“Most adults are capable of a free and informed response of faith to God’s initiative of love.  They have a right and a duty to bring to maturity the seed of faith sown in them by God.  They have experienced the joys and challenges of life and have the capacity to question the truth and meaning of life.  The catechesis of adults…is the principal form of catechesis because it is addressed to persons who have the greatest responsibilities and the capacity to live the Christian message in its fully developed form.”  (National Directory for Catechesis, p.187)

“Adult faith formation, by which people consciously grow in the life of Christ through experience, reflection, prayer and study, must be the central task in this catechetical enterprise…”   (Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us, #5.)