In talking to my class about the new Catechism, I told them what happened at one of a series of meetings that Fr. Alfred McBride held in Weston MA, just a couple of years before the new Catechism was published in the US. He had been on the Committee that invited comments from Bishops all over the world, and edited the publication.
At the very first meeting, Fr. McBride told us why they were publishing a new Catechism, and talked a bit about the old Baltimore Catechism, from which most in the room had learned about our Faith as children. He mentioned those who had denigrated the Baltimore because of the 'rote learning', and how that doesn't stick with kids.
He then told us to answer the question, "Why did God make me". There were probably 150 people in the room, and we all said, together, exactly, "God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, so I can be happy with Him in the next." When we finished, we all looked at each other and started laughing. Fr. McBride then said something like "It worked, didn't it?"
Most of the kids in my class had no clue about a new Catechism, but I assured them that if they ever had questions about what the Church teaches, or why, they just needed to look in the Catechism for the answer.