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The author rereads the story of the Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8, 26-40) in search of the style used by the earliest Christian community in its task of evangelization. From this rereading there emerges a spirituality of the catechist that is enormously rich, and is characterized by seven attitudes:The joyful reception of the invitation of the Risen one to inhabit present-day culture with confidence and hope, because men and women today continue to be “capax Dei”.The capacity to be surprised by others, to see God’s action in all people.Active listening, to harmonize ourselves with the interior journey of those whom we accompany, allowing ourselves to be programmed with their time and rhythms rather than trying to programme the path they are to follow.The testimony of our own life of salvation and the capacity to translate the proclamation of the Gospel from the concrete situation of each person.The abandonment of all presuppositions so as to believe that all people, regardless of their life situation, are worthy of the Gospel and that the poorest are the most likely to receive it.Willingness to begin anew to believe with those whom we accompany on their faith journey.The acceptance of the provisional and limited nature of the catechetical task, which veritably begins only at the point when the catechist withdraws. Passages in Luke suggest that the spirituality of the catechist consists in configuring oneself to the service (diakonia) of the Holy Spirit, the humble service of the Spirit’s mysterious action at the heart of each person.