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Go into the whole world,
preach the Gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:15By making a contribution to Catholic Information Center on the Internet you will be responding to the call to evangelize issued by Jesus Christ to the apostles that has been an essential part of the Church's mission. The responsibility to evangelize, found in the gospels and reiterated in the teaching of the Catholic church, is a duty that we all share.
The Call to Evangelize
| The command to the Twelve to go out and proclaim the Good News is also valid for all Christians... Those who have received the Good News and who have been gathered by it into the community of salvation can and must communicate and spread it. Evangelii Nuntiandi
The members of the Church are impelled to carry on such missionary activity by reason of love with which they love God and by which they desire to share with all men the spiritual goods of both this and the life to come. Ad Gentes ...very many men can hear of Christ and of the Gospel only by means of he laity who are their neighbors. In fact, wherever possible, the laity should be prepared, in more immediate cooperation with the hierarchy, to fulfill a special mission of proclaiming the Gospel and communicating Christian teachings, so that they may add vigor to the nascent Church. Ad Gentes |
...in the hearts of all should the apostle's words find echo: "Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel"(1 Cor. (:16). Apostolicam Actuositatem
...for the presentation of the Gospel message is not an optional contribution for the Church. It is the duty incumbent on her by the command of the Lord Jesus so that people can believe and be saved. This message is indeed necessary. It is unique. It cannot be replaced. It does not permit either indifference, syncretism or accommodation. It is a question of people's salvation. Evangelii Nuntiandi ...it is unthinkable that a person should accept the Word and give himself to the kingdom without becoming a person who bears witness to it and proclaims it ... Evangelii Nuntiandi |
It is more important than ever that we respond to the call to evangelize, communicating Jesus' unchanging message of love and hope to a fractured and uncertain world. It is a message that all need to hear.
Why Evangelize?
| In the present state of affairs, out of which there is arising a new situation for mankind, the Church, being the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matt. 5:13-14), is more urgently called upon to save and renew every creature, that all things may be restored in Christ and all men may constitute one family in Him and one people of God. Ad Gentes | There is no doubt that the effort to proclaim the Gospel to the people of today, who are buoyed up by hope but at the same time often oppressed by fear and distress, is a service rendered to the Christian community and also to the whole of humanity. Evangelii Nuntiandi |
The Internet Is an unprecedented opportunity for the Church to reach out to more people than ever before, providing Information directly. It enables the Church to reach people who may not be reached otherwise. The Church's ability to use modern technology effectively demonstrates that the Church is still relevant today.
Using the Latest Technology
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Our century is characterized by the mass media... The Church would feet guilty before the Lord if she did not utilize these powerful means that human skill is daily rendering more perfect. It is through them that she proclaims "from the housetops" the message of which she is the depository. In them she finds a modem and effective version of the pulpit. Thanks to them she succeeds in speaking to the multitudes.Evangelii Nuntiandi
...let them look to the profound changes which are taking place among nations, and let them exert themselves to keep modem man, intent as he is on the science and technology of today's world, from becoming a stranger to things divine; rather, let them awaken in him a yearning for that truth and charity which God has revealed.Ad Gentes
With each day that passes, the vision of earlier years becomes ever more a reality. It was a vision which foresaw the possibility of real dialogue between widely separated peoples, of a worldwide sharing of ideas and aspirations, of growth in mutual knowledge and understanding, of a strengthening of brotherhood across many hitherto insurmountable barriers. |
Methods of facilitating communication and dialogue among her own members can strengthen the bonds of unity between them. Immediate access to information makes it possible for her to deepen her dialogue with the contemporary world.
In the new "computer culture" the Church can more readily inform the world of her beliefs and explain the reasons for her stance on any given issue or event. She can hear more clearly the voice of public opinion and enter into continuous discussion with the world around her, thus involving herself more immediately in the common search for solutions to humanity's many pressing problems. It is clear that the Church must also avail herself of the new resources provided by human exploration in computer and satellite technology for her ever pressing task of evangelization. Her most vital and urgent message has to do with knowledge of Christ and the way of salvation which He offers. This is something she must put before the people of every age, inviting them to embrace the Gospel out of love, ever mindful that 'truth cannot impose itself except by virtue of its own truth, which wins over the mind with both gentleness and power." The Church Must Learn to Cope With the Computer Culture Pope John Paul 11 5127189 |
Your support of Catholic Information Center on Internet Is a way to fulfill the obligation to evangelize, using the latest technology. Your gift to CICI Is a gift of Information to the World!
Church Documents on Evangelization
Christi Nomen (On the Propagation of the Faith; 1894) Humani Generis Redemptionem (On Preaching the Word of God; 1917) Evangelii Praecones (On Promotion of the Catholic Missions; 1951) Fidei Donum (On the Condition of Catholic Missions, 1957) Gravissium Educationis (Vatican H.- Christian Education; 1965) Ad Gentes (Vatican 11: 7he Church's Missionary Activity, 1965) Apostolicam Actuositatem (Vatican 11: Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People; 1965) Evangelii Nuntiandi (Evangelization in the Modern World; 1975) Sapienta Christiana (On Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties; 1979) Christifideles Laici (The Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People; 1988) Ex Corde Ecclesiae (Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities; 1990)
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