Directory for Reaching Out to Inactive Catholics is Published
Episcopal News Service. April 15, 1999 [99-046H]
(USCC) "A Time to Listen...A Time to Heal, A Resource Directory for Reaching Out to Inactive Catholics" has been published by the Committee on Evangelization of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB).
The resource directory is part of a concerted effort by the Committee on Evangelization to assist diocesan and parish staffs in reaching out to alienated and inactive members of the Catholic Church. First envisioned in 1997, and prepared with the help of leaders, lay and clergy, actively engaged in this ministry, "A Time to Listen...A Time to Heal" is intended to further implement Pope John Paul II's call for reconciliation in preparation for the Jubilee Year 2000.
Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe is chairman of the committee. "We need old-fashioned zeal in reaching out to inactive Catholics and in helping them return to the fullness of faith," he said. "This directory will provide models for doing precisely that, which are actually working successfully."
The directory will be sent to all bishops and diocesan evangelization directors in the United States in May.
For further information contact Father John E. Hurley at 202/541-3012 or JHURLEY@NCCBUSCC.org