tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63127762253228322712024-03-13T23:20:16.446-04:00A Space for Seeking and DeepeningAssociation of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312776225322832271.post-46103913752257587112016-10-10T07:29:00.004-04:002016-10-10T08:02:40.273-04:00What we ask of governing servants is the freedom to make a difference.A few years ago I read the words of a wise person who realized that politics will not save us. This person suggested our living Christian lives will change those confused by the new normal that is a detriment to the true self-gift. Who are we called to be? As Christians we are baptised into Christ to be the difference. Will our vote make the difference? It will make a difference but THE difference is made by our life, our reaching out, our tapping into the saving power of Christ the Way to Truth and Life. I am praying each day that I may know God's desire for me to make a difference in someone's life. I accept my imperfections and the struggles of others. I am loved. They are loved. To be present to one life, those near me, one life at a time, born and unborn, old and young. We ask this from our governing servants - the freedom to make a difference.<br />
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"For freedom Christ set is free." Galatians 4Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312776225322832271.post-10344589375696847352016-10-10T07:29:00.002-04:002016-10-10T07:29:57.169-04:00What we ask of governing servants is the freedom to make a difference.A few years ago I read the words of a wise person who realized that politics will not save us. This person suggested our living Christian lives will change those confused by the new normal that is a detriment to the true self-gift. Who are we called to be? As Christians we are baptised into Christ to be the difference. Will our vote make the difference? It will make a difference but THE difference is made by our life, our reaching out, our tapping into the saving power of Christ the Way to Truth and Life. I am praying each day that I may know God's desire for me to make a difference in someone's life. I accept my imperfections and the struggles of others. I am loved. They are loved. To be present to one life, those near me, one life at a time, born and unborn, old and young. We ask this from our governing servants - the freedom to make a difference.Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312776225322832271.post-74153415171690472202016-09-02T17:15:00.002-04:002016-10-06T14:42:06.006-04:00Pope Francis and the Enviornment<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
This is an answer I just wrote to answer why Pope Francis is big on the environment. It is amazing how my Professor of Social Teaching knew two years in advance that the next social document of the Church would be on the environment. "And that is because of a greater reason that Pope Benedict advised. He believes that if we don't state strongly about the environment we cannot speak out against destruction of the environment of the human body. This is similar to Pope Leo's docume<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">nt Rerum Novarum at the time of socialism. People thought we needed to stay out of the issue of labor. The Pope said we are losing souls. The issue of the environment is in the line of our Social Teachings since Rerum Novarum. Pope Benedict began to emphasis it. If we dis it we are not helping pro-life issues. I know that students in colleges are being taught that the Church is the reason the environment is being destroyed. I found this out in 1998 after a presentation to college kids."</span></div>
Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312776225322832271.post-24777911017232380282015-06-17T18:21:00.002-04:002015-06-17T20:44:17.214-04:00 Live Christ! Give Christ! Prayers for the New Evangelization<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Evangelization has to do with the calling of every baptized
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Pope Francis’s first letter, <i>Evangelii Gaudium</i> –<i> Joy of the
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<b>1.</b> First we need a
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<o:p> "</o:p><span style="line-height: 150%;">The path of the new evangelization entails the recovery of a
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Pope Francis says
this is to cultivate an interior space, moments of adoration, prayerful encounter
with the Word, sincere conversations with the Lord. We need to focus on
contemplation. The prayers in this book are great primers as we enter into the
presence of God. Archbishop Fisichella says these prayers will help us get past
the voices of secularism, agnosticism, and relativism. They lead us to a deeper
meaning in life. They guide us to a profound listening and give us a greater
capacity to deepen our relationship with Jesus and our own conversion. The
title of the prayerbook also sums up the contents. We are invited to live
Christ and find that our response is evangelization. Alberione said that
apostles who pray overflow like a fountain. So our response, called
evangelization, will naturally follow our personal encounter with Christ.<o:p></o:p></div>
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proposal of the new evangelization is the proclamation of the Gospel to engage
the culture. The chapter <i>Evangelizing in
a Communications Culture </i>leads us into prayer for using the new media, for
Incarnating Christ in the Culture. We are to incarnate ourselves as we grow
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“Knead me Lord Jesus, in the world of communication as Eucharistic
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3. Another
proposal for the New Evangelization is the transformation of the social,
economic, and political orders leading to true liberation. The prayer chapters
on the <i>Word of God, The Holy Eucharist, </i>and <i>Prayers of Reconciliation and
Forgiveness</i> assist in our understanding that God is with us in the seemly
impossible task. As Pope Francis says
“The very heart of the Gospel is life in community and engagement with others.”<i>
Praying with St. Paul </i>is another chapter that fulfills this mandate
wonderfully. Paul knew how to engage the culture and change the world through
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4. Fourth and
final in the priorities of the New Evangelization is unity among believers and
all <span style="line-height: 150%;">people of faith. Today we live in a culture of communication. It is our
meeting point, just as the Areopagus was the meeting point of the culture Paul
evangelized. The chapter entitled <i>Prayers for those Engaged in the New
Evangelization</i> reminds us that we are constantly in communication with others
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Our choices are to be informed by the Gospel. We are in need
of evangelization first – before we set out to evangelize and discern how to
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The prayer book starts out with a chapter on <i>Prayers to the
Holy Trinity </i>– the first and perfect communion of community and the prime
communicators. We consecrate ourselves to the Trinity so that we are in that
intimate communication. We pray to the Holy Spirit so that our life is
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With the Holy Spirit, Mary is always present. The chapter on
prayers to <i>Mary, Queen of Apostles </i>reflects that she is always present in the midst
of the evangelizers. She joined the apostles that first Pentecost. We pray for
a new Pentecost along with Mary, Mother of the Church. Without her we can never
truly understand the New Evangelization.<o:p></o:p></div>
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you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,</div>
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help us to say our own “yes”</div>
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to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,</div>
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to proclaim the good news of Jesus.</div>
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Filled with Christ’s presence, </div>
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you brought joy to John the Baptist,</div>
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Brimming over with joy,</div>
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Standing at the foot of the cross</div>
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Obtain for us now a new ardour born of the resurrection,</div>
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which triumphs over death.</div>
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Give us a holy courage to seek new paths,</div>
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that the gift of unfading beauty</div>
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Virgin of listening and contemplation,</div>
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Mother of love, Bride of the eternal wedding feast,</div>
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Star of the new evangelization, </div>
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help us to bear radiant witness to communion,</div>
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service, ardent and generous faith,</div>
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justice and love of the poor,</div>
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Mother of the living Gospel,</div>
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From The Joy of the Gospel, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis</div>
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Enjoy the presentation link. I blogged a little of this talk below. It warms up in the middle and then gets hot on the new evangelization at the conslusion. Msgr. Tighe kicked off the Catholic New Media Conference with his inspiring keynote. Watch it here if you missed it... <a href="http://t.co/5MkG5FzQL3">http://t.co/5MkG5FzQL3</a>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312776225322832271.post-5330511205539638692013-10-19T10:11:00.001-04:002013-10-19T10:16:16.514-04:00Evangelization and Catholic Media<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Votive Mass of the Queen of Apostles opened our day. Then we began the presentations. I will blog them in order although they will move down the feed as I go!</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- The Vatican and Digital Media: Fr. Paul Tighe</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thoughtful ignorance to thoughtfull uncertaintly. We are encouraged to use new media, the experiment and to learn. Fr. is part of the team for the @Pontifex The Pope received a lot of attention for the twitter account. It is where we need to be - to bring the church into the arena. This is worth doing. This is not a fad. We are close to 10 million followers in all languages. The Latin feed is for those who love playing around with Latin tweets. Instead it received so many followers! There is a lot of retweeting, like the scattering of the seed. News.va is getting revised to continue updating its format and its feed. 50-60 thousand people go on each day. The Pope App allows you to see the Pope and watch events live. "The Pope in your pocket" though this Pope is in nobodies pocket. Facebook is interesting. The most interest is around spirituality. One message of the Pope, the New Evangelization Conference in the Philippines- Pope's first English presentation. There were 250,000 shares within the half-hour. Our youth are expressing themselves, forming relationships and creating community in another way. A change in communication itself. It is the user who is determining where we are going or not going with these developments. We don't know which platforms will develop. It is changing the church's nature in its manifestations. Benedict said theologians have to reflect on this because theology is always a reflection on how our culture is changing. Change that is similar to the changes in the way the younger generation is. "christians in social media are becoming citizens in the arena - citizens who fit in, who don't stick out, etc. also bring faith into this reality. Digital is very real. Increasing numbers of people are engaged. It is an existential dimension of their lives. We need to rethink what we are doing. We need to learn the new language for the digital continent - how we have our conversations. We grew up with the idea of the pulpit. We were at the center and you were out there listening. New Media is different - it is shared and that is how it gets out there. It is interactive. We have to engage the questions. Most of these conversations are happening in the common forum. We don't know who is listening. Trying to make scenes.. Pope to listen, to converse and to encourage in the digital world. So many people have need for encouragement. We don't text very well - encyclicals etc, as a church. In a digital arena we need words images and sounds. Before we were literate we were v good with beauty - stained glass, music ... "warm peoples hearts" says Benedict. Give them a lift and something that gives them pleasure. The icons we use do not presume we know what we are talking about anymore: the words - lent, confession, Vatican II. We don't want to lose the theological language but need entry level language.. </span></div>
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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The new Pope told us that evangelization
presumes apostolic zeal. And one must go out towards those in need, to proclaim
the Gospel in the suburbs": is what Cardinal Fernando Filoni said, commenting
this morning the choice of the new Pope, in a meeting at the Congregation of
"Propaganda Fide ", where Fides Agency was present.<br />"Today we are called to
make this our intuition," the Cardinal said. "Even though at times we may be
tired, we are called to proclaim the Gospel always, especially with zeal, which
means with love." The new Pope - he continued - "urged us to come out of
ourselves, not to yield to the temptation of egocentricity, but to go to the
needy, to bring a proclamation of joy and hope to all those organizations marked
by material and spiritual poverty. "As Christians engaged in the work of
evangelization "we can give our contribution to the Petrine ministry, continuing
to lavish our commitment with generosity and love," said Cardinal
Filoni.<br />Then talking about his experience in the Conclave, he remarked: "It
was very emotional, as one feels the great responsibility. We Cardinals
'indicated' not elected the new Pope, he was chosen by God. If Mother Teresa
prayed to be 'a pencil in the hands of God', for me this election was a dash in
God’s plan, it was a unique experience." Cardinal Filoni confirmed that the Pope
chose the name Francis referring to Francis of Assisi, "although this choice is
significant of his deep humility." (PA) (Agenzia Fides 14/03/2013)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">On Saturday 9th March, a group of young Catholics will get on the underground in Mexico City to bring the message of Christ to thousands of people who every day use this means of transport. "The Mision Subterranea" (Mission in the metro), as this day of evangelization has been called is organized for the second year by the youth of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Azcapotzalco, under the slogan: "Let us go and spread our faith to those who need it." </span></h5>
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These days, flash mobs spring up for all sorts of occasions.<br />
This group, for example, is performing<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The note sent to <i>Fides</i> by the Archdiocese of Mexico reports that all the parishes have joined the youth's initiative, with the contribution of their artistic talents, with logistic support, with material for evangelization. Young people will be present on all underground lines, spreading the Gospel through songs or other artistic expressions.</span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">This type of mission was inspired by the famous "Flashmob", organized about a month ago, in which thousands of people in cities around the world, took the underground half-naked "to have fun and show that one can do something together without having met before." "But we want to bring the Word of God in a public place like the underground. With our guitars, drums, and our voice we want to sing to evangelize.</span><br style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">We will also distribute postcards of saints, because people ask us to speak of the saints and the Bible." the day of "special mission underground" will end with a concert, which will be attended by hundreds of young missionaries. </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Mexico City </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">(Agenzia Fides 27/02/2013) </span><span style="font-size: small;">C</span><b>lick here:<a href="http://people.howstuffworks.com/flash-mob.htm"> What is a Flashmob?</a></b></h5>
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Evangelizing through experience means just that. During a
pilgrimage are in play all five senses. See places and faces, hear sounds and
noises, smell odors and smells, taste foods and flavors, step on the land of
the place you visit. In a pilgrimage to the suggestions that imprint places in
our soul and in our body combine with the "beauty" of the faces of
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traditions, their history, and much more simply in their everyday life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Official Year of Faith site has videos, messages and events for the Year of Faith <a href="http://www.annusfidei.va/content/novaevangelizatio/en.html">http://www.annusfidei.va/content/novaevangelizatio/en.html</a><br />
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Vatican City, 4 December 2012 (VIS) - A press conference was
held in the Holy See Press Office this morning to present the International
Congress "Ecclesia in America" on the Church in the American
continent, which will take place in Vatican City from 9 to 12 December. The
Congress is promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and the
Knights of Columbus in collaboration with the Institute for Guadalupan Studies.
Participating in the conference were Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., president of
the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Professor Guzman Carriquiry,
secretary of the same Commission, and Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the
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Cardinal Ouellet began by recalling the Synodal Assembly
that took place in November and December 1997, convoked by Blessed John Paul
II, which was dedicated to the American continent and addressed the theme of
the "Encounter with the living Jesus Christ: The way to conversion,
communion and solidarity in America". This theme will inspire the Congress
as it works towards its aim of "re-examining the prophetic intuition of
Blessed John Paul II and the basic content of the exhortation 'Ecclesia in
America', as well as intensifying the communion and co-operation of the
Churches in Canada and the United States with the Churches of Latin America in
order to address common problems and challenges faced by the mission of the
Church in the American continent".
<a href="http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2012/12/04/ecclesia_in_america_celebrating_15_years/en1-644658">Read the entire article here.</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Jesus came to
reveal and bring a new kingship, that of God; He came to bear witness to the
truth of a God Who is love, Who wants to establish a kingdom of justice, love
and peace. Whoever is open to love hears this testimony and accepts it with
faith, to enter the <st1:place><st1:placetype>kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename>God</st1:placename></st1:place>. Jesus
clearly had no political ambitions. After the multiplication of the loaves, the
people, enthralled by the miracle, wanted to take Him away and make Him their
king, in order to overthrow the power of <st1:city><st1:place>Rome</st1:place></st1:city> and thus establish a new political kingdom which
would be considered the long-awaited <st1:place><st1:placetype>kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename>God</st1:placename></st1:place>.
But Jesus knows that God’s kingdom is of a completely different kind; it is not
built on arms and violence. The multiplication of the loaves itself becomes
both the sign that He is the Messiah and a watershed in His activity:
henceforth the path to the Cross becomes ever clearer; there, in the supreme
act of love, the promised kingdom, the kingdom of God, will shine forth. …
Jesus … does not wish to be defended by arms, but ... to establish His kingdom
not by armed conflict, but by the apparent weakness of life-giving love. The <st1:place><st1:placetype>kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename>God</st1:placename></st1:place>
is a kingdom utterly different from earthly kingdoms." Benedict XVI</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">An E-book from the Pontifical Missionary Union:</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> by </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Vito Del Prete </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">edited</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> by Emilia Paola Pacel </span><a href="http://www.fides.org/books/the_good_heart/">http://www.fides.org/books/the_good_heart/</a><br />
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<i><u>Excerpt </u></i>- <b style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The new era of humanity</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">. </span><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Planetary changes and humanity’s new absolutes: </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">technocracy, mass media, globalisation,</span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><i>the universalistic pretension of culture </i>T</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">he Encyclical Redemptoris Missio, in number 37c, significantly used the expression «modern equivalents of the Areopagus» to indicate the places, situations, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">milieu and particular human groups to which the Church’s evangelizing activity </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">ought to be directed. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">«After preaching in a number of places, St. Paul arrived in Athens, where he went </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">to the Areopagus and proclaimed the Gospel in language appropriate to and understandable in those surroundings (cf. Acts 17:22-31). At that time the Areopagus represented the cultural centre of the learned people of Athens, and today it can </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">be taken as a symbol of the new sectors in which the Gospel must be proclaimed».</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The Encyclical does not claim to give an exhaustive list of the fields of missionary commitment, but clearly it indicates the new emergencies and urgencies that </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">are arising from the present historical march of humanity.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">This is the fruit of sensitivity to a reading and interpretation of the history (signs </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">of the times) of humanity, which must reach its fullness through the sowing and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">growth of the Kingdom of God within it. Every generation and every age from </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">time to time has situations that need to be redeemed, because they are blatantly </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">harmful to human dignity and to human justice and solidarity. Likewise the inflexible and inhuman logic of discriminatory personal, community and international relations, of economic, political and religious systems is creating new </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">phenomena of slavery, subservience, oppression and conditioning. In order to understand where the Church’s evangelizing efforts ought to be primarily directed it </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">is necessary to analyse the causes, identify the predominant thought, cultures and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">interests that lie behind and produce this phenomena. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">In fact this mission of the Church is and remains specific to the extent in which she </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">addresses the proclamation of the Kingdom to those sectors of humanity that have </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">not yet been touched by the Gospel, or are in sharp contrast with human dignity </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">and with the Word of God. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">«For the Church, evangelizing means bringing the Good News into all the strata </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">making it new» (Evangelii Nuntiandi [EN] 18).</span></div>
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During synod discussions, several bishops spoke about the importance of the
church learning the particular language and culture of social media and new
technology to share the Gospel with people who increasingly spend their time
online.<br />
In the propositions, they said Catholics should be trained "to transmit
faithfully the content of the faith and of Christian morality" through the
media, but they insisted that no technical talent or online presence could take
the place of "the testimony of life" lived in accordance with the Gospel.<br />
Synod members described young Catholics not primarily as objects of
evangelization, but as evangelizers, especially of their peers.<br />
"As the media greatly influence the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual
well-being of the youth," they said, "the church through catechesis and youth
ministry strives to enable and equip them to discern between good and evil, to
choose Gospel values over worldly values, and to form firm faith
convictions." <a href="http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/synod-members-propose-ways-promote-evangelization">Full Article</a> <span class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ncronline.org/authors/cindy-wooden" style="border: 0px; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cindy Wooden</a> </span><span style="color: #888888; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden" style="border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ncronline.org/authors/catholic-news-service" style="border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Catholic News Service</a> Oct. 29, 2012</span>Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312776225322832271.post-53719737873351510012012-10-26T11:14:00.000-04:002012-10-26T11:14:07.473-04:00Final Message of Evangelization Synod<br />
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"At the beginning of the document, the bishops recalled the evangelical
passage from John which tells about the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan
woman at the well: this is the image of contemporary man with an empty vessel,
who is thirsting and is nostalgic for God, and to whom the Church must turn to
make the Lord present to him. And just like the Samaritan woman, who encounters
Jesus, he can but become a witness of the proclamation of salvation and hope of
the Gospel. Looking specifically at the context of new evangelization, the Synod
therefore reminds of the necessity to revive faith, which risks being made
obscure in the context of today's cultures, also faced with the weakening of the
faith by many baptized persons. The encounter with the Lord, which reveals God
as love, can only come about in the Church, as the form of receptive community
and experience of communion; from this, then, Christians become its witnesses
also in other places. However, the Church reasserts that to evangelize one must
be evangelized first of all, and sends out a plea - starting with herself - for
conversion, because the weaknesses of Jesus' disciples weigh upon the
credibility of the mission. Conscious of the fact that the Lord is the guide of
history, and therefore that evil will not have the last word, the bishops invite
Christians to overcome fear with faith and to look at the world with serene
courage because, while full of contradictions and challenges, this is still the
world God loves. Therefore no pessimism: globalization, secularization and the
new scenarios of society, migration, even with the difficulties and suffering
they entail, must be seen as opportunities for evangelization, Because this is
not a question of finding new strategies as if the Gospel was to be spread like
a market product, but rediscovering the ways in which individuals come close to
Jesus. The Message looks at the family as the natural place for evangelization and
reasserts that it should be supported by the Church, by politics and by society.
Within the family, the special role of women is underlined and there is a
reminder about the painful situation of divorced and remarried persons: while
reconfirming the discipline which regards access to the Sacraments, it is
reasserted that they are in no way abandoned by the Lord, and that the Church is
the welcoming house for all. The Message also mentions consecrated life, witness
of the ultra-earthly sense of human existence, and parishes as centers for evangelization it recalls the importance of permanent formation for priests and
religious men and women and invites the laity (movements and new ecclesial
realities) to evangelize, remaining in communion with the Church. New evangelization finds welcome cooperation with other Churches and ecclesial
communities, they too moved by the same spirit of proclamation of the Gospel.
Special attention is focused on young persons in a perspective of listening and
dialogue, to redeem and not mortify their enthusiasm.<br />
"The Message then looks at dialogue, seen in many ways: with culture, which
needs a new alliance between faith and reason; with education; with science
which, when it does not close man in materialism, becomes an ally for the humanization of life; with art; with the word of economy and work; with the ill
and suffering; with politics, where an uninterested and transparent involvement
towards the common good is asked for; with other religions. In particular, the
Synod emphasizes that inter-religious dialogue contributes to peace, refutes
fundamentalism and denounces any violence against believers. The Message recalls
the possibilities offered by the Year of Faith, by the memory of Vatican Council
II and by the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Finally, it indicates two
expressions of a life of faith, which are especially meaningful for new evangelization contemplation, where silence allows for the better reception of
the Word of God, and service to the poor, in the view of recognizing Christ in
their faces. In the last part, the Message looks at the Church in the various regions of
the world and addresses a word of encouragement for the proclamation of the
Gospel to each of them: to the Eastern Churches wishing to be able to practice faith in conditions of peace and religious freedom; to the African Church asking
to develop evangelization in the encounter of ancient and new cultures, calling
then upon governments to cease conflicts and violence. The Christians of North
America, who live in a culture with many expressions distant from the Gospel,
must look towards conversion, to being open to welcoming immigrants and
refugees. Latin America is invited to live the permanent mission to face today's
challenges such as poverty, violence, even the new conditions of religious
pluralism. The Church in Asia, even while being a small minority, often placed
at the edges of society and persecuted, is encouraged and exhorted to the
steadfastness of faith. Europe, marked by an even aggressive secularization and
wounded by past regimes, has nevertheless created a humanistic culture capable
of giving a face to the dignity of man and to the building of the common good;
today's difficulties therefore must not dishearten European Christians, but must
be perceived as a challenge. Oceania is asked to feel once again the involvement
of preaching the Gospel. Finally, the Message closes with trust in Mary, the
Star of New Evangelization".<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Certainly not all of us are called to preach from pulpits, street corners, TV studios or on internet blogs. But all of us shape people's perceptions about Christ, Christianity and Catholicism in everything we do -- or fail to do.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In this Year of Faith, that's something to contemplate as we strive to be Jesus-like l</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">eaders at home, at work and in our communities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">One is <i>communications.</i> We cannot choose to "not communicate" and think that's the end of our interaction with someone. When we shut up, people ascribe meaning to our silence. As my wife told me once, "You're giving me the silent treatment." And yes, I guess I was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Another is<i> leadership.</i> It's not a task that we can pick up or put down when we choose. Intentional leadership occurs whenever anyone influences anyone else. But unintentional leadership occurs all the time too -- and sometimes it is more powerful than our conscious attempts to lead. Some examples:</span></div>
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Association of Pauline Cooperatorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620313417187716937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312776225322832271.post-92189381854224256482012-10-02T10:31:00.003-04:002012-10-02T10:33:41.180-04:0010 Ways to Live the Year of FaithTo honor the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a Year of Faith, starting October 11 and ending November 24, 2013. In this article, Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, chairman of the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, offers “10 Ways Catholics Can Live the Year of Faith":<br />
<br />Participate in Mass<br />
Participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation<br />
Learn about the lives of the saints<br />
Read the Bible daily<br />
Read the documents of Vatican II<br />
Study the Catechism<br />
Volunteer <br />Help those in need<br />
Invite a friend to Mass<br />
Incorporate the Beatitudes into daily life<br />
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