Preliminary communication
Movements and new communities as instruments of formation and evangelization
Ivica Jurić
orcid.org/0000-0001-6400-0577
; Catholic Faculty of Theology - University of Split
Abstract
Being aware of the crisis of the Church’s pastoral activity in the field of education, both in the European and the Croatian context, the author of the article indicates new and unused opportunities that have not yet been identified, prudently evaluated and integrated in the regular pastoral program of the local Church. For several decades, the Church has been affected by a phenomenon i.e. the emergence and
rapid spread of numerous ecclesial movements and new communities that increasingly determine its mission in the modern world. The Holy Spirit gifts the people of God with the impressive richness and diversity of charisms through these movements and communities as well as through their extraordinary missionary zeal. The author clearly emphasizes that despite their deficiencies, they represent a significant potential for the mission of the universal Church, and especially for its mission in the European deChristianized context. The second part of the article deals with arguments that support
the author’s assumptions about the movements and new communities as powerful centers for Christian formation where the bearers of a new evangelization were born and raised.
Keywords
ecclesial movements; new communities; integrated pastoral care; new evangelization.
Hrčak ID:
260489
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Publication date:
1.7.2018.
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