Appeal Letter – Evangelization Collection
Dear friends, it is with great joy that I can now announce our next steps.
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ARTICLE – The Apparitions of Garabandal: Messages and Relation to Evangelization (Part 4 – A Call to Evangelize)
The relationship between the apparitions of Garabandal and the mission of evangelization operates on two levels: Firstly, the content of the core messages attributed to Garabandal – the calls for conversion, penance, prayer, renewed devotion to the Eucharist, and leading good lives – aligns substantially with the fundamental themes and
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ARTICLE – The Apparitions of Garabandal: Messages and Relation to Evangelization (Part 3 – The Prophetic Announcements)
Beyond the two formal messages, the Garabandal narratives include prophecies of three major future events, plus other related predictions. The Warning (Aviso): This is described as a future, universal, supernatural event originating directly from God, which science will be unable to explain. It is depicted as having both an external
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ARTICLE – The Apparitions of Garabandal: Messages and Relation to Evangelization (Part 2 – The Core Messages)
Two formal ‘messages’ were given for public dissemination, forming the core of the Garabandal communications. First Message (October 18, 1961): This message was reportedly delivered through St. Michael the Archangel. It contained a call to action: “We must make many sacrifices, perform much penance, and visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently.
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WEEKLY BULLETIN – April 9, 2025 (Ferial)
So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8.31-42) FROM THE DIOCESE Message from Bishop Brehl for Lent 2025 Bishop Brehl’s Lent message for 2025 can be viewed on our diocesan YouTube channel: Message from Bishop Brehl for Lent 2025. Mass of Chrism Mass of
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ARTICLE – The Apparitions of Garabandal: Messages and Relation to Evangelization (Part 1 – The Phenomenon)
Between June 1961 and November 1965, the remote, traditionally Catholic mountain village of San Sebastián de Garabandal in Cantabria, northern Spain, became the site of reportedly numerous extraordinary events centered around four young schoolgirls. These girls – Conchita Gonzalez (b. 1949), Mari Loli Mazón (1949–2009), Jacinta González (b. 1949), and
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ARTICLE – Embracing failure: When Hopes Are Shaken, A New Path Is Taken
Failure is rarely comfortable, often discouraging, and sometimes even humiliating. Yet failure is not foreign to the Gospel or to the Christian life. Our life journey whether in personal growth, mission, or evangelization, is rarely a straight line. In fact, it is often marked by stumbling, learning, getting up, and
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ARTICLE – Abide, Be Transformed, Be Sent
Evangelization is not first an activity but a life lived in communion with God. It begins in intimacy, deepens through the renewal of the heart and of the mind, and naturally flows outward in mission. • Talk to God – Abide.Begin with intimacy. Not as duty, but as relationship. This
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ARTICLE – Those Who Understand the Heart of Jesus Will Engage in Evangelization
“The heart of Jesus aches for the lost — for every soul wandering in darkness, unaware of His love. His is a heart that seeks, pursues, and never gives up, burning with mercy and longing to bring each one home to the Father.” To understand evangelization in its deepest sense
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At once the man was made well (John 5.1-16) FROM THE DIOCESE Message from Bishop Brehl for Lent 2025 Bishop Brehl’s Lent message for 2025 can be viewed on our diocesan YouTube channel: Message from Bishop Brehl for Lent 2025. Mass of Chrism Mass of Chrism will be celebrated by
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ARTICLE – Understanding the Charismatic Renewal within Catholic Theology
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal represents a significant movement within the Church that emphasizes the active and experiential presence of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers. Originating in 1967, the Catholic Renewal has been described as a “current of grace” intended for the renewal of the entire Church, not
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