The New Evangelization

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• The New Evangelization

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...a new Evangelization that would unfurl with
greater vigour just like the original
evangelization a potential for sanctity, a
great missionary boom, a vast catechistic
creativity, a bountiful manifestation of
collegiality and communion, an evangelical
commitment to give dignity to man, to generate
...a great future of hope in order to propose
the civilization of love and, as a mean, a new
Christian culture. Pope John Paul II
(1984)
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Factors Associated with New Evangelization
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T H E N E W E V A N G E L I Z A T I O N
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Evangelization and Martyrdom
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There can be no effective proclamation if there
is no desire to lay down life.
Pope Benedict XVI God is Love (25)
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...we are daily faced, under the most diverse
forms, with a consumer society, the pursuit of
pleasure set up as the supreme value, a desire
for power and domination, and discrimination of
every kind. Pope Paul VI
Evangelization in the Modern
World
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The Collision of our Value System and the Call
of the Gospel
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OUR WORLD VIEW

• Driven by pragmatic
• efficiency.
• No heaven or hell or
• ultimate consequences.
• Focus is on
• pleasure, power,
• prestige and wealth.

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OUR VIEW OF THE HUMAN BEING

• Seen as mechanistic or utilitarian
• Not seen as created in Gods image with innate
  dignity, but
• rather as a mechanism to be used for personal
  gain or the
• perceived good of the society.

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This two-fold view forges a way of being in the
world that challenges Christianity at its
foundation.
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THE NEW EVANGELIZATION
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...the boundaries around the three are not
clearly definable and it is unthinkable to create
barriers between them or to put them into
watertight compartments. Pope
John Paul II Redemptoris mission
(34)
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For the Church, evangelizing means bringing the
Good News into all the strata of humanity, and
through its influence transforming humanity from
within and making it new. EN 18
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The New Evangelization is...
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1. CHRIST CENTERED
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2. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
ENTIRE PEOPLE OF GOD
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3. BEGINS AT HOME IN THE FAMILY AND THE PARISH
AND IS NOT JUST FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS
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• DIRECTED TO INDIVIDUALS
• AND WHOLE CULTURES

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• NOT LIMITED TO THE PRESENTATION OF
• THE BASIC GOSPEL MESSAGE (KERYGMA)
• BUT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS OF
• CHRISTIANIZATION

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6. CALLS FOR A MISSIONARY SPIRITUALITY
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The New Evangelization begins...
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by inviting those in the church to deepen their
encounter with Christ.
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From this
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it spreads to Catholics who no longer go to
church and to all people.
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Without forming practicing Catholics into
missionary disciples, there will be no one to
invite the 83 who are not part of our communal
life and worship.
Nor will there be a renewed community that will
nurture them with generous hospitality and
invite them to a Life in Christ.
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The challenge is two-fold
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• Reaching out to the 83 who no longer worship
  every Sunday.

• The renewal of the 17 who are a vital part of
  the worship of the Church.

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THE NEW EVANGELIZATION IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF
PORT OF SPAIN
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THE CARIBBEAN FAMILY
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Households - mainly headed by single mothers
over the last 350 years.
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Marriage is not considered an attainable,
life-giving or desirable norm for many of our
people.
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• Traditional Caribbean Family Structure-
  reinforced by modern trends in the Western world
  of nuclear and single parent families, high
  divorce rates, life choices and child-rearing
  practices that are at variance with the
  traditional Christian understanding.

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Ask Yourself
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• What is the one thing if done really well, it
  would change everything???

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THE ANSWER
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If the family becomes the domestic church then it
becomes a structure of grace that feeds the
Catholic School and Parish, married
life vocations and a renewed Trinidad and Tobago.
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Evangelization of the family is about a process
that begins with the announcement of Gods
purpose for man and woman, married life,
sexuality and parenting. This is rooted in the
new catechesis of John Paul IIs Theology of the
Body.
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THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
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The purpose of the Catholic education is the
formation of good Catholics and good
citizens through integral human development.
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RC SCHOOLS
NATIONAL
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• R.C. schools still below the National average.
• Muslim schools best after private but dropping.
• Trend has been to drop but most picking up
  again with the exception of
• Private, Muslim and A.C.
• Good first target would be to get R.C. average
  above 45.

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To achieve success we must
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Set a new paradigm in education and a new
formation process for our teachers and
principals.
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THE CATHOLIC PARISH
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Our pastoral priority is to renew individuals,
families and our parish life.
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We MUST commit to renewal in all areas
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Family Life
Faith Formation
Care for the Vulnerable
Worship
Social Justice
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The mission of Jesus requires
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• A descent from our comfortable positions

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Radical honesty about the quality of our choices
and life-styles
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Solidarity the willingness to stand together as
church in the poverty of the human (moral and
spiritual) challenges that confront the nation
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An active waiting discerning Gods word in our
reality and expecting God to lead us to the next
stage.
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THE CALL TO CONVERSION
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PRAY
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For the grace to see the ways in which our lives
are not aligned with His Mission , His spirit
and His Kingdom.
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For the grace of turning to Gods direction
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A CALL TO RECONCILIATION
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A CALL TO COMMUNION
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Let us recommit to
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IN THIS NEW MILLENNIUM
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We MUST
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Listen to the Lords voice
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Follow Him..
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Become what He asks
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Dare to witness and proclaim the One we know.
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