Educational Resource
Rejoicing in the Asian and Pacific Presence (Indonesian, 2011)
Building on their pastoral statement Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity, the U.S. Catholic bishops in November 2001 issued Asian and Pacific Presence: Harmony in Faith. They wrote especially to Asian and Pacific Catholics, “to recognize and affirm with loving assurance their presence and prominence in the Lord’s house.”
With this translation into the Indonesian language, this resource, Asian and Pacific Presence, the bishops celebrate the gifts and contributions of Asian and Pacific people to the Church and suggest responses to address their pastoral needs and concerns. They also aim to build appreciation of Asian and Pacific communities in local Catholic churches and to encourage Asian and Pacific Catholics to take on active leadership roles in every level of church life.