St. John's Evangelization

Evangelization

The Rite of Christian Initiation For Adults

Are you interested in joining the Church? Perhaps you know someone who has talked about becoming Catholic. Or maybe you were baptized in a Christian faith but never completed the sacrament of initiation. The RCIA - or Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults - is here to meet your needs and invite you into full membership and participation in the Catholic Church. Our RCIA sessions will begin on October 20th at 7:00 p.m. If you would like more information please call Sue Schettler at the parish office (895-6246).

The Calling of Lay People to Evangelization

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Lay people also fulfill their prophetic mission by evangelization, "that is, the proclamation of Christ by word and the testimony of life." For lay people, "this evangelization . . . acquires a specific property and peculiar efficacy because it is accomplished in the ordinary circumstances of the world."

This witness of life, however, is not the sole element in the apostolate; the true apostle is on the lookout for occasions of announcing Christ by word, either to unbelievers . . . or to the faithful.

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Lay people who are capable and trained may also collaborate in catechetical formation, in teaching the

sacred sciences, and in use of the communications media.

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"In accord with the knowledge, competence, and preeminence which they possess, [lay people] have the right and even at times a duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church, and they have a right to make their opinion known to the other Christian faithful, with due regard to the integrity of faith and morals and reverence toward their pastors, and with consideration for the common good and the dignity of persons."

--from Catechism of the Catholic Church, §§ 905-907