A New Project for Reaching Inactive Catholics
www.christmascarolfestival.com
The Christmas Carol Festival project assumes the following goals:
1. Invites people to faith and deeper conversion through the singing of
Christ-centered carols
2. Promotes faith sharing in one-to-one, small group and large group
settings
3. Promotes faith sharing and intercessory prayer as normal parts of
parish life and as the foundation for all other forms of evangelization
4. Uses a seasonal approach that can supplement what is happening in
groups and ministries
5. Reaches out to unchurched, and marginal or inactive Catholics
(This the majority of people who identify themselves as Catholic)
6. Implements the goals of
Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan
& Strategy for Catholic Evangelization
in the United States
(paraphrased
below)
http://www.usccb.org/evangelization/goandmake/index.shtml
Goal I: To encourage an active faith & faith sharing among Catholics.
Goal II: To invite believers and nonbelievers to join us in a personal & communal love for Jesus Christ,
Savior and Lord
Goal III: To foster the transformation of our culture, and all of its institution, in the light of the Good
News, especially by promoting the dignity of the person, the common good & stewardship of
the creation.
The
Christmas Carol Festival
itself is part of an evangelization project
with three phases over six months
Preparation
Proclamation
Preservation
Training for ministries
Christmas Carol Festival
Follow-up faith sharing event
Use of a steering committee Gospel message thru carols
(Jesus in January event)
Parish-wide prayer
Faith sharing witnesses
E-mail & postal contacts
One-to-one invitations
Invitate to follow-up & parish
Ongoing sharing groups
Evangelization workshop
Act out the Christmas story Catholic outreach programs
ADDITIONAL documents available on companion CD
For a
parish leader's experiences
with two years of carol festivals is also available
Christmas Carol Festival
The Tree Story
Join the angels in song
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