1. Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation A personal response in a communitarian dimension

2. Catholic Action Is a particular vocation It is a call to holiness »It stems from the Christian Initiation promises. »It is strengthened through the listening to the Word of God, through participation in the Eucharist and through the exercise of love and pardon. Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation

3. Catholic Action It is a lay vocation with a particular charism »Missionary spirit. »Diocesan Character. »At the service of Unity. »Lay Identity (John Paul II’s reference to characteristic notes in AA 20). Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation

4. lived in a community which has responded to a common call which each member has freely and firmly accepted. which cultivates and reinforces communion with the Bishop and with priests. With other ecclesial associations and movements. Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation Catholic Action: a lay vocation

5. which requires fidelity and commitment towards: »The growth of all the Christian community, »Pastoral projects and »The spreading of the spirit of the Gospel in all spheres of life (reference to ChL 31). Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation Catholic Action: a lay vocation

6. Catholic Action It is a call to holiness in everyday life »By living the Gospel, in a radical way, in the normal duties of everyday life. »By creating, with patience and persistence, a network of fraternity which embraces everybody especially those most in need... Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation

7. Catholic Action: a call to sanctity »Serving the particular Church and its mission as the fundamental orientation of its apostolic commitment. »Putting all its apostolic energy at the service of communion. Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation

8. Catholic Action: a call to sanctity »which helps parishes and the community to rediscover the fervour to announce the Gospel and the urge to be pastorally concerned. »which looks at the world with the eyes of God and search for signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit therein.

9. San José Moscatti Santa Gianna B. Molla San José Pampuri Pierina Morosini Eduardo Pironio Catholic Action is called to be «a home and a school of sanctity» San David Roldán Lara Pina Suriano Pier Giorgio Frassatti San Salvador Lara Puente San Manuel Morales

10. “With full consciousness and disponibility, in the ordinary everyday circumstances of life, look upon Christian sanctity as the top level of ordinary Christain life” John Paul II

11. “To be morning sentries of this new millennium you have to be saints!” John Paul II

12. “Catholic Action should definitely aim at sanctity...” John Paul II