The Extraordinary Missionary Month 2019 – Resources

“The church is missionary by nature”, all papal pronouncements on mission illustrate this paradigm: starting with Maximum Illud ( Pope Benedict XV); the Council document Ad Gentes; by Evangelii Nuntiandi (Paul VI) and Redemptoris Missio (John Paul II) confirm it. Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium, even says: “I dream of a ‘missionary option’, that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channelled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation.”  READ MORE Document in Pdf  3!Lenten Meditations – Resources English