As defined by Church documents the mission of the Church is to evangelize, “that is she must proclaim the good news of salvation to all, generate new creatures in Christ through Baptism, and train them to live knowingly as children of God.” [1] The mission of the Church is to
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1. BEING INVITATIONAL BRINGS US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE We can respond with defence mechanisms to stay comfortable and convince ourselves that we are not called to do this. 2. THE PARISH IS NOT A WELCOMING PLACE TO INVITE SOMEONE TO Areas of health in our parish that we
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Evangelizing has a lot to do with being relational. Indeed, the Christian life is essentially about relationships: relationships with God and relationships with others. When we are kind, generous, humble and attentive to the needs of others, evangelization happens naturally. When we have a positive and open attitude, believing we
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that “From the beginning, the core of the Church was often constituted by those who had become believers: ‘together with all [their] household.’ When they were converted, they desired that ‘their whole household’ should also be saved. These families who became believers were
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There was a blind girl who hated herself purely for the fact she was blind. The only person she didn’t hate was her loving boyfriend, as he was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry him. One day, someone donated
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As a group of frogs was traveling through the woods, two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs crowded around the pit and saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them. However, the two frogs decided
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Have you heard the story of the elephant rope? While walking through an elephant camp, a man noticed that the elephants weren’t being caged or chained. The only thing stopping them from escaping the camp was a piece of rope tied to one of their legs. He was completely confused
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The word of God tells us that as workers and friends of God, we should help people taste the goodness of the Lord through our life (Psalm 34:8), and be prepared to give an answer, with gentleness and respect, to everyone who asks us to give the reason for the
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One important feature of missional parishes is that they put themselves in the shoes of those who do not go to church. They endeavour to create a deep and meaningful connection between the Church and the people God wants to reach. Now in order for ourselves to better understand the
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One of the most effective ways of evangelizing and growing in intimacy with our Lord Jesus Christ is by being part of a small group of people who fellowship with one another, pray together, reflect on Scripture and evangelize on a regular basis. This is the principle underlying the growth
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