1. Proclaim - Introduction

3. Welcome & Introduction
Proclaim Workshop #1 – Initiatives & Resources
Welcome & Introduction
Deacon Adrian Cullen
Evangelisation Coordinator
for Agency for Evangelisation:
Fr Chris Vipers – Director of the Agency for Evangelisation
Dcn Adrian Cullen – Evangelisation Coordinator
Mary Crowley & Anna Dupelycz – Catechesis
Ausra Cane – Adult Faith Formation
Charlotte McNerlin – Marriage & Family Life
Warren Brown - Administration

4. Proclaim Evangelisation / New Evangelisation / Mission
Proclaim / Parish Initiatives / Proclaim Westminster
Key Resources / Leadership and Team Development / Vision and planning / First Steps / Seasonal Initiatives

5. Evangelii Gaudium – The Joy of the Gospel
‘The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness’.

6. Evangelii Gaudium: The parish…...... All the baptised………
“In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples (cf. Mt 28:19). All the baptized, whatever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization"(#120).
“In all its activities the parish encourages and trains its members to be evangelizers. It is a community of communities, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a centre of constant missionary outreach.” (#28)

7. What does Evangelisation mean to you?
What do we mean by New Evangelisation?
What does it mean for you and your parish?

8. New Evangelisation
‘…….announcing of Christ by a living testimony as well as by the spoken word …’ - Lumen Gentium, 1964 (Second Vatican Council)
There is no true evangelization if the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God are not proclaimed. - Envangelii Nuntiandi, 1975 (Pope Paul VI)
"A New Evangelization has begun.“ , June 1979 (St Pope John Paul II)
‘….a commitment not to a re-evangelization but to a New Evangelization — new in ardor, methods and expression’, 1983 (St Pope John Paul II)
“the purpose of the new evangelisation is ……….that every person encounters the living Christ.”, 2005, (Pope Benedict XVI)
Quotes
Here are some quotes, which show the development and aspects of Evangelisation and New Evangelisation:
Pope John XXIII called for a ‘New Pentecost’
1964
At the Second Vatican Council there is a reawakening to the idea that the Church is a missionary church, and that all the baptised are to be involved; and that evangelisation – the ‘announcing of Christ’ is to be by ‘living testimony’ and the ‘spoken word’
(Pope Paul VI promulgates Lumen Gentium (Light of the Nations), the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World and a major document of the Second Vatican Council. In it, the role of the laity is emphasized and esteemed, including their call to evangelize:
"Just as the sacraments of the New Law, by which the life and the apostolate of the faithful are nourished, prefigure a new heaven and a new earth, so too the laity go forth as powerful proclaimers of a faith in things to be hoped for, when they courageously join to their profession of faith a life springing from faith. This evangelization, that is, this announcing of Christ by a living testimony as well as by the spoken word, takes on a specific quality and a special force in that it is carried out in the ordinary surroundings of the world.“)
1975 
Pope Paul VI writes in the apostolic exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi (‘In Proclaiming the Gospel), that must the teaching of Christ must be central; this was perhaps against a background of ‘liberation theology’ where there was a danger that a focus on social welfare and justice diminished the need for spiritual development.
1979 (June)
In 1979 At the Shrine of the Holy Cross in Mogila, Poland, Pope John Paul II proclaims: "A New Evangelization has begun.“ Perhaps primarily this was about pushing back to influence of communism, but has now come to be about the pushing back of secularisation of society. (See also, 2008.)
1983
Pope John Paul II, addressing an assembly of Latin American bishops in Haiti, asserts: “The commemoration of the five hundred years of evangelization will achieve its full meaning if it becomes a commitment by you the Bishops, together with your priests and people, a commitment not to a re-evangelization but to a New Evangelization — new in ardor, methods and expression”.
This is a clear direction that old ideas of sending out missionaries to places where people did not know about Jesus Christ, was now to be developed into a more sophisticated approach, to meet the more sophisticated world we live in; still to take the Gospel into new territories, but also into areas of the world were Christianity was underdeveloped, or was now being seen as irrelevant.
2005
In 2005, newly elected Benedict XVI, writing to the bishops of Latin America says that “………..the purpose of the new evangelisation is (contributing to ensure) that every person encounters the living Christ.”
It is something which will be a recurring theme in our Proclaim work: is how we help the faithful develop a ‘living relationship’ with Jesus.
2008
Pope Benedict XVI makes a pastoral visit to the United States, with the following expressed purpose: "to summon the Church in America to recognize, in the light of a dramatically changing social and religious landscape, the urgency and demands of a New Evangelization." 
2013 (November)
In response to the 2012 Synod on the New Evangelization, Pope Francis releases Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), a rousing apostolic exhortation that explains how and why the Church must have evangelization as its primary mission in the modern world. He also emphasizes the role of laity in calling them to be spirit-filled evangelizers and missionary disciples: "The New Evangelization calls for personal involvement on the part of each of the baptized. Every Christian is challenged, here and now, to be actively engaged in evangelization; indeed, anyone who has truly experienced God’s saving love does not need much time or lengthy training to go out and proclaim that love. Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she has encountered the love of God in Christ Jesus: we no longer say that we are 'disciples' and 'missionaries', but rather that we are always 'missionary disciples.'" 
The New Evangelization calls for personal involvement on the part of each of the baptized……… we are always 'missionary disciples.‘, 2013 Evangelii Gaudium (Pope Francis)

9. Evangelisation - for the first time KNOWING JESUS as if for the first time – New Evangelisation

10. Mission – why we exist

11. Mission of the Church
“…go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…..” Matthew 28:19
“…the mission of proclaiming and establishing among all peoples the Kingdom of Christ and of God, and she (the Church) is on earth the seed and the beginning of that kingdom”
CCC 768 /DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH  LUMEN GENTIUM – Light of the Nations. 1964

12. Building Missionary Parishes
Local Mission - What does it mean for you and your parish? What are you hoping to achieve?

13. Mission statements from elsewhere
To connect people to Jesus Christ and to each other.
To communicate to the people of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska and the world, the life-changing power of Jesus Christ in a practical and understanding way; to develop them into responsible, productive, successful Christians; and equip them for their ministry in the church and life mission in the world; as they become a part of God’s family, in order to magnify His name.
No Limits!! We Take God at His Word. As a local church under the headship of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, The Life Center is called to serve God in Witnessing, Serving, and Worship!
To teach, preach, and baptize all who will heed “The Word”.
Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who have never heard and stirring churches to greater evangelistic and missions outreach.
Here are a few mission statements from elsewhere.
House of Prayer Evangelistic Church is a church where we “Exalt the Savior”, “Evangelize the Sinner” and “Equip the Saint”

14. Parish Mission Statement - putting your mission into words.
A Parish’s mission statement should clearly communicate what it is that it does.
Good mission statements should be clear, memorable, concise.
What do we do?
How do we do it?
Who do we do it for?
What value are we bringing?
“Our Parish …………………”

16. ‘Proclaim’ - the work so far - national, diocese, parish:
July National Proclaim Conference in Birmingham
Talks / discussions / workshops / stalls / guidance / resources
Nov 2015 – ‘Proclaim Westminster’ Conference
300 Delegates, 140 parishes – talks, discussions, plans
Parishes were asked to identify ‘Initiatives’ based activities already undertaken: ‘What do we do well?’ What more can we do? And for each parish to set up an Evangelising Team to take forward the Proclaim ‘Initiatives’, in five Key Areas: Prayer / Marriage & Family Life / Faith Formation / Caritas / Pastoral Outreach
Jun – Dec update from parishes
The response was tremendous with over 530 Proclaim Initiatives across 120 Parishes

18. Proclaim Initiatives – updates, ideas, sharing of successes
What has worked?
What has been most challenging?

19. Missionary Parish - Five Key Areas
Prayer
Worship
Liturgy
Marriage & Family Life
Fellowship
Parish Community
Faith Formation & Catechesis
Discipleship
Vocation
Caritas
Ministry
Service
Outreach
Evangelisation
Growth

20. What else?

22. Missionary Parish - Five Key Areas
Prayer
Worship
Liturgy
Marriage & Family Life
Fellowship
Parish Community
Faith Formation & Catechesis
Discipleship
Vocation
Caritas
Ministry
Service
Reaching Out
Evangelisation
Growth

23. Key Resources: See Resources Presentation
Evangelii Gaudium – Pope Francis
Divine Renovation – Fr James Mallon
Forming Intentional Disciples – Sherry Weddell
Rebuilt – Michael White & Tom Corcoran
Great Catholic Parishes – William E. Simon Jr
Purpose Driven Church – Rick Warren
Relit-
- Proclaim Westminster
- Proclaim ‘15 Resources
- Rev Dr Gareth Leyshon

24. Parish Evangelisation Teams – setting up and development

25. Evangelisation Team - Parish Links
Parish Pastoral Council
Caritas
Justice & Peace
Evangel-isation Team
Catechesis

26. Evangelisation Team - Parish Roles
Parish Priest
– to inspire & guide
Evangelisation Team
– to facilitate & innovate
Parishioners
- to participate & contribute

27. Evangelisation Team - Focus
Non-Christians
Team & Parish Development
Non-active Catholics

28. Vision – what the future will be
“Our Missionary Parish will ………………”

29. Strategy – how we will get there
Evangelisation Team
Who to focus on?
Development of plan
Five areas – Liturgy, Faith Formation,
Parish Community, Service, Reaching Out
Key issues in the Parish
Easy wins
Available resources
Formation – knowledge of process of mission
Facilitating & Support - a parish of evangelisers
Maintaining ‘Missionary’ Direction

30. Target Group

31. First Steps >>>>>>>>>
Parish Plan – identifying priorities and timelines
How long will it take?
First Steps >>>>>>>>>

32. Seasonal Initiatives