Where Catholicism is headed
-
Upload
robert-colquhoun -
Category
Documents
-
view
224 -
download
0
Transcript of Where Catholicism is headed
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
1/15
Where Catholicism isHeaded:Seven Trends that Will AffectYour Parish, Ministry and Personal Faith
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
2/15
The Church isnot a
manufactureditem. She is theliving seed of Godthat must be
allowed to growand ripen.
Pope
Emeritusenedict
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
3/15
$hat $e %ean b& Trend
The things that make goodheadlines are on thesurface of the stream of life,
and they distractus fromthe slower' impalpable'imponderable movementsthat work below the surfaceand penetrate to the depths.ut it is reall& these
deeper' slowermovements that ma(ehistor& (Historian Arnold
. Toynbee, as !uoted by ohnAllen"
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
4/15
) *ew+isclaimers,
# speak from an Americanperspecti$e, howe$er
-ot rendering opinion on themoral !uestions
%e will be moving uic(l&,
%e will ha$e a & ' A after
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
5/15
ac(ground in the
Church) years of pastoral,publishing, and ministrye*perience at the parish,diocesan, and national le$els
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
6/15
#nterview Process
%e conducted a sur$ey that reached /01Catholics throughout the 23 Asked !uestions about their e*periences of
+atholicism, parish life, and e$angeliation
Asked what trends they were seeing
%e inter$iewed 44 people throughout the- who ha$e var&ing perspectives and
bac(groundswithin the +hurch /ome ordained, some consecrated, many lay
people of di0erent ages, some directors ofdiocesan o1ces
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
7/15
General $orld Trends 2opulations of countries have shifted' are
shifting' and will continue to shift /hift from a northern (hemisphere"3centric +hurch
to a southern3centric +hurch
#n 444, more Catholic baptisms in thePhilippinesthan in 5rance, /pain, #taly,and 2oland combined (Allen, 67".
50 of the 41new cardinals in 468 werefrom 6atin )merica' )frica' or )sia(%/".
Trend 57 Shifting+emographics
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
8/15
#mplications for +hurch
+hurch is no longer euro8
centric
-orth is new mission territory
9ore popes from South
Trend 57 Shifting+emographics
d 4 h i
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
9/15
Trend 47 The 9*rancisE:ect
5. ;ct. /thGallup Poll /ur$ey respondents were asked how
their $iew of the church has changed
due to 2ope 5rancis 4
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
10/15
Trend 47 The 9*rancis
E:ect cont@d#mplications for+hurchAd intra to ad extra
approach
Theologicall&orthodoA' sociall&
engaged
@mphasis on merc&BTheolog& of Encounter
T d 0 Th i f
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
11/15
6"A clear embrace of traditionalCatholic thought' speech' andpractice
"@agerness to proclaim one>s Catholicidentit& to the world, emphasiing itsimplications for culture, society and
politics
B"5aith seen as a matter ofpersonal choice ratherthan culturalinheritance
Trend 07 The ise ofEvangelical
Catholicism
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
12/15
Evidence of EvangelicalCatholicism
@mphasis on 2arish renewalDivine Renovation, Rebuilt #n @ngland and %ales, Proclaim 5> still in introductoryphase
19%never witnessed parish renewal
45%perceive
parish renewal to be veryuncommon
#ntentional discipleship
+atholics concerned with standing in opposition tosecularism
+ulture wars in the %est #n Africa, Cishops opposing ideological coloniDation
#mplicationsD
5or orthodoA,
5or progressives,
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
13/15
4 23 Trends+hurch membership?attendancesD Continued decrease
About 41= of Catholics attend %ass throughout@ngland and %ales.
5ewer people will identify as +atholics in the future, sopercentage
6eaner +hurch.
Eew wa$es of Catholic immigrants will bolsterCatholic numbersB life in -
2olish, Eigerian, 5ilippino, and #ndian +atholics are
dynamic in their faith keeping parishes open#mplications
ich diversit&
9ore foreign priests
Ad extra approach
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
14/15
#n %& *ull Tal(s
# will co$er these trends and more in full
%e will discuss in detail how each trend might
impact parish' ministr&' and personal faith
%e will ha$e a $ibrant F )
-
7/24/2019 Where Catholicism is headed
15/15
6ocationsB+ates of Presentations
9onday 66?7D -orthhamptonin morning,ampshirein e$ening
Tuesday 66?64D +evonin the morning,
irminghamin e$ening %ednesday 66?66D %anchester in morning
Thursday 66?6D 6ancasterin morning,Glasgowin e$ening
5riday 66?6BD /t. 2atrick>s in /oho 6ondoninthe afternoon
Fisit +atholicCibleTour com for more