A
anthony022071
Guest
christiantoday.com/article/vincent.nichols.plans.to.turn.thousands.of.churches.into.missionary.parishes/58551.htm
The most senior Catholic cleric in England and Wales has announced plans to turn thousands of churches in England and Wales into “missionary parishes”.
The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols will today urge 21 bishops and more than 900 senior Catholic laity and clergy to set up evangelisation teams to win souls for Jesus.
The 5,000 parishes will not be asked to go around cold calling or knocking on doors to make converts. But they will be expected to train up laity in an attempt to attract people of all ages to the gospel, including the young and those who have never been to church.
Cardinal Nichols will launch the scheme at Proclaim '15, the national Catholic evangelisation conference taking place in Birmingham, his former Archdiocese, this weekend.
The most senior Catholic cleric in England and Wales has announced plans to turn thousands of churches in England and Wales into “missionary parishes”.
The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols will today urge 21 bishops and more than 900 senior Catholic laity and clergy to set up evangelisation teams to win souls for Jesus.
The 5,000 parishes will not be asked to go around cold calling or knocking on doors to make converts. But they will be expected to train up laity in an attempt to attract people of all ages to the gospel, including the young and those who have never been to church.
Cardinal Nichols will launch the scheme at Proclaim '15, the national Catholic evangelisation conference taking place in Birmingham, his former Archdiocese, this weekend.