It now has its own religious philosophy — secular humanism — which it advocates and
evangelises with all the fervency of any religious fundamentalist.
Not exact matches
Providing basic catechesis Leonard creates a simple introduction to the main points of Catholic teaching on the Sacraments, prayer, personal holiness and the call to
evangelise those around us,
with a bit of salvation history thrown in too.
Keith Getty told Premier: «Mission - whether it's «me»
evangelising to people «I» work
with, or whether it's «my» commitment to giving to mission, or actually going out as mission - is something that has decreased a lot in the West in the last generation.»
For Pope John Paul, the
evangelising task of the Church today must not only use new methods and means of expression, but be suffused
with a new ardour.
He sent missionaries to Britain,
with lasting results that formed a base from where Germany and other parts of mainland Europe were
evangelised.
While Gregory successfully sent missionaries to
evangelise pagans in Europe, John Paul sought,
with less success, to re-
evangelise after centuries of Christianity had started to flag.
Unfortunately, the Study appears to be more concerned to find common ground
with that culture than to
evangelise it.
I want to suggest how this process engages
with and
evangelises culture.
One could turn to many artists for a precedent for a newly
evangelised culture comprising imaginative activities that are open to the transcendent, a culture that integrates human creativity in art, literature and science
with the call to holiness, to a life that acknowledges truth, goodness and beauty as having their source in the divine.
The Church opens the Year of Faith [1]
with a Synod on the New Evangelisation at a time when, in England, there are a number of issues about the adequacy of theology programmes in preparing their students for the task of
evangelising.
This is a recovery which began
with the intellectual groundwork laid by theologians such as Newman, de Lubac, and von Balthasar prior to Vatican II and was given affirmation and direction by the Council's deeply
evangelising and unifying imperative.
A church in Chester is boldly
evangelising in a council estate café and an upmarket shop,
with some incredible testimonies More
Catholics who read Porta Fidei in the light of the documents of Vatican II can see how consistent it is
with Council teaching, and also
with the Catechism and
with the project of a faith - filled pastoral and
evangelising programme, these being the three main criteria that Pope Benedict proposes for the Year of Faith.
The Faith Alive group in Southampton has in the past decade initiated Alpha courses, an ecumenical programme sharing ideas about leadership, formation and outreach methods
with other denominations, a city guildhall event
with a Catholic inspirational speaker and prayer teams, a city mission, an introductory programme for «new seekers», that is people interested in the Church and who might wish to continue
with the RCIA, displays outside a church on a main road and a manned gazebo to provide information and resources to passers - by during the papal visit, and the Anchor catecheticscourse making use of the «way of beauty» for
evangelising parishioners, seen as a primary target.
A positive message has been missing in
evangelising, and that has meant that fear and embarrassment paralyse believers when they should rather be charged
with enthusiasm in the service of the Gospel and
with confidence to «preach the Word in season and out of season» (2 Tim 4:2).
In this Year of Faith we are summoned to re-evangelise the People of God, starting
with ourselves, as a prelude to
evangelising the world once again.
Readers are gently led into considering their own spiritual life, challenged into being honest
with their current efforts to
evangelise, and invited to analyse the general culture of society.
The courageous work of pro-life groups in vigils at abortion clinics, of street pastors working
with clubbers at night - time in city centres, of those offering prayer ministry for healing in shopping centres, of street evangelisers such as the St Patrick's group in Soho - all these examples need to be better known, and imitated.1 Then there's the output of media groups working through radio, TV, internet sites, blogs and video teaching programmes, such as Catholic Evangelisation Services; these too, while offering an independent type of Christian teaching, provide an important stimulus to on - the - ground
evangelising.
With the exception of Africans, most Christians simply do not go out in order to
evangelise.
In his first lecture Dulles notes that there has been a blindness to the missionary imperative of the Second Vatican Council, and reminds us that the Council in line
with tradition calls for all people to be
evangelised, and reminds us that sadly many within the Church «know a good many doctrines of the Church but seem never to have encountered the living Christ».
The power of initiative undoubtedly lies
with the Holy Spirit, and it is towards the
evangelising and renewing Spirit that the Church must turn.
The second edition of Christ at the Centre, which was published last week, sets out the
evangelising mission of the Church
with regards to pupils, and the stringent requirements placed on some staff, including whether or not they have married divorcees or had intimate relationships outside marriage.
For example, East Africa was
evangelised, it is true, first by missionaries, but it was the East African Revival that set the pattern for holiness, for a vigour of lifestyle in relationship
with Christ that so impressed an 18 year old teaching at Kiburu Secondary school.
In 2014, for instance, their Evangelism Task Group published a report calling for «a renewed sense of urgency» in engaging
with and
evangelising children and young people.
He
evangelises, but
with no understanding of the non-believer.
There are people who like print books, and I have no argument
with them either, because they, too, have a right to live their lives as they see fit, although I would take exception if they choose to «
evangelise» their views, much in the same way as those who choose to sit in their imaginary camps of anti-Troglodytes.
She was nominated for her first games media award while still at university, and now balances video production
with freelancing for publications like Official PlayStation magazine, talking about key industry issues at conerences around the world, and appearing on national media like BBC Radio to
evangelise gaming culture.