Nuestra Iglesia particular en camino de Iniciaci n Cristiana · 2014-11-21 · Latina, ofrecen a...
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Collection for the Church in Latin America | Office of National Collections 3211 Fourth Street NE | Washington, DC 20017-1194 | (202) 541-3346 | www.usccb.org/nationalcollections Copyright © 2014, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Photo: © Adveniat Jürgen Escher/© Adveniat Alle Rechte vorbehalten. 50200415 T he family around the world today faces tremendous chal- lenges. In Latin America, where Christian values remain important, many families are wounded by hostility from the surrounding environment and by broken relationships within the family. Yet throughout the hemisphere, the Church continues to point the way to Christ as the source of hope and healing, both within the family and in society. Many family and catechetical ministry projects funded by the Collection for the Church in Latin America offer families and communities a way to strengthen, affirm, and celebrate their life together in faith, offering a different and hopeful vision of relationships with one another and with God. In Nicaragua, the Diocese of Juigalpa saw a need to train more staff and volunteers in marriage and family life ministry. Through a grant from the Collection for the Church in Latin America, the diocese was able to build its capacity for sharing the faith by forming family catechetical teams in all of its twenty-two parishes. Forty- eight weekly gatherings in each of the diocese’s three pastoral zones provided the training and support needed to establish the teams. Each zone had between sixty and eighty participants, and the teams received training on the New Evangelization and practical top- ics related to daily family life. The training program ended with a retreat for all participants. The program organizers have reported that, through the training they received, the teams are now able to accompany married couples in their journey of faith and assist couples preparing for marriage. The Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia has a long history of living with drug trafficking and criminal activity. Though the situation has improved, residents are still faced with poverty and violence. Thanks to a grant from the Collection for the Church in Latin America, a project called Nuestra Iglesia particular en camino de Iniciación Cristiana (Our Church Travel- ing the Journey of Christian Initiation) helped the faithful of the diocese to share their faith by training catechists and renew- ing the lives of communities, according to the ways of the New Evangelization. The diocese also formed bible study facilitators, who have in turn established bible study groups in parishes. The project envisioned touching all eighty-four parishes in the diocese, covering an area of 22,000 square kilometers. Training catechists in the parishes and providing access to bible study groups and other workshops and seminars is helping parishioners and others to live their faith amid challenging circumstances. Through projects like these, the Collection for the Church in Latin America empowers the people of Latin America to deepen their faith and share it with the world. For more information on how you can help the Church in Latin America, visit www.usccb.org and search keywords “Church in Latin America.”
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Collection for the Church in Latin America | Office of National Collections3211 Fourth Street NE | Washington, DC 20017-1194 | (202) 541-3346 | www.usccb.org/nationalcollectionsCopyright © 2014, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Photo: © Adveniat Jürgen Escher/© Adveniat Alle Rechte vorbehalten. 50200415
T he family around the world today faces tremendous chal-lenges. In Latin America, where Christian values remain important, many families are wounded by hostility from
the surrounding environment and by broken relationships within the family. Yet throughout the hemisphere, the Church continues to point the way to Christ as the source of hope and healing, both within the family and in society. Many family and catechetical ministry projects funded by the Collection for the Church in Latin America offer families and communities a way to strengthen, affirm, and celebrate their life together in faith, offering a different and hopeful vision of relationships with one another and with God.
In Nicaragua, the Diocese of Juigalpa saw a need to train more staff and volunteers in marriage and family life ministry. Through a grant from the Collection for the Church in Latin America, the diocese was able to build its capacity for sharing the faith by forming family catechetical teams in all of its twenty-two parishes. Forty-eight weekly gatherings in each of the diocese’s three pastoral zones provided the training and support needed to establish the teams. Each zone had between sixty and eighty participants, and the teams received training on the New Evangelization and practical top-ics related to daily family life. The training program ended with a retreat for all participants. The program organizers have reported that, through the training they received, the teams are now able to accompany married couples in their journey of faith and assist couples preparing for marriage.
The Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia has a long history of living with drug trafficking and criminal activity. Though the situation has improved, residents are still faced with poverty and violence. Thanks to a grant from the Collection for the Church in Latin America, a project called Nuestra Iglesia particular en camino de Iniciación Cristiana (Our Church Travel-ing the Journey of Christian Initiation) helped the faithful of the diocese to share their faith by training catechists and renew-ing the lives of communities, according to the ways of the New Evangelization. The diocese also formed bible study facilitators, who have in turn established bible study groups in parishes. The project envisioned touching all eighty-four parishes in the diocese, covering an area of 22,000 square kilometers. Training catechists in the parishes and providing access to bible study groups and other workshops and seminars is helping parishioners and others to live their faith amid challenging circumstances.
Through projects like these, the Collection for the Church in Latin America empowers the people of Latin America to deepen their faith and share it with the world.
For more information on how you can help the Church in Latin America, visit www.usccb.org and search keywords “Church in Latin America.”
H oy, la familia enfrenta enormes desafíos en todo el mundo. En América Latina, en donde los valores cristianos con-tinúan siendo importantes, muchas familias sufren debido
a las hostilidades que encuentran en su entorno y por relaciones quebrantadas dentro de la familia. Sin embargo, en todo el hemisferio, la Iglesia continúa mostrando el camino hacia Cristo como fuente de esperanza y de sanación dentro de la familia y la sociedad. Muchos proyectos de ministerios familiares y cate-quéticos, financiados por la Colecta para la Iglesia en América Latina, ofrecen a familias y comunidades la manera de fortalecer, afirmar, y celebrar juntas su vida de fe, ofreciénd una visión dife-rente y esperanzadora para relacionarse uno con otro y con Dios.
En Nicaragua, en la Diócesis de Juigalpa se vio la necesidad de capacitar en el ministerio de matrimonio y vida familiar a más miembros del personal y a los voluntarios. Una subvención de la Colecta para la Iglesia en América Latina, le permitió a la diócesis reforzar su capacidad para compartir la fe mediante la formación de equipos catequéticos familiares en todas sus vein-tidós parroquias. En cada una de las tres zonas pastorales de la diócesis se realizaron cuarenta y ocho reuniones semanales que ofrecieron la capacitación y el apoyo necesario para formar los equipos. Cada zona tuvo entre sesenta y ochenta participantes y los equipos recibieron una capacitación sobre la Nueva Evange-lización y sobre temas relacionados a la vida familiar cotidiana. El programa de capacitación finalizó con un retiro para todos los participantes. Los organizadores del programa informaron que, mediante la capacitación que recibieron, los equipos están
ahora capacitados para acompañar a las parejas casadas en su jornada de fe y para ayudar a las parejas en su preparación para el matrimonio.
La Diócesis de Santa Rosa de Osos, en Colombia, tiene una larga historia de vivir en medio del tráfico de drogas y de la ac-tividad delictiva. Aunque la situación ha mejorado, los residen-tes todavía le hacen frente a la pobreza y a la violencia. Gracias a una subvención de la Colecta para la Iglesia en América Latina, un proyecto llamado Nuestra Iglesia particular en camino de iniciación cristiana ayudó a los fieles de la diócesis a compartir su fe capacitando a los catequistas y renovando la vida de las comunidades de acuerdo a lo fijado por la Nueva Evangelización. La diócesis formó también a facilitadores para el estudio de la Biblia, los cuales, a su vez, establecieron unos grupos de estudio de la Biblia en sus parroquias. La idea del proyecto era llegar a todas las ochenta y cuatro parroquias en la diócesis, cubriendo un área de 22,000 kilómetros cuadrados. La capacitación de los catequistas en las parroquias y el brindarles acceso a los gru-pos de estudio de la Biblia y a otros talleres y seminarios, está ayudando a los feligreses y demás personas a vivir su fe dentro de circunstancias desafiantes.
Mediante proyectos como éstos, la Colecta para la Iglesia en América Latina empodera a la gente de América Latina para profundizarse en su fe y compartirla con el mundo.Para más información sobre la forma en la que usted puede ayu-dar a la Iglesia en América Latina, visite www.usccb.org y busque las palabras clave “Church in Latin America”.
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