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Cardinal Cupich: Evangelization is never coercive

Renew My Church is a call to build disciples and communities, Cardinal Cupich said at an evening lecture at Northshore Congregation Israel in Glencoe Jan. 29. Its spirit is a kind of evangelization that has nothing to do with proselytizing.

Archdiocese announces structural decisions in Renew My Church

The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced structural decisions for the groupings that were part of the pilot and subsequent waves of the local discernment and planning component of Renew My Church.

Companions an important part of Renew My Church

When the archdiocese put out a call for people to be “companions” for Renew My Church to accompany parishes on the journey, Deacon Greg Shumpert from St. Agatha Parish thought he could offer some wisdom.

Renew My Church: West Humboldt Park group becomes one parish

The first pilot grouping for Renew My Church is starting its journey of becoming a force for evangelization in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. After months of meetings, the three parishes in the grouping learned Nov. 10 that they would move forward as one parish with one pastor and all three churches remaining open as worship sites.

Book inspires evangelization through Renew My Church

Our archdiocese, in fact the Catholic Church of the United States, was gifted with an excellent snapshot and call to action by Archdiocese of Chicago priest Father Lou Cameli in a book called, “Church, Faith and Future: What We Face and What We Can Do.”

What belongs to God?

Some years ago, Cardinal George received a very special gift for the archdiocese — a Roman coin dating back to the time of Jesus. It bears the inscription and head of Augustus Caesar and is the kind of coin mentioned in the Gospels we heard earlier this month.

Renew My Church is already bearing fruit

Renew My Church has really just started, but it’s already paying dividends with parishes and other Catholic communities such as shrines and missions collaborating more closely in ways big and small to bring the Gospel to their communities.

Next group of parishes beginning Renew My Church

Following a pilot wave this spring and summer, five groups of archdiocesan parish and school communities are beginning the local-level Renew My Church discernment and planning process.

Renew My Church and vocations

In planning the Renew My Church process, we identified seven markers of parish vitality. One of them is the promotion of vocations to the priesthood and vowed life. Historically, vocation recruitment was left to the religious orders and the archdiocese. Yet studies show that the most effective vocation programs are parish-based and benefit from the active involvement of priests

Renew My Church, abridged version

It’s always helpful to have a complex idea summarized in an easily digestible way. In my day, that meant reading the Cliffs Notes rather than the assigned novel (please don’t tell my teachers). Renew My Church is a complex process, of course, but reduced to its simplest terms, it is about (1) disciples taking personal responsibility for the mission of Christ (2) by joining together to build a community of faith that nourishes, prepares and sustains one another (3) so that together as church we become, in the words of Pope Francis, “a field hospital in the world,” bringing healing and hope.
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