Evangelizing Europe.Timothy Schilling's "Spreading the News Spreading the News is a short one-act comic play by Lady Gregory, which she wrote for the opening night of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, 27 Dec. 1904. It was on a double bill with William Butler Yeats's On Baile's Strand. " (September 8) is an excellent snapshot of "Europe's new evangelization e·van·gel·ize v. e·van·gel·ized, e·van·gel·iz·ing, e·van·gel·iz·es v.tr. 1. To preach the gospel to. 2. To convert to Christianity. v.intr. To preach the gospel. ," yet he fails to mention the evangelization efforts of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor His Eminence Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, (born August 24, 1932) is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, currently serving as Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. of the Archdiocese of Westminster. Murphy-O'Connor is one of the bishops of "old Europe" who take seriously the call of John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. to use the new millennium as a unique evangelizing moment to launch "an effective postjubilee pastoral plan" (Novo Millennio Ineunte Novo Millennio Ineunte [1] ("At the beginning of the new millennium") is an apostolic letter of Pope John Paul II, addressed to the Bishops Clergy and Lay Faithful, "At the Close of the Great Jubilee of 2000". ). The cardinal launched a three-year (2002-05), diocesan-wide renewal program titled At Your Word, Lord to equip parishioners to be effective evangelizers. The program utilized the staff and resources of RENEW International, which is based in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. With twenty thousand participants in small Christian communities in 160 parishes, At Your Word, Lord is one of Europe's largest and most effective grassroots evangelizing efforts. RENEW International is committed to "establishing real communities" where people can share faith--connecting faith and daily life and fostering" multi-level collaboration" among priests, religious, and laity. Two of the fruits of the process were formation of an Evangelization Agency for the large and diverse archdiocese, and the publication of Communion and Mission: Pastoral Priorities for the Diocese of Westminster The Diocese of Westminster was a short-lived diocese of the Church of England, extant from 1540 - 1550. The Diocese was created from part of the Diocese of London, and comprised Westminster (which was raised to the dignity of a city), and the county of Middlesex, with the . This volume promotes evangelization through a focus on the call to holiness, adult faith formation, the parish as a communion of small communities, and the promotion of a culture of vocations. THERESA RICKARD, OP Plainfield, N.J. The writer is director of RENEW International. |
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