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Franciscan at Home

Forming those who form others

Listening and Accompaniment in a Catholic School

In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis speaks of two necessary “arts” for evangelization: the “art of accompaniment” and the “art of listening.” The Holy Father stresses that these intrinsically linked arts should mainly focus on the persons being evangelized, by truly seeking to know them and binding ourselves to walk with them wherever they are at in life:

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Bob Sutton currently works as campus minister and theology instructor at Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

This article is from The Catechetical Review (Online Edition ISSN 2379-6324) and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of The Catechetical Review by contacting [email protected]

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