Tag Archives: New Evangelization

Concerning New Evangelization, fallen-away Catholics, invitations, liturgical worship

Posted on 23 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another entry, about implementing Summorum Pontificum in a parish, my correspondent mentioned awareness that we must help fallen away Catholics back to Holy Church.
In this Year of Faith we should act concretely to bring Catholics back to the sacraments. Their … Continue reading →

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Archbp. Gomez: traditional devotions together with new means of communication

Posted on 19 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some years ago I was hanging around outside the Paul VI audience hall (Vatican) during a plenary session of the Italian Bishops Conference. I was waiting for my bishop to emerge. As I waited I chatted with fellow journalists, the … Continue reading →

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Losing the Siege of Vienna

Posted on 18 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If only we had a project of Re-Evangelization. Or something.
Granted: A lot of European dioceses have lots of little parishes.
From the best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald.
Vienna archdiocese to cut parishes by 75 per cent
By JONATHAN LUXMOORE … Continue reading →

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What they are NOT saying in the Synod about REAL New Evangelization: start having babies!

Posted on 16 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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Changing demographics.

Sts. Nunilo and Alodia pray for us.
In other news, the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch in Tblisi is being credited with boosting the birth-rate in Georgia.   On LifeSite I read that the Patriarch Ilia II … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI on Year of Faith: “a pilgrimage in the deserts of today’s world, taking with us only what is necessary”

Posted on 11 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

“Reference to the documents saves us from extremes of anachronistic nostalgia and running too far ahead, and allows what is new to be welcomed in a context of continuity.”

Thus, Benedict XVI during his homily for the Opening of the Year of … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI speaks of the “profound crisis” of marriage as a “crisis in faith”

Posted on 8 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Holiness addressed the crisis of marriage as a crisis in faith in his sermon to open the Synod of Bishops and to proclaim St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. John of Avila as Doctors of the Church.  The Synod is … Continue reading →

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A Prayer For Vocations

Posted on 10 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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Here is a prayer that perhaps parish priests will pick up and use at all Sunday and Holy Day Masses, perhaps immediately after the Gospel:
LEADER: Please kneel for our prayer for vocations.
ALL: O God, we … Continue reading →

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Of global downturns, material and spiritual

Posted on 7 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As the opening of the Year of Faith approaches, as we turn more and more attention to the Holy Father’s desire for a New Evangelization, we also have to keep in mind what Benedict said about us Catholics becoming a … Continue reading →

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Winnipeg, the Extraordinary Form, and the New Evangelization

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For your Brick by Brick file.
On the blog Ibo et Non Redibo I found a report the expanding use of the Extraordinary Form in Winnipeg/St. Boniface, Manitoba and the good work being done by Fr. Jeff Burwell, S.J.
Here is a … Continue reading →

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Quinque Puncta … Five Points To Be Recited Usefully

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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If we don’t know who we are as Catholics, and if we don’t keep firmly in mind our common Christian vocation to holiness, we will not be able to fulfill our particular vocations and we … Continue reading →

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