Educational Resource
What is New About the New Evangelization? By Fr. James Wehner (2012)
Catechetical Sunday, September 16, 2012
What Is “New” About the New Evangelization? by Fr. James A. Wehner, STD Rector/President of the Pontifical College Josephinum
"Evangelization as an Ecclesial Act: Before we can speak about the New Evangelization, we need to recall that evangelization is something the entire Church is called to embrace according to how we each have been called to live our vocation as believers.
Evangelization charges us, as Christians, to preach and witness to our faith in whatever circumstance we find ourselves and through whatever vocation the Lord has given us. The pastoral leadership of the Church must guide us in how we carry out these evangelization efforts.
Our Holy Father and all the bishops united to him, constituting the Magisterium of the Church, guarantee that the Gospel of Christ is interpreted, handed on, and taught in its totality. The faithful rightfully expect to receive and encounter the same Gospel that Christ left to the apostles. This is very much an essential norm for evangelization. What the people of today hear and receive is the same Gospel that was preached during the apostolic times of the Church. Every Catholic lives this Gospel accordingly and invites others to Christ."