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| DOCUMENTS Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity Vatican II On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate John Paul II: Redemptoris Missio, 1990 Evangelization in the Modern World Paul VI: Evangelii Nuntiandi, 1975 Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Profile of the congregation and some congregation documents General Catechetical Directory See especially chapter 2 Evangelization A Pastoral Letter by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, NJ. Praying for a New Pentecost: A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization By Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2001 Good News of Great Joy A 1997 pastoral letter to the people of God of northern Colorado on preaching Jesus Christ to all creation, by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. of Denver On Promotion of Catholic Missions Pius XII: Evangelii Praecones (1951) On the Condition of Catholic Missions Pius XII: Fidei Donum (1957) On the Propagation of the Faith Leo XIII: Christi Nomen (1894) Discovering the Face of Jesus in Asia Today From the Office of Human Development of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, 1999. Many sections of this document deal with evangelization ARTICLES, PAPERS Evangelisation in the Context of Religious Pluralism By Prof. Joseph Pathrapankal C.M.I., April 2010 From Church-Shaped Mission to Mission-Shaped Church By Christopher Duraisingh in Anglican Theological Review, Winter 2010 Identity and Effectiveness in the Twenty-first Century By James B Lemler in Anglican Theological Review, Winter 2010 The Theology of Mission in Contemporary Practice By Ian D Corbett in Anglican Theological Review, Winter 2010 Mission is the Heartbeat of the Body of Christ By James Crampsey SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, June 2010 Evangelising Mission of the Syro-Malabar Church By Prof. Mathew Vellanickal, May 2009 Evangelization and the New Atheism By Glenn B. Siniscalchi, PhD candidate in systematic theology at Duquesne University, in American Theological Inquiry, July 2009. Scroll down to page 29 Karl Barth's Understanding of Mission: The Church in Relationship By W Bentley, University of Pretoria, in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2009 The Mission has a Church: An Invitation to the Dance By Stephen Bevans SVD, 2009 Towards An African Theology of Reconciliation: A Missiological Reflection on the Instrumentum Laboris of the Second African Synod By Stan Chu Ilo, St Michael's College, University of Toronto, in The Heythrop Journal, 2009 St Thérèse: A Mission of Evangelisation By Sr Janet Fearns FMDM in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, October 2009 Mission ad Gentes Today: A Biblical Perspective By Teresa Okure, SHCJ, April 2008 Faith to faith – Missiology as Encounterology By J N J Kritzinger, University of South Africa, in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2008 Rethinking Missio Dei: A Conversation with Postmodern and African Theologies By A Meiring, University of Pretoria, in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2008 What next in mission? From the end of the earth to Jerusalem By M Masango, University of Pretoria, in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2008 Intercultural Formation for Mission By William R Burrows in Australian EJournal of Theology, March 2008 The Transformation of Community and Individual in an Evangelical World By Ted Kautzmann in Common Ground Journal, Fall 2008. Scroll down to page 31 John Paul II and the "New Evangelization": Origins and Meaning By Richard Rymarz, 2008 What's New in the Decree on Mission By Marcos Recolons SJ in Promotio Iustitiae, May 2008 Missional Theology and Social Development By H. Jurgens Hendriks in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2007 The Growth of Partnership in Mission in Global Mission History during the Twentieth Century By Graham A. Duncan in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2007 The Significance of Missio ad Gentes for the Young Missionary in the Context of Globalization By John P. Mallare, CICM, 2007 Reflections on Covenant and Mission Forty Years after Nostra Aetate By John T. Pawlikowski in Cross Currents, Winter 2007 Evangelising under the Gaze of the Poor By F. Javier Vitoria in Promotio Iustitiae, March 2007 Mission As Struggle to Evangelize Culture By Joseph Valiamangalam in Third Millennium, 2006 Mission in Asia: Telling the Story of Jesus By Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Bishop of Imus, Philippines, Keynote address to the Asian Mission Congress, Chang Mai, Thailand1 9 October 2006 Spreading the News: A Report on Europe's New Evangelization By Timothy P. Schilling in Commonweal, Sept 8, 2006 Mission In Contexts: Biblical Foundations for Plurality in Mission By Arasakumar Rayappan in Third Millennium, April-June 2006 Root, Shoot, and Fruit: From Missio Dei to Mission Today By Anthony J. Gittins, C.S.Sp. in Spiritan Horizons, Fall 2006. Go to page 32 Mission: A Call to Reach out in Relationship By Mary John, S.Sp.S., 2006 Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Participants of the International Conference on Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Conciliar Decree "Ad Gentes" Saturday, March 11, 2006 A Roman Catholic Perspective On Doing Mission By Jacob Kavunkal, SVD, December 2005 The Mission of the Church in a Multi-Religious, Multi-Cultural and Multi-National Society By Bishop Munib Younan in Bullettin, Al-Liqa' Journal, August 2005 The Theological Language in Africa: A Missiological Reflection By Francis Anekwe Oborji, 2005 Mission: A Paradigm from Pentecost By Luz Iglesias in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry, vol 6, 2003-2005 Cultures, Religions, and Power: Proclaiming Christ in the United States Today By Peter C. Phan in Theological Studies, December 2004 Evangelism and Discipleship: The God Who Calls, the God Who Sends By Walter Brueggemann in Word & World, Spring 2004 International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM): 2nd General Assembly & Workshop Encounter, General Report By Francis Anekwe Oborji, IACM Executive Secretary (2000-2004) The Confusion of Epistemology in The West and Christian Mission By J. Andrew Kirk, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, in Tyndale Bulletin, 2004 Missio Dei and the Project of Jesus: The Poor and the “Other” as Mediators of the Kingdom of God and Protagonists of the Churches By Paulo Suess in International Review of Mission, October 2003 Jesuit Theologies of Mission By Michael Sievernich in The Way, 2003 Efficiency and Effectiveness in Mission By Joseph Mattam, SJ Befriending: The Heart of Mission By Chrys McVey, O.P., for the SEDOS Conference, 17 October 2002 Mission in a Changing World By Prabhat Chandra Basti Ray in Ishvani Documentation and Mission Digest, January- April 2002 The Challenge of Continuing Jesus' Own Mission By Philip Nirappel in Ishvani Documentation And Mission Digest,January- April 2002 Conversion and Discipleship as Goals of the Church's Mission By Peter C. Phan, The Catholic University of America, January 2002 Missionary Responses to the Policy of Islamisation in Malaysia By Maria Kana in Theology@McAuley, 2002 Proclamation of the Reign of God as Mission of the Church: What for, to Whom, by Whom, with Whom, and How? By Peter C. Phan, The Catholic University of America, 2002 Renewed Commitment to Proclaim Jesus Statement of the Symposium on "Evangelization in the Light of Ecclesia in Asia" held at Pattaya in Thailand, September 2002 Mission in the Pluralistic Context: Spreading the Message of Abba Experience By Jojo Joseph, May 2002 Proclamation and Dialogue with the African Traditional Religion, Part 1 Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M. - Auxiliary Bishop of Boma, Dem. Rep. of Congo, in OMNIS TERRA, April 2002 Proclamation and Dialogue with the African Traditional Religion, Part 2 Why is Evangelism Important if One Can Be Saved Without the Gospel Wesley Theological Journal, 2002 Good News for Every Nation — Via Inculturation By Eugene Hillman, CSSp in Louvain Studies, Winter 2001 Intercultural Theology and the Mission of the Church By Frans Wijsen. An earlier draft of this article was presented at an international conference on Intercultural Theology and the Mission of the Church at the University of Nijmegen on 7 March 2001 The Church in Mission: Universal Mandate and Local Concerns Conclusions of the Ishvani Kendra Silver Jubilee Colloquium, Pune, October 2001 The Frontiers of Mission "ad gentes" By Michael McCabe, SMA, November 2001 The Holy Spirit and Mission in Some Contemporary Theologies of Mission By Susan Smith, RNDM, in Mission Studies, 2001 Theology of Mission After Vatican II By Fr Gianni Colzani in Omnis Terra, January 2001 Evangelisation and Humanisation: Emotional Healing in the Church By Jack Dominian on "Catholics for a Changing Church" Challenges Today to Mission "Ad Gentes" By Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S. Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Meeting of the Superiors General of Societies of Apostolic Life, Maryknoll, NY, 1 May 2000 Mission to a Runaway World: Future Citizens of the Kingdom By Timothy Radcliffe, OP, 2000 Mission: Telling God's Story By James H.Kroeger, M.M., professor of missiology and systematic theology at the Loyola School of Theology and the Mother of Life Catechetical Center in Manila, 2000 New Evangelization: A Pastoral Problem By Edmund Chia One Lord and One Church for One World By Cardinal Francis George, 2000 The Gift of Mission By James H. Kroeger, MM. An Easter Letter to the Maryknoll Society and the American Church by five Marryknoll missiologists, 2000 Mission in the Context of Other Religions By Jacob Kavunkal, SVD in Vidyajyoti (Journal of Theological Reflection), December 2000 Bringing African Culture into the Church By Buti Tlhagale, 2000 Inculturation of African Traditional Religious Values in Christianity: How Far? By Aylward Shorter, 2000 Towards A New Vision: Mission As Exploration and Transformation By Michael McCabe, SMA, 29 September 1999 Asian Mission for the Next Millennium: Chances and Challenges By S. J. Emmanuel in The Way, 1999 Inculturating the Gospel: The Phillippine Experience By Virginia Fabella in The Way, 1999 The New Evangelization in Latin American Perspective By Anna L. Peterson in Cross Currents, 1998 Reformed Church in Africa's Perspective on Missions By Nobin Shunmugam in Reformed Ecumenical Council Mission Bulletin, August 1998 The Complex Accusation of Sheep-Stealing: Proselytism and Ethics By John C. Haughey in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring 1998 The New Evangelization in Latin American Perspective By Anna L. Peterson and Manuel A. Vasquez in Cross Currents, Fall 1998 Africans on a Mission By Mundara Muturi in Church Leader in Africa, October 1998 Is the Gospel Changing Africa? By Alex Thabi in Church Leader in Africa, April 1998 Integral Evangelization: Pre-Synodal Reflections By M. Amaladoss, S.J., in Vidyajyoti, April 1997 "Mutual Exchange of Energies" Mission in CrossCultural Perspective: An African Point of View By James Chukwuma Okoye, CSSp, in Missiology, An International Review, October 1997 Traditional Missionary Institutes: Facing New Challenges in Mission By Claudette La Verdière, MM, 1996 Mission in a Post-Modern World By Michael Amaladoss, S.J. I Will Speak to Their Hearts By Manuel Diaz Mateos, April 1996 Reconciliation: A New Paradigm for Missions By Andreas D'Souza and Diane D'Souza, Henry Martyn Institute of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad, India, in Word & World, Spring 1996 The Christian Mission in the Muslim World By Mark W. Thomsen, Division for Global Mission, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in Word & World, Spring 1996 Orthodox Mission in Tropical Africa By Stephen Hayes, 1996 Evangelization, Culture and Spirituality By Rafael Esteban in The Way, 1994 A Jewish Response to the Decade of Evangelism By Jonathan Gorsky in The Way, 1994 To Awaken the Divinity Within: Towards a New Theory of Evangelization By John O'Donohue in The Way, 1994 A Different Gospel? Evangelization Among 'The People' By Carl F. Starkloff in The Way, 1994 Inculturation and Cultural Systems By Carl F. Starkloff in Theological Studies, March 1994 Inculturation and Cultural Systems By Carl F. Starkloff in Theological Studies, June 1994 Evangelization in a Multi-Cultural Context By Andrew Wingate in The Way, 1992 'Grand and Capacious Gothic Churches': Pluralism and Victorian Missionaries By Peter Williams, Vicar, All Saints Eccleshall Parish Church, Sheffield, in Tyndale Bulletin, May 1992 Evangelization, Contemplation and Justice From Letters to My Brothers and Sisters by Donald Goergen, OP, January 28, 1990 A Wesleyan Theology of Evangelism By Leon O. Hynson in Wesley Theological Journal, 1982 MISCELLANEOUS SITES The Catholic Society of Evangelists For those who are prepared to pledge "uncompromising loyalty and fidelity to the teaching authority (magisterium) of the Catholic Church and the successor of St. Peter, the Roman Pontiff" Society For The Propagation of the Faith, United States Under the direction of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Rome, Italy), and the bishops, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith seeks to foster an ever-deeper spirit of universal mission, to inform Catholics of the life and the needs of the Catholic Church in the Missions, and to encourage prayer and financial help for those mission churches Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association PNCEA was established in 1977. It encourages active Catholics to invite inactive Catholics to return to the Church and those with no church family to join the Catholic family of believers Catholics Returning Home The intent of this web page is to reach Catholics who either have left the faith of their youth or who are not currently living it. This page will not be used as a forum to debate the doctrines and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church Disciples In Mission: An Evangelization Experience Disciples In Mission is a ministry of the Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association |