Meetings to be scheduled
When he became Pope in 2013, Pope Francis issued a challenge to the whole church. It was in the form of an Apostolic Exhortation called ‘The Joy of the Gospel’. He invited us all to have a daily encounter with Christ who changes lives and to have the courage to take up the call of Jesus to be missionary disciples. He said that our parishes were the places where this could happen as long as we were prepared to renew what we do. Pope Francis wrote:
‘I dream of a “missionary option”, that is a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channelled for the evangelisation of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation.’
As a Parish, we have collected and assimilated your thoughts and comments from our listening events and handouts during Advent. These were passed onto the diocese and will join the contributions of the world Church in Rome in 2023.
We would like to share this information with you and we’ll be holding two events in Easter so that you can listen and consider how we can, as a parish, further journey together in a missionary spirit and develop our visions and dreams.
Everyone welcome! This may be an opportune time to invite family and friends distant from the Church and of other faiths or none.
Dan Sinnott