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Our goal is to offer a comprehensive collection of resources and valuable tools to aid in the efforts of the New Evangelization. Resources include insight into the New Evangelization, social media guidelines, How to Guides in using New Media, and best practices in building websites.
What is Evangelization?
Excerpt from Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States. Text from USCCB
Evangelizing means bringing the Good News of Jesus into every human situation and seeking to convert individuals and society by the divine power of the Gospel itself.
The simplest way to say what evangelization means is to follow Pope Paul VI, whose message Evangelii Nuntiandi (On Evangelization in the Modern World) has inspired so much recent thought and activity in the Church. We can rephrase his words to say that evangelizing means bringing the Good News of Jesus into every human situation and seeking to convert individuals and society by the divine power of the Gospel itself. At its essence are the proclamation of salvation in Jesus Christ and the response of a person in faith, which are both works of the Spirit of God.
Evangelization must always be directly connected to the Lord Jesus Christ. "There is no true evangelization if the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the Kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God are not proclaimed."
To find out more about Evangelization and resources for Evangelization please visit the USCCB.
Go Make Disciples:
A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States Tenth Anniversary English/Spanish Edition
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What is the New Evangelization?
Text from the USCCB
The New Evangelization calls each of us to deepen our faith, believe in the Gospel message and go forth to proclaim the Gospel. The focus of the New Evangelization calls all Catholics to be evangelized and then go forth to evangelize. In a special way, the New Evangelization is focused on 're-proposing' the Gospel to those who have experienced a crisis of faith. Pope Benedict XVI called for the re-proposing of the Gospel "to those regions awaiting the first evangelization and to those regions where the roots of Christianity are deep but who have experienced a serious crisis of faith due to secularization."1 The New Evangelization invites each Catholic to renew their relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church.
To find out more about the New Evangelization and resources for the New Evangelization please visit the USCCB.
USCCB Resources
Disciples Called to Witness: The New Evangelization
A statement by the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis
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Rediscovering the Faith - Returning to the Catholic Church