional centre catering to the spiritual needs of the faithful in the areas of Catechism, Liturgy and Bible.

Activities

1. Conducting regular seminars and faith formation programs at the Regional and Diocesan level to train the participants to be effective teachers in catechism;
2. Conducting regular programs for Religious to be animators of Catechetical teaching;
3. Making research and prepare suitable manuals and materials to teach catechism for the First Holy Communicants, newly married couples and participants of Pre-marital preparation course;
4. Printing and supplying Tamil and English Catechism books for students from classes I – XII and Sunday Catechism books for students from Levels I–VIII;
5. Training to promote adult catechesis through families and Anbiams;

Source: TNBCLC | Commissions (tnbclc-tindivanam.org), September 2023