13. New Evangelisation for the
transmission of the
Christian Faith
New Evangelisers
for the
New Evangelisation
14. "Therefore I believe that the most
important thing, especially on such a
significant occasion as this, is to revive
in the whole Church that positive
tension, that yearning to announce
Christ again to contemporary man"
"During the Council there was an
emotional tension as we faced the
common task of making the truth
and beauty of the faith shine out in
our time, without sacrificing it to the
demands of the present or leaving it
tied to the past"
positive tension - revive it!
(Pope Benedict XVI - Homily of the Inaugural Holy Mass of the Faith Year, 11th Oct. 2012)
15. what is new evangelisation?
It is not starting again but of entering in to
the long path of proclaiming the gospel
which has run through the history..
16. It is a commitment, not to re-
evangelisation but rather to a new
evangelisation: new in its ardor,
methods and expression
(Bl. Pope John Paul II). (IL45)
The new evangelisation is precisely
the Church’s ability to renew her
communal experience of faith and to
proclaim it within the new situations.
new evangelisation
17. “The Church has received this solemn mandate
of Christ to proclaim the saving truth from the
Apostles and must carry it out to the very ends of
the earth. Wherefore to promote the glory of God
and procure the salvation of all of these, and
mindful of the command of the Lord, ‘Preach the
Gospel to every creature’ (Mk 16:15), the Church
fosters the missions with care attention” (Lumen
Gentium 16).
why new evangelisation?
18. Intellectual and ideological separation of
Christ from his Church - " Church is God's
family in the world” and that “the Church's
deepest nature is expressed in her three-fold
responsibility: of proclaiming the word of
God, celebrating the sacraments, and
exercising the ministry of charity.” (Deus
Cartias est 25)
why new evangelisation?
19. “re-proposal of Jesus Christ and his Gospel"-
“in the countries where the first proclamation
of the faith has already resonated and where
churches with an ancient foundation exist, but
are experiencing the progressive secularisation
of society and a sort of ‘eclipse of the sense of
God’…” (June 28, 2010). (cf Instrumentum Laboris 12, 52-53, 94)
why new evangelisation?
20. The changing circumstances of
today and the growing influence of
secularism, materialism,
individualism, fundamentalism etc..
why new evangelisation?
21. Concepts such as incarnation,
resurrection, redemption, sacrament
and grace – core themes of theology
used to explain our belief in Jesus
Christ – have little meaning in the
Catholic and the fallen away Catholic
in a culture where rationalism prevails.
(Instrumentum Laboris 20)
why new evangelisation?
22. 1. People who continue to
grow in faith
3 categories
The objects of the New Evangelisation
3. People distanced from
faith and the Church
2. Mission Ad Gentes - to
people yet to accept faith
23. “It has been reaffirmed that appropriate catechesis
must accompany preparation for Baptism,
Confirmation and Eucharist. The importance of
Confession, the sacrament of God’s mercy, has also
been emphasised. This sacramental journey is
where we encounter the Lord’s call to holiness,
addressed to all Christians. In fact it has often been
said that the real protagonists of the new
evangelisation are the saints: they speak a
language intelligible to all through the example of
their lives and their works of charity”.
(Pope Benedict XVI - Homily of the concluding Holy Mass of Synod, 28th Oct. 2012)
1. People who continue to grow in faith
24. 2. Mission Ad Gentes - to people yet to accept faith
“There are still many regions in Africa, Asia and Oceania whose
inhabitants await with lively expectation, sometimes without
being fully aware of it, the first proclamation of the Gospel. So
we must ask the Holy Spirit to arouse in the Church a new
missionary dynamism, whose protagonists are, in particular,
pastoral workers and the lay faithful. Globalisation has led to a
remarkable migration of peoples. So the first proclamation is
needed even in countries that were evangelised long ago. All
people have a right to know Jesus Christ and his Gospel:
and Christians, all Christians – priests, religious and lay faithful –
have a corresponding duty to proclaim the Good News”.(Pope
Benedict XVI - Homily of the concluding Holy Mass of Synod,
28th Oct. 2012)
25. 3. People distanced from faith and the Church
“The Church is particularly concerned that they should encounter
Jesus Christ anew, rediscover the joy of faith and return to religious
practice in the community of the faithful. Besides traditional and
perennially valid pastoral methods, the Church seeks to adopt new
ones, developing new language attuned to the different world
cultures, proposing the truth of Christ with an attitude of dialogue
and friendship rooted in God who is Love. In various parts of the
world, the Church has already set out on this path of pastoral
creativity, so as to bring back those who have drifted away or are
seeking the meaning of life, happiness and, ultimately, God. We may
recall some important city missions, the “Courtyard of the Gentiles”,
the continental mission, and so on. There is no doubt that the Lord,
the Good Shepherd, will abundantly bless these efforts, which
proceed from zeal for his Person and his Gospel.”
(Pope Benedict XVI - Homily of the concluding Holy Mass of Synod, 28th Oct. 2012)
26. "Bartimaeus could represent those who live in
regions that were evangelised long ago, where
the light of faith has grown dim and people
have drifted away from God, no longer
considering him relevant for their lives. These
people have therefore lost a precious treasure,
they have “fallen” from a lofty dignity – not
financially or in terms of earthly power, but in a
Christian sense – their lives have lost a secure
and sound direction and they have become,
often unconsciously, beggars for the meaning
of existence. They are the many in need of a
new evangelisation, that is, a new
encounter with Jesus, the Christ, the Son of
God (cf. Mk 1:1), who can open their eyes
afresh and teach them the path.” (Pope
Benedict XVI - Homily of the concluding Holy
Mass of Synod, 28th Oct. 2012)
27. Everyone – “The
new evangelisation
applies to the whole
of the Church’s life"
who all are involved?
28. Everywhere – like St
Paul – as if he is the
only one to tell the good
news to everybody.
where to evangelise?
29. Two great pillars of Evangelisation
"Confessio and Caritas"
how to evangelise?
30. “The Confessio should remain in heart and
mouth. It must necessarily become public,
because the faith carried within must be
communicated to others, proclaimed, with
the courage that derives from intelligence”.
Caritas – “it is the flame that kindles others
and becomes the fire of charity. Word
inseparably lived in love is the key to
Evangelisation”
31. 1. The renewal or deepening of our own faith
3 stages of new evangelisation
2. A new confidence in the truth of our own faith
3. Willingness to share our faith with others
32. 4 qualities of new evangelisers
1. Boldness and courage of the Apostles and Saints
2. Connectedness to the Church, her Gospel and
her pastoral presence
3. Sense of urgency - As Mary set off in haste in a
long and difficult journey from Nazareth to a hill
country in the village of Judea, there was no time to
be lost because her mission was so important.
4. Joy - Joy must characterise the evangeliser. Ours is
a message of great joy, Christ is risen. Christ is with
us. Whatever our circumstances, our witness should
radiate with the fruits of the Holy Spirit including
love, peace and joy (Galatians 5:22).
37. Spiritual desertification
"Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual
“desertification”. In the Council’s time it was already possible
from a few tragic pages of history to know what a life or a
world without God looked like, but now we see it every day
around us...And in the desert people of faith are needed who,
with their own lives, point out the way to the Promised Land
and keep hope alive. Living faith opens the heart to the grace
of God which frees us from pessimism. Today, more than
ever, evangelising means witnessing to the new life,
transformed by God, and thus showing the path"
ten key areas
39. We should evangelise ourselves first and
convert to the power of Christ, who alone is
capable of making all things new
karygmatic proclamation leading to
repentance, conversion and
a decision of faith followed
by catechesis
First Proclamation
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ten key areas
40. The sinner who was converted becomes a messenger of
salvation and leads the whole city to Jesus
Jesus's encounter with the Samaritan woman
"We no longer believe because of your word;
for we have heard ourselves, and we know that
this is truly the saviour of the world"
'He told me everything
I have done'
the confession leading
to the question of faith
'could he possibly be
the messiah?
41. Power of the
Holy SpiritThe principal agent of Evangelisation
opens hearts and converts them to God
42. Power of the Word of God
in encounter and catechesis
“the divine word will be ever more
fully at the heart of every ecclesial
activity” (Verbum Domini, 1)
" the first word, the true initiative,
only by inserting ourselves
in to the divine initiative,
will we too able to become
- with him and in Him -
evangelisers".
(Pope Benedict XVI, first meditation)
43. • Dominant cultures pose questions to faith and
the Church, only Gospel can bring light and
heal the human weaknesses.
4 Seizing new opportunities for
Evangelisation
• Globalisation as an opportunity for expanding the
presence of the gospel.
• New forms of Poverty open new spaces for
the service of charity and sharing the gospel.
• Migrations- with the weight of the sufferings that
they bring- are occasions of spreading the faith
and communion among its various forms.
45. Ever since the first evangelisation, the
transmission of the faith from one generation to
the next found a natural home in the family,
where women play a very special role without
diminishing the figure and responsibility of the
father.
47. The most compelling responsibility that the Church has
today is to re-awaken in all the baptised who have the
common priesthood and the prophetic office. (IL 118) The
Second Vatican Council identifies four main aspects of the
mission of the baptised: the witness of their lives, works
of charity and mercy, renewing the temporal order and
direct evangelisation (cf. Lumen gentium, Apostolicam actuositatem).
In this way, they will be able to give witness of a life truly
coherent with their Christian faith, as individual persons and
as a community. The laity cooperate in the Church’s work of
evangelisation, as witnesses and at the same time as living
instruments they share in her saving mission (cf. Ad gentes 41,
proposition 45)
48. Ecclesial movements are an expression
of the richness of the gifts that the Spirit
bestows on the Church. We also thank these
forms of life and of commitment in the Church,
exhorting them to be faithful to their proper
charism and to earnest ecclesial communion
especially in the concrete context of the
particular Churches. (Final message, 8)
50. A Church where youth can be found by Jesus and
where they can find Him. But for the Church to be the
'space' of a faith-encounter with the Lord, she must
learn anew from Jesus in whom we meet God."
Are we the youth lost or has the Church lost us?
51. The Church is concerned about the youth of
today, but not Pessimistic. Concerned because
most aggressive attacks of our times happen to
flow together precisely on them - we have to
take particular care for the encounter of youth
with Christ. (Final message, 9)
In the New Evangelisation, the youth are not
only the future but also the present (and gift) in
the Church. They are not only the recipients
but also agents of evangelisation, especially
with their peers (proposition 51).
52. "shared walk”, “walking together”
...the famous walk of the Lord with the two
disciples who were going to Emmaus, who
are to a certain extent an image of the
agnostic world of today. Jesus, their hope,
had died: the world was empty. It seemed that
either God did not exist or that o had no
interest in us. With this despair in their
hearts, and yet with a little flame of faith, they
walk on. Mysteriously, the Lord walks beside
them and helps them to understand better
the mystery of God, his presence in history,
his silent walk with us."
Pope Benedict XVI- luncheon meeting with the synod members on Oct 15th
Accompanying..
54. option for the poor
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Our efforts to help the poor “must also be
accompanied by commitment to justice, with
an appeal that concerns all, poor and rich.
Hence, the social doctrine of the Church is
integral to the pathways of the new
evangelisation, as well as to the formation of
the Christians to dedicate themselves to serve
the human community in social and political
life.
55. The Synod also recognises that “the
many and ever new forms of poverty
open new opportunities for
charitable service: the proclamation
of the Gospel binds the Church to
be with the poor and to take on their
sufferings like Jesus” (Final message, 6)
56. Education, science and technology,
Social communication especially the new
media and different expressions of art
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57. The most effective form of the communication of
the faith remains the sharing of the testimony of life,
without which none of the “media” efforts will result
in an effective transmission of the Gospel.
Education in the wise and constructive use of social
media is an important means to be utilised in the
New Evangelisation. (Proposition 18)
59. Renewing/deepening our own faith
YouCat study groups
Walk with Saints
A new way of celebrating/living our faith
Pray for Priests
Prepare a gift of faith
Sharing our faith with others
A silent Faith Walk with one person
Share the Good News with one new person
Amen
60. What kind of faith we
transmit to those around
us, especially to those
entrusted to us. Is it a
weak faith or a faith that is
strong and communicates
trust and confidence?
61. “The moment has come
to commit all of the
Church’s energies to a
new evangelisation and
mission ad gentes.”
(Bl. John Paul II, Mission of the Redeemer, 3)
62. Let us confidently entrust
ourselves to Mary, our Mother.
For as stars shine more
brightly at night in the desert,
so the light of Mary, star of the
New Evangelisation, brightly
shines in heaven on our way.
Amen
63. • Deepening our Faith - Journeying with the
Saints + form small groups for YouCat study
• People yet to be evangelised - new methods/
approaches addressing the contemporary
challenges/possibilities.. karygmatic
proclamation - only to Christians?
• Distanced from Faith and the Church -
Influence of sects - a trained team to work/
support?
• Celebrating our Faith - During the faith year,
can we do something to celebrate our faith ?
Can we give a gift of faith to others?
64. • Witnessing - walking together - how effective
we are now? Importance of a 'SILENT FAITH
WALK'
• Personal Encounter Experience- bring,back
the focus of the renewal of the baptism of the
Holy Spirit
• New opportunities - migration of workers -
new realities and challenges
• Role of family, women, grand parents in
New Evangelisation
65. • Option for the Poor - new forms of poverty
• Education - a new model for the Jesus
Youth Campus ministry?
• Scientific research and technology - how
are we contributing to the Church and the
society ?
• Social communication especially the
new media
66. • Different expressions of art - what can we
do to encourage small productions in
campuses?
• Preparing Priests and religious for a 'New
Evangelisation' in the context of the youth
ministry
• Praying for Priests - He who receives a
prophet because he is a prophet shall receive
a prophet's reward. . . even a cup of cold
water . . shall not lose his reward." (Mt.
10:41).
