Monday, April 03, 2006

From www.Zenit.org : Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko's, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, in Colombia on March 9, opens Latin America's first congress of ecclesial movements and new communities. Here's an excerpt:

All Christian formation ought to have a missionary element because the Christian vocation is, by its nature, a call to apostolate. Missionary outreach helps baptized persons discover the fullness of their own vocation...

They (Christian missionaries) do not wait for those no longer practicing the faith to return to the Church on their own: They seek them out. They do not hesitate to reach out by taking to the streets and city squares, by entering supermarkets, banks, schools and universities and wherever people can be found. Their missionary zeal carries them "to the ends of the earth." And they grow -- showing that the charisms from which they spring are capable of feeding the Christian life of men and women of all places, cultures and traditions.

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