“The New Evangelization and the Year of Faith” Notes and Resources

Earlier today I gave a presentation entitled “The New Evangelization and the Year of Faith” at the National Catholic Education Association’s CACE annual meeting in San Diego. What follows is the PowerPoint and notes for the session as well as the resources I recommended to those present.

Thanks to everyone who attended my session and may God bless you in the work of the New Evangelization!

Notes –  ”The New Evangelization and the Year of Faith” (October 22, 2012)

Outline/Notes (PDF)

Church Documents

• Ad Gentes (Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church; Second Vatican Council, 1965)
• Evangelii Nuntiandi (Pope Paul VI, 1975)
• Redemptoris Missio  (John Paul II, 1990)
• Disciples Called to Witness (USCCB, 2012)
• “The New Evangelization is Not a Program”  (Donald Cardinal Wuerl’s Opening Address at the Synod on the New Evangelization; 2012)

Books

• Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Ignatius Press, 2006)
• The Church and New Media edited by Brandon Vogt (OSV, 2011)
• Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell (OSV, 2012)
• Seek First the Kingdom: Challenging the Culture by Living Our Faith by Cardinal Donald Wuerl (OSV, 2012)

Links

• Fr. Robert Barron: Seven Great Qualities of a New Evangelist
• Official “Year of Faith” web site
• Dicoese of Springfield in Illinois’ Year of Faith resources
• Teaching During a Year of Faith (webinar recording with Joe Paprocki)
• Word on Fire Video Commentary