Category: Lay apostolate
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Lima lay movements in synodal assembly
The lay movements of the Archdiocese of Lima, Peru joyfully celebrated their Synodal Assembly as a sign of commitment and renewal toward a Church that listens, engages in dialogue, and discerns the challenges of our time, according to a local report.
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The vast field of the lay apostolate
Vatican II emphasises the mission of lay people, Pope Leo said as he began his catechesis on Chapter IV of the Vatican II Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium.
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Prioritise lay vocation and mission
The Australian Church must prioritise formation for the lay vocation and mission, participants at an Adelaide Study Day on 6 December 2025 have said.
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YCW made Church relevant to people’s lives
“In the many interviews I have conducted, I have always been amazed by how many interviewees have told me they were involved in the YCW movement in their younger days,” writes Jenny Brinkworth.
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Vatican II emphasised lay apostolate: Pope
Vatican II strongly encouraged the lay apostolate and apostolic associations, Pope Leo has told leaders of Catholic international movements and organisations.
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YCW’s role ‘formation for God’s Kingdom’: Arch. Comensoli
The see-judge-act method is “the driving force and inspiration of the YCW movement,” says Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli.
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Movements lack institutional support
If the work of evangelisation is to flourish then it must move beyond the realms of liturgy, ministry and Church governance and embrace the secular world as its primary focus, writes Paul Lentern.
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Video: Cardijn Lecture: Keegan at Vatican II
This year, ACI is pleased to announce that the Cardijn Lecture for 2024 will be delivered by Dr Patricia Jones on Thursday 14 November.
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Pat Keegan, first lay person to address Vatican II
On 13 October 1964, Patrick Keegan took the floor to speak to the bishops of the Second Vatican Council, the first lay person to speak in a General Congregation, writes Pat Jones in The Tablet.
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Lay leaders re-affirm primacy of baptismal vocation
Fifty lay leaders from thirty countries working with international lay apostolate movements met in Rome last week to study the theme “Lay Mission and Vocation.”
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Conversation with Cardinal Christophe Pierre
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Holy See Nuncio to the USA will join participants at the Lay Mission and Vocation Conference in Rome for an online conversation.
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ACI submission to the Synod on Synodality
ACI has published its submission to the Second Assembly of the Synod on Synodality focusing on the mission and vocation of lay people. Full text here.
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Webinar: Fr Louis Cameli: Rediscovering co-responsibility in mission
For our next ACI webinar, we have a very special guest from the USA, Fr Louis Cameli, Cardinal Cupich’s delegate for formation and mission in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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Video: Innocent Odongo: The IYCS vision today
International YCS secretary-general, Innocent Odongo, was ACI’s guest speaker on 8 May 2024, sharing his experience with the Young Catholic Students movements in his home country of Uganda as well as at international level.
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Video: Bishop Peter Cullinane: Lay mission & vocation
Bishop Peter Cullinane, emeritus bishop of Palmerston North, Aotearoa-New Zealand, presented our April webinar on “The Mission and Vocation of Lay People.”
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Tax deal not fair on working poor
The change to Australia’s income tax legislation in February 2024 was a carefully calculated initiative to appeal to “middle Australia”, writes Brian Lawrence, with the result that low paid workers, the working poor, did not get a fair deal.
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Webinar: Bishop Peter Cullinane
Emeritus Bishop Peter Cullinane of Palmerston North, Aotearoa-New Zealand. will address our next webinar on Sat 6 April on the lay vocation and mission.
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Video: Paul Lentern on the lay vocation
This is the video from our March ACI webinar with Paul Lentern on “Promoting the mission and vocation of lay people.”
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Webinar dialogue: Promoting the mission and vocation of lay people
Dr Paul Lentern will present our ACI webinar for March 2024 addressing the theme “Promoting the mission and vocation of lay people.”
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Webinar: Bishop Eugene Hurley on the vocation and mission of lay people
This year is the 40th anniversary of the Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium, which presented the Church as the “People of God” and includes the pathbreaking Chapter 4 on The Laity.
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Barron highlights vocation of the 99%
Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Word on Fire ministries and bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota in the USA, has said that he emphasised the vocation of lay people during the First Assembly of the Synod on Synodality in Rome in October 2023.
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The YCS in the 1960s and its response to Vatican II
The life of the youth movements of the Catholic Church, and the Young Christian Students (YCS) in particular, cannot be disengaged from the events of Vatican II and the 1960s.
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Lay apostolate primarily witness: Pope Francis
“The apostolate of the laity is primarily that of witness!” Pope Francis told participants at a meeting organised by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.
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Cardijn’s greatest battle: Lay apostolate vs apostolate of the faithful
Marking the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Council, Stefan Gigacz outlines struggle to make understood the concept of the specifically lay apostolate.