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Practically Speaking: Notes from the Parish

Patty Norris discusses getting back to the Spirit of Vactican II.

“Every realm, circumstance and activity in which it is to be hoped that the unity between faith and life can shine, is entrusted to the responsibility of the lay faithful, moved by a desire to communicate the gift of encountering Christ and the certainty of the dignity of the human person.[i]

I came upon this statement from Pope Benedict XVI, while preparing a session on Apostolicism Actuositatem and Ad Gentes, as part of a Year of Faith study on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. In one sentence he has expressed the crucial roll all of us play in the mission of the Chruch. He has expressed the vision and mission of the Apostolate, still struggling to be born in the hearts of many and precariously lived by lay Catholics who move between a hostile secular world and an often confused or vapid Church culture.

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Patty Norris is the Director of Religious Education at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Milford, OH.  She also serves as the Director of Seminars and Board Member for the Association of Catechumenal Ministries (ACM) with Gary, her husband and partner in ministry. 

This article is from The Sower and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of Maryvale Institute. Contact [email protected]

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