Evangelization
Welcome to REDCAMP 2017 – Porto (Portugal)
This past week from 11th-17th July 2017 groups from many parts of Europe, Poland, Portugal and Ireland gathered for a week of prayer and evangelization in Porto, Portugal. 14 lay and young people from Portugal with their animator Fr. Rui Santiago prepared this meeting and about 40 were involved in this marvelous experience of faith. Fr. Pedro López (General Consultor), Fr. Jacek Zdrzalek (Coordinator of the CRE), Fr. António Marinho (Provincial of Lisbon Province) participated in some parts of this school of evangelization. This week we...
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INVITATION REDCAMP will take place this year from12th to 16th July 2017 in Portugal, in the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. These are twin cities on either side of the River Douro. There is a Redemptorist Community on each side of the river, and the bridges that bring them together are the bridges that inspire us. We shall worship, share and learn together to make an experience of missionary joy and proclaim the Good News of Jesus. He is the Plentiful Redemption that gives us the name. Welcome! Visit the REDCAMP page (www.redcamp.eu)...
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Madrid, 21 February 2017 Dear Confreres, Lay Collaborators and Young People For the fifth consecutive year, the Secretariat for Evangelisation offers Christian accompaniment on the Camino de Santiago at CASA ACC SAN ALFONSO in Astorga. The small international community (8 people maximum per week) will assist pilgrims who pass through Astorga on their way to Santiago in July and August. This missionary experience responds to two purposes: A) it seeks to answer for the call of Pope Francis for a New Evangelization, by creating new spaces for...
read moreMeeting of the Secretariat of Evangelization
The Secretariat of Evangelization of the CRE met for its annual meeting in Rome on 7 February. Present were Fr Jacek Zdrzałek, Coordinator of the CRE, Fr Pedro López, President of the Secretariat of Evangelization, Fr Martin Huk, President of the Partnership in Mission Commission, and Fr Pietro Sulkowski, President of the Youth Commission. Fr. Pawel Drobot, chair of the Working Group of the New Missionary Initiatives, and Fr. Winfried Pauly, chair of the Working Group on Social Ministry sent their contributions. The pastoral work of the...
read moreREDCAMP 2017 in Porto and in Vila Nova de Gaia
The next REDCAMP (Redemptorist Camp of Evangelization) will be held from 11 to 17 July 2017 in Porto and in Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal). Redcamp is organized by the New Missionary Initiatives Commission, which is part of the New Evangelization Secretariat of CRE. Previous Redcamps were held in Krakow (2014) and in Venice (2015). The preparatory Commission, composed of Pedro Lopez (Spain), Pawel Drobot (Poland), Luigi Ramazzotti (Italy), Rui Santiago (Portugal), met on 18 to 19 October in Villa Nova de Gaia. The lay leaders of the youth...
read moreThe Ministry of the Redemptorists to Pilgrims in Astorga 2016
The pastoral project for the pilgrims on the Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago) was conducted for the fourth consecutive year at “Alphonsus House in Astorga”. The volunteers formed an international community that helped pilgrims passing by Astorga in July and August. This year the community was formed of Religious and lay Redemptorists of the Province of Madrid and of other Units from Europe and North America. 61 volunteers (adults, youth and children) worked during these two months. Each one worked at least one or two weeks. 11...
read moreThe Ministry of the Redemptorists to Pilgrims in Astorga 2015
For the third consecutive year the Secretariat for Evangelization of the Province of Madrid, with the support of the Conference of Redemptorists of Europe, has established an international community for the pastoral care of pilgrims on the “Camino de Santiago”, in Astorga (Spain). This year the international community was composed of 20 Religious and lay Redemptorists: 3 priests CSsR (2 Prov. Madrid and 1 Prov. Buenos Aires); 1 deacon CSsR (Prov. London); 4 students CSsR (1 Prov. St. Clement and 3 Prov. France), and 12 lay people from Spain...
read moreThe plans of the Secretariat for Evangelization in 2015
The plans of the Secretariat for Evangelization in 2015 The evaluation of the work of the Secretariat in the last two years and the plans for 2015 were the main tasks during the meeting on 14 February 2015 in Rome. The working group of the New Missionary Initiatives for RECAMP 2015 invites (from 27th July to 2nd August) to Venice (Italy). The experiences and the feedback from the last REDCAMP in Krakow 2014 (Poland) helped to improve the programme and the vision in which way the Religious and lay Redemptorists, from so many various countries...
read moreThe Preparatory Commission for REDCAMP 2015
The Preparatory Commission for the next REDCAMP (Redemptorist Camp of Evangelization) met in Venice from 9th to 10th December 2014. There were 10 Redemptorists and Lay Co-workers from Italy, Poland, France, Portugal and Philippines. The meeting was organized by the New Missionary Initiatives Commission, which is part of the New Evangelization Secretariat of CRE. During the discussions there was an evaluation of REDCAMP 2014, which was held in Cracow. All the feedback helped to prepare and strategise for the 2015 project. The work was carried...
read moreRedemptorist Pilgrims ministry in Astorga
Between July 1st and August 28th 2014, the Redemptorist Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Astorga has become one of the spiritual centres of the Camino de Santiago. Every day at 9pm, pilgrims and Redemptorist volunteers shared night prayer, culminating with the Blessing of Pilgrims. The number of pilgrims participating in the Prayer varies every day: some days there are 60, other days no more than 2. But the number did not matter, because this is a service to those who walk along this ancient penitential pilgrimage. The Redemptorists,...
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