Resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
USCCB Committee Information
Webpage for the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis
On these pages you will find an outline of the ongoing work in Evangelization, Catechesis, Stewardship, and World Mission of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. As successors of the Apostles, the committee continues the work of Evangelization and Catechesis through their episcopal ministry, their witness, and their service. “Go And Make Disciples: A National Plan And Strategy For Catholic Evangelization In The United States”
In March 1990, the Committee on Evangelization of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) presented plans to develop a national plan and strategy for evangelization to the NCCB Administrative Committee. After conducting a broad consultation with dioceses, state Catholic conferences, religious communities, and national organizations, the Committee on Evangelization submitted a final draft to the plenary assembly of the NCCB. Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States was approved on November 18, 1992, and was authorized for publication by the General Secretary. |
“Disciples Called to Witness the New Evangelization”
The Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis seeks to take up the call of the New Evangelization with this online resource. Diocesan bishops, eparchs, pastors, diocesan and parish staff, and indeed all Catholics will find this resource helpful in the creation of outreach efforts aimed at inviting and welcoming Catholics back to the Lord’s Table. This resource discusses:
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Articles
The Church, Our Spiritual Home
In this pastoral letter, Washington Archbishop Donald Cardinal Wuerl offers an overview of what the Catholic Church is, so Catholics can better understand their role in it, and he encourages them to help transform the world with their faith. “The family of God is called his church. Its members, those baptized into the church, you and I, form a body with Christ as its head. In order to truly know Christ, one must know him in his body, the church.” |
One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church: I Believe, We Believe
In announcing the upcoming “Year of Faith,” which celebrates the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) and the Twentieth Anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, our then-Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI explained that “to rediscover the content of faith that is professed, celebrated, lived and prayed and to reflect on the act of faith is a task every believer must make his own (Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei, 9, October 11, 2011).” In this Pastoral letter from the beginning of the “Year of Faith,” the Diocese of Trenton joined with the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world in a period of reflection and celebration of our Catholic faith. |
"I believed, therefore I spoke"
A Pastoral Letter on the New Evangelization in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in which His Excellency John C. Nienstedt "urge[s] every priest, every deacon, every religious, every member of the faithful, every mother and father, every young adult, every high school student ... to become part of the New Evangelization ... to convey the central importance of the work of evangelization in our life as a Church, and describe how parishes are to become truly evangelizing communities of faith, so that we might be equipped as Catholics to share the love of Jesus Christ and to invite others into the greatest drama of human life--the pilgrimage of faith. " |
One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church: I Believe, We Believe
A Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Trenton in which His Excellency David M. O'Connell, C.M. speaks to the preparation of his Diocese for the Year of Faith and the role of the Diocese of Trenton in the Universal Church. |
Other Articles
- The Year of New Evangelization - Pastoral Letter by Bishop Sam C. Jacobs (2012)
- Blest Are They Who Believe - Pastoral Letter by Bishops Thomas J. Olmstead & Eduardo A. Nevares (2012)
- Why a "New Evangelization" Now? - Address by Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl (2011)
- The Announcement of the Gospel Today, Between missio ad gentes and the New Evangelization - Address by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan to the College of Cardinals (2011)
- A New Pentecost: Inviting All to Follow Jesus - Pastoral Letter by Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. (2011)
- Disciples of the Lord: Sharing the Vision - Pastoral Letter by Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl (2010)
- The Real Presence: Life for the New Evangelization - Pastoral Letter by Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli (2009)
- Evangelization: Grace and Vocation - Pastoral Letter by Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli (2008)
- Pope Francis, the poor and the New Evangelization - Most Rev. Alexander Sample (Archbishop of Portland), The Catholic Sentinel
- The New Evangelization And Social Justice
- The New Evangelization: Disciples on Mission in the World
- How we Teach the New Evangelization
Webinars
Using the Internet and Social Media as a Tool for Evangelization
"Whenever we make the effort to return to the source and to recover the original freshness of the Gospel, new avenues arise, new paths of creativity open up, with different forms of expression, more eloquent signs and words with new meaning for today's world." (Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium #11) Join Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski as she explains how to use the new avenues of technology and social media as a tool for the New Evangelization.
"Whenever we make the effort to return to the source and to recover the original freshness of the Gospel, new avenues arise, new paths of creativity open up, with different forms of expression, more eloquent signs and words with new meaning for today's world." (Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium #11) Join Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski as she explains how to use the new avenues of technology and social media as a tool for the New Evangelization.
Dynamic Catholic, Dynamic Parish
"Transforming people one at a time is at the heart of God's plan for the world. It is also essential to developing dynamic marriagåes, loving families, vibrant parish communities, thriving economies, and extraordinary nations." Join Matthew Kelly in this webinar as he explains how any parish can become a dynamic parish with dedicated Catholics in the pews.
"Transforming people one at a time is at the heart of God's plan for the world. It is also essential to developing dynamic marriagåes, loving families, vibrant parish communities, thriving economies, and extraordinary nations." Join Matthew Kelly in this webinar as he explains how any parish can become a dynamic parish with dedicated Catholics in the pews.