Parishes must evangelize, says English cardinal
July 15, 2015
In an address at a national evangelization conference, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster challenged parishes to become evangelizing communities.
“Our mission always starts in our prayer, flows from prayer, from our daily openness to the great mystery of the life of God,” he said. “It cannot start anywhere else.”
“Evangelization is not about superior planning, greater efficiency and high-class management,” he continued. “It is about love, and trust and openness to the Holy Spirit.”
The prelate suggested “three C’s” in evangelizing: reaching out to colleagues, answering the questions of the curious in everyday discussions, and responding to “the cry of the human heart; the cry of confusion, pain, hunger, loneliness, need, anger.”
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Further information:
- Text of address (Diocese of Westminster)
- Proclaim '15 - A National Evangelisation Initiative (Catholic Church in England and Wales)
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