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The design calls for a “catechetical path,” in which the church’s new point of entry would be the central portal confronting the viewer with the full majesty of the space.

Passages from other works and forms — “Song of Solomon” and haikus and catechetical quizzes — are interspersed with pastiches of Indian film, emoticons and authorial asides in the manner of Henry Fielding.

They involve dedicated space, children-led prayer and wooden tools and toys that are intended to be “tactile and beautiful,” according to Sister Joan Curtin, director of the catechetical office of the Archdiocese of New York.

In a memorandum sent to pastors this month, the archdiocese said that in the intervening hours attendees would be able to able to give confession as well as buy “papal merchandise, religious and catechetical material.”

Ms Davis’ understanding of that basic catechetical truth has somehow been blurred over the years.