"The Spirit is calling men and women to set out and encounter all those who are waiting to discover the beauty, goodness, and truth of the Christian faith...."

- from the Apostolic Letter, "Antiquum Ministerium: Instituting the Ministry of Catechist, May 11, 2021, Pope Francis

Synod 2021-2023
The Church of God is convoked in Synod.
Pope Francis invites the whole Church:
"By walking together, and together reflecting on the journey made, the Church will be able to learn from what it will experience which processes can help it to live communion, to achieve participation, to open itself to mission."

Help children to understand what a synod is with pdfs from Pflaum Publishing: In ENGLISH, and in SPANISH. 

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An Ecumenical Christian Prayer
O God, Trinity of love,
from the profound communion of your divine life,
pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus,
in his family of Nazareth,
and in the early Christian community.
Grant that we Christians may live the Gospel,
discovering Christ in each human being,
recognizing him crucified
in the sufferings of the abandoned
and forgotten of our world,
and risen in each brother or sister
who makes a new start.
Come, Holy Spirit, show us your beauty,
reflected in all the peoples of the earth,
so that we may discover anew
that all are important and all are necessary,
different faces of the one humanity
that God so loves. Amen.
(concluding prayer of Fratelli Tutti
Given in Assisi, at the tomb of Saint Francis,
on 3 October, Vigil of the Feast of the Saint, in the year 2020)

"Fratelli Tutti"
A call from Pope Francis to live as one family

Invite your community to build “a better kind of politics, one truly at the service of the common good” (Fratelli Tutti, no. 154)?  
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Civilize It: A Better Kind of Politics responds to Pope Francis’ call in Fratelli Tutti to “seek the good of all people” (no. 182) by encountering our neighbors and entering into a dialogue that seeks the truth across perspectives. This new initiative challenges Catholics and people of goodwill to cultivate a sense of solidarity with our brothers and sisters that transcends our differences. 
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"The Church is in a permanent state of mission"

                                                                         - (Pontifical) Directory for Catechesis, 2020

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