World Mission Sunday & Extraordinary Mission Month - October 2019
- a solidarity program
The Holy Childhood program
Education and Formation programs
Creation began with the "missio Dei" - the mission of God!
And the church provides missionary direction and formation still today!
We have learned that:
1) Vatican II document "missioAdGentes" - "Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity" - "The pilgrim church is missionary by her very nature"
2) 1975 Exhortation by Paul VI - "Evangellii Nuntiandi" - "It (the church) exists to evangelize"3) 1983 Code of Common Law - "The missionary Action of the Church (Cannon 791)
"To foster missionary cooperation in the individual dioceses"
4) Motu proprio 2012 - Benedict XVI - "On the service of Charity"
"The church's charitable acivity at all levels must avoid the risk of becoming just another form of organized social assistance."
5) Pope Francis - "Evangelii Gaudium " - The Joy of the Gospel
"When we live out a spirituality of drawing nearer to others and seeking their welfare, our hearts are opened wide to the Lord's greatest and most beautiful gifts. Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God"
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