Open the Doors to Christ - St Brendan's Parish Mission, Annandale
Our tenth parish mission will take place at St Brendan's, Annandale, Sat 29 Nov - Sun 7 Dec. Click HERE for the programme.
“For the disciple of Christ to evangelise is an obligation of love.” (Pope John Paul II)
“the Gospel must be heard by all people, believers
and non-believers, natives and immigrants, rich and poor, young and old.
Indeed, all these people have the right to hear the Gospel, which means
that Christians have a solemn duty to share it with them. A new evangelisation
is needed today so that everyone may hear, understand and believe in God's
mercy destined for all people in Jesus Christ”. (Ecclesia in Oceania 18).
The Credo Mission Team consists of: priests, seminarians from
the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, members of New Ecclesial Movements,
and members of the laity.
The Mission Team aims to support your parish
in its endeavour to renew and strengthen parish life. Working
together with your parish community the Mission Team will bring the
Gospel message to the people…
In the church…
on
the streets…
shopping centres…
parish homes…
hospitals…
door-to-door…
schools…
prisons…
aged-care
homes …
For details about this "Open the Doors to Christ" parish mission, please see EVENTS.
If you’re after adventure, we’d be glad of your help in the many and varying areas of the mission such as our coffee tent, street evangelisation, catering and hospitality, door knocking, publicity, prayer ministry and adoration.
Our ninth parish mission took take place at St Therese's, Mascot, 1st-8th December 2007. Click HERE for the programme highlights.
CREDO held its eighth Parish Mission in at St Carthage's Cathedral Parish Lismore, 23rd June - 1st July 2007. See under 'EVENTS' for more details.
CREDO's seventh Parish Mission was at Saint Benedict's, Broadway from 9th December to 17th December 2006.
< click for details. Click here to read a review of this event.
OTHERS:
WHY MISSION?
For over a decade the Pope has been urging the Church
to engage in the New Evangelisation . He has constantly returned
to this theme, indicating the depth of his conviction that the Church
needs to embrace a new evangelisation as the key to its pastoral initiatives.
The Pope sees that while the content of the message of salvation in
Jesus Christ always remains as its heart, but the means and methods
used to convey the message need to be adapted to the circumstances
of the culture and time. He urges us to be imaginative and creative.
The call has been explicitly addressed to us in “Ecclesia in Oceania” when
the Pope says, “A new evangelisation is the first priority for the
Church in Oceania” (par 18).
“Open the Doors to Christ” Parish Mission is an initiative
within the Archdiocese. The periodic conducting of a parish mission
has always been considered an important aspect to the maintaining
of the spiritual wellbeing of the parish community. “Open the Doors
to Christ”, inspired by the words of the Holy Father at the beginning
of his pontificate, is a form of parish mission, which draws on the
experience of ecclesial movements, which have embraced the new evangelisation.
This form of mission is effective in communicating
with people in an effective way the call to open their hearts and
lives to Christ.
I recommend it to any parish community wishing to renew
its vigour and spirit.
Bishop Julian Porteous
Vicar for Evangelisation and Renewal
Archdiocese of Sydney
Would you like a mission in your parish?
Would you like ideas about how your parish can be renewed?
The Catholic Renewal and Evangelisation Diocesan Office is seeking volunteers to assist us in evangelisation, missions, publishing, publicity, the internet, administration or just helping out in the office. Call CREDO on 9643 3690 or elizabeth.peoples@credosydney.org
