New Evangelisation: Pastoral Strategy for the Church at the Beginning of the Third Millennium

As a young newly ordained priest, Pope Paul VI's Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi, had a profound effect on me. As I read it I saw the nature of the mission of the Church presented in a clear and decisive manner. The mission of the Church was to proclaim Jesus Christ to the world and to enable people to enter into a real and personal relationship with him. It gave clarity and direction to my priestly ministry. This book brings together my developing understanding of what evangelisation entails. I have been inspired along the way by papal teaching. It gives expression to As a young newly ordained priest, Pope Paul VI's Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi, had a profound effect on me. As I read it I saw the nature of the mission of the Church presented in a clear and decisive manner. The mission of the Church was to proclaim Jesus Christ to the world and to enable people to enter into a real and personal relationship with him. It gave clarity and direction to my priestly ministry. This book brings together my developing understanding of what evangelisation entails. I have been inspired along the way by papal teaching. It gives expression to what I have experienced over a period of some forty years of being actively involved in various works of evangelisation. It gives expression to my deep conviction that the New Evangelisation must be the pastoral strategy for the Church as it enters the third millennium of Christianity.