Sentences with word «evangelisation»

Despite the image of a professor pope who would prefer a quiet library, Pope Benedict enthusiastically promoted the use of the new media in the task of evangelisation in his messages for World...

For the Kingdom of God as well as for evangelisation, the instrument and vehicle of the Kingdom of God, the parable of the grain of mustard seed [Mk 4:31 - 32] is always valid.»

African Christians, and in particular the clergy and consecrated persons, are likewise called to support new evangelisation in secularised nations.

This type of street evangelisation doesn't set itself up to know all the answers.

Proposition 7: New Evangelisation as a Permanent Missionary Dimension of the Church It is proposed that the Church proclaim the permanent worldwide missionary dimension of her mission... to • evangelise those who do not know Jesus Christ; • [to support] the continuing growth in faith that is the ordinary life of the Church; • to [reach out to] those who have become distant from the Church.

He chairs of the academic council at the School of the Annunciation, the centre for the new evangelisation at Buckfast Abbey in Devon.

For example, writing of Rosmini's book The Five Wounds of the Church, in which Rosmini describes the obstacles an exclusively Latin liturgy can pose for effective evangelisation, Fr Hill not only proposes his hero as an early proponent of the vernacular Mass, but goes on to add (in a rather sly footnote) that Rosmini would also have been opposed to «the deliberate use of archaic language» of which «the new vernacular translations of the Mass are an example».

A good question really does teach as well as a good answer; and so it goes perhaps with evangelisation.

The principal rule of Catholic evangelisation is a personal and sacramental relationship with God.

One of the significant obstacles to Christian evangelisation in the 21st century is the widely held notion in the West, both by fundamentalist [1] Christians and by non-Christians, that there is an inherent conflict between science and religion.

Christian evangelisation campaigns are clearly unable to compete with the godless messages preached all day and every day on the TV, radio and in printed media.

Having read the book, may I share one small success story which illustrates his theory of «integral evangelisation»?

The question that remains before us is that regarding the standpoint and situatedness of the one who is engaged in «evangelisation activity.»

New Evangelisation doesn't take place in one strike and once for all.

While recognising the limitations and the ongoing nature of Holloway's theology we believe that he has provided both a vital and illuminating road map out of the intellectual crisis that has engulfed the Church and the blueprint for a new apologetic that will prove indispensable for the much needed New Evangelisation so close to the hearts of recent popes.

This thrust towards evangelisation must not wither.

... if the Church leadership is taking recourse to liberation theology, it may not be out of genuine love for the poor but may be a calculated move to save its existence and prepare ground for mass evangelisation at some opportune time.

FAITH Magazine March - April 2004 A New Evangelisation Dear Fr Editor, I hesitate to criticise when there is so much that is good in Faith magazine, but I shall offer these thoughts anyway, for what they are worth.

Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio posted a series of ads to Facebook to promote its online theology, catechetics and evangelisation programs on Good Friday.

The recent Synod on the New Evangelisation proposed to us: «This faith can not be transmitted in a life which is not modelled after the Gospel or a life which does not find its meaning, truth and future based on the Gospel» (57).

Yours Faithfully Eleanor Healy Co-Founder, Our Lady's School of Evangelisation Knock Co Mayo Ireland

Time and again Pope Benedict preached about a Church that should not be constructed on ideas, but should be engaged in lively evangelisation.

So too in Christian formation and evangelisation there needs to be a mutual inflow and interplay of the doctrinal, liturgical, spiritual and practical aspects of Catholic faith and life.

An excellent group of Catholic young adults in London, under the name of «Vision», is currently attempting to develop and deliver an effective evangelisation course.

What I enjoyed is how Leonard weaves into nearly every chapter, the life and works of a plethora of great saints, coining their best known catch phrases concerning evangelisation and the holy life: St Augustine, St Maximilian Kolbe, St Paul, St John Paul II.

Children do need an explicit awareness that Christ is present in their lives, as the Synod on the New Evangelisation indicated: «Children and youth should be educated in the family and in schools to recognise the presence of God in their lives» (36).

The Caldecotts argue that the New Evangelisation suffers from a typically modern desire for a fast revival of popular Christianity.

All the more reason for the second evangelisation called for by Pope John II.

The last appendix, an essay written with his wife Léonie on «Slow Evangelisation», is particularly fine.

In this regard the Lineamenti, or outline notes, for the forthcoming Synod of Bishops on the theme of the New Evangelisation affirm that Our Lord «will give his Spirit and provide the force to announce and proclaim the Gospel in new ways which can speak to today's cultures».

An Experience of the New Evangelisation Mention the words «Totus Tuus» to a youngster at a Catholic parish in the Midwestern United States, and you are likely to get a very positive reaction.

This attractive small booklet is a follow - up to the authors» successful Evangelium which was - and is - part of a popular set of resources for parish evangelisation.

People ask questions during evangelisation sessions - this new booklet focuses on some of the topics most frequently raised and offers answers.

The new evangelisation depends largely on the domestic Church.

While avoiding that error, we do need to address the problem of evil if evangelisation is to be effective.

How can all this help evangelisation?

His principal message at present is about evangelisation, echoing the call of recent popes, and giving voice to a widespread concern about a sense of life having lost its meaning for many people «There is this reduction of living to a general soft - core list of things: money, health, individualism.

As well as direct evangelisation, Catholics are using the internet in imaginative ways to help people within the Church.

And evangelisation essentially means person - to - person, using people's specific individual gifts.

From this perspective, I have decided to create a new body, in the form of a «Pontifical Council», whose principal task will be to promote a renewed evangelisation in the countries... [which] are experiencing the progressive secularisation of society and a sort of «eclipse of the sense of God», which pose a challenge to finding appropriate means to propose anew the perennial truth of Christ's Gospel.»

And evangelisation projects in the diocese are beginning to flourish.