Recognising the danger to his life if he remained in Guinea, John Paul II appointed Sarah Secretary of the Congregation
for the Evangelisation of Peoples in 2001.
While the word new is a suitable adjective
for evangelisation, the quality of the newness should be understood in the sense of feliciora.»
Local church groups and parishes similarly need to identify new resources of people, materials and opportunities
for evangelisation.
Pope Benedict's visit to visit Great Britain in 2010 is not only an excellent opportunity
for Evangelisation, it also offers us the...
And this great missionary zeal is evident in his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium: «I dream of a «missionary option», that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church's customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channelled
for the evangelisation of today's world.»
Pope Benedict's visit to visit Great Britain in 2010 is not only an excellent opportunity
for Evangelisation, it also offers us the chance to put the record straight and defend the Faith.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was interviewed on Premier Christian Radio this morning about Thy Kingdom Come — a week of prayer
for the evangelisation...
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.»
The Movement sees this new synthesis as an effective tool
for evangelisation and catechesis, and uses it as such.
Not exact matches
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...
His office has receivedrequests
for copies of the document from dioceses in the United States, Canada, Australia, France (interesting), and Malta following a public endorsement by Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, Secretary
for the Congregation
for Clergy, who sent Bishop O'Donoghue the Congregation's congratulations on his «courageous examination of the state of
evangelisation and catechesis in the diocese of Lancaster's schools and colleges» and
for developing a positive programme
for action in harmony with the «operative Magisterial documents».
[16] He also quoted his predecessor Pope Paul VI who said that the doctrine of Blessed John Duns Scotus «can yield shining arms
for combating and chasing away the dark clouds of atheism which casts its shadow upon our era», and continued to state that the doctrine «energetically builds up the Church, sustaining her in her urgent mission of the new
evangelisation of the peoples of the earth.»
This is the foundation of our faith» (Pope Paul VI)-- and it comes with a responsibility
for «my brothers» holiness», in other words,
evangelisation.
This insight, though commonly cited, including in the Instrumentum Laboris
for the 2012 Synod on the new
evangelisation, remains however somewhat nebulous.
New
Evangelisation doesn't take place in one strike and once
for all.
Nearer home, he was also aware of the acute need that the Church had
for a new
evangelisation of their people, a need that was recognised by his bishop, and also by the Pope himself.
That world, as he and numerous commentators have attempted to describe, presents a completely new challenge to the Church: hence the need
for a new
evangelisation.
Peter and Paul in 2010, Pope Benedict stated that PopeJohn Paul represented the Church's missionary nature not only with his apostolic journeys, but also «with the insistence of his Magisterium on the urgent need
for a «new
evangelisation»: «new» not in its content but in its inner thrust, open to the grace of the Holy Spirit which constitutes the force of the new law of the Gospel that always renews the Church; «new» in ways that correspond with the power of the Holy Spirit and which are suited to the times and situations; «new» because of being necessary even in countries that have already received the proclamation of the Gospel.»
Archbishop Rino Fisichella is the president
for the Council
for Promoting the New
Evangelisation, which Benedict XVI established in 2011, and was thus a key participant in the Synod on the same subject in October 2012.
The work of
evangelisation is a work of seeking, finding, befriending, proclaiming, teaching, guiding, correcting, supporting, suffering with and
for, consoling and giving in love that Christ may be all in all.
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.
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».
At the same time, it must be said that this ecumenical (to all the inhabited world) sense of the missionary aim was given new impetus by what John R. Mott (Edinburgh, 1910) defined as «the decisive hour of Christian Mission» which called
for» the
evangelisation of the world in this generation».
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.
As you know, a Pontifical Council has recently been established
for the New
Evangelisation of countries of long - standing Christian tradition, and I would encourage you to avail yourselves of its services in addressing the task before you.
What could be more central and meaningful
for the new
evangelisation?
21 Sept From The Motu Proprio establishing the new Pontifical Council
for the New
Evangelisation: The Second Vatican Council already included among its central topics the question of the relationship between the Church and the modern world....
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&raqu
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&raqu
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».
As is explained on its website: «The college will develop and enrich the cultural and educational life of our country; and respond to Benedict XVI's call
for a New
Evangelisation, bringing life to «the interior desert that results when man, wishing to be the only builder of his own nature and his own destiny, finds himself devoid of that which constitutes the foundation of all things»» (Motu proprio Ubicumque et semper, October 2010).
Pope Francis is calling
for the Church «to embark upon a new chapter of
evangelisation».
Since then the situation has greatly evolved, and the new orders and communities springing up throughout the Catholic world are now not only vital to the new
evangelisation but an essential area of study
for pastoral theology.
Both Buddha and Jesus sent their disciples into the world to articulate a message intended
for the global humanity This is how Volf links economics and
evangelisation.
It is time
for all of us to do our part in this New
Evangelisation.
We went on to affirm that «The
evangelisation of modernity calls
for a realist reclamation of the concept of human nature, fulfilled in Christ» (page 6).
From this last experience emerged what was to be his life's work — a new form of
evangelisation, living with the shanty - dwellers, caring
for disabled people abandoned by others, teaching, and sharing the faith.
Only by proposing such a theological development can we realistically hope to emerge from our present problems, regain that unity of purpose which is so urgently needed and which is a sign of the Spirit and renew the Church in preparation
for a new
evangelisation of the world in the coming century.
One gets the impression that
for the common or garden variety correlationist,
evangelisation is merely another word
for «marketing».
He chairs of the academic council at the School of the Annunciation, the centre
for the new
evangelisation at Buckfast Abbey in Devon.
Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, the academy's chancellor, believes that it is critical
for the new
evangelisation to take into account current scientific opinions and positions.
I think the project of new
evangelisation,
for me, has been given a definitively more fascinating and exciting depth because of Evangelii Gaudium.
Moreover, it impels the Church towards the new
evangelisation of people and cultures that the last two popes have so strongly advocated, and that Pope Benedict now reaffirms: «Today too, there is a need
for stronger ecclesial commitment to new
evangelisation in order to rediscover the joy of believing and the enthusiasm
for communicating the faith.»
There is also an urgent need to work
for the new
evangelisation in Africa, especially among people who have distanced themselves from the Church or who do not behave in a Christian fashion.
Further, a Secretariat is being established within the Pontifical Council
for the Promotion of the New
Evangelisation to coordinate all new evangelisatio
Evangelisation to coordinate all new
evangelisationevangelisation initiatives.
It is of paramount importance,
for a New
Evangelisation, to underline the role of the Preambles of Faith.
[5] At the global level, the key event is to be the XIII General Assembly of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops in October 2012 dedicated to The New
Evangelisation for the Transmission of the Christian Faith.
And, finally, parishioners engaging in such evangelising initiatives depend upon the encouragement of their priests and bishops andtheir own openness to the Holy Spirit who is the main resource
for the Church's new
evangelisation mission.
The need
for such a synthesis is essential not only in developing a modern theology that can enter into dialogue with secular, scientific thought, but also in creating the intellectual framework by which to nurture a new
evangelisation, especially among the young.
From the preface to the Lineamenti
for the 2012 International Synod of Bishops on the New
Evangelisation.
All the same, there seems to be a reasonable hope that Cardinal Ouellet will now, having noticed (probably with the Holy Father's direct involvement) this country's needs, set himself to showing «how an episcopate can be reconfigured
for the challenges of the new
evangelisation» here, too; so it could be that in 10 years» time our Bishops» Conference will have a very different look about it.