Open the Doors to Christ - All Saints Parish, Liverpool.

Our twelfth parish mission will take place at All Saints Parish Sat 26th June - Sun 4th July 2010

PREVIOUS MISSIONS:

Our eleventh parish mission took place at Christ the King parish, Bass Hill 21-29 Nov 2009.

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Previous missions at Christ The King (Bass Hill Dec 10), St Brendan's (Annandale Dec 2008) and St Therese's (Mascot Dec 2007) can be seen under "EVENTS".

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?

Contact the CREDO for more information

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 9390 5996 or office@credosydney.org