Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese, 3 Aug 2012 Fr Chris Ryan of the Missionaries of God’s Love will conducta seminar at Proclaim 2012 More than 450 church youth leaders, religious, parish priests, diocesan and parish staff and volunteers, school principals, RE teachers and individuals of all ages have signed on to attend Australia’s first-ever national conference on the New Evangelism.The three-day Proclaim 2012 Conference begins next week on Thursday, 9 August at The Concourse, Chatswood NSW and will be attended not only by participants from across Australia but by a contingent from New Zealand as well as a small group from Africa.An initiative of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) and organised by Catholic Mission Australia and the Catholic Enquiry Centre’s National Office for Evangelism, Proclaim 2012 is one of the key events celebrating the Year of Grace and is to deepen understanding of the New Evangelisation, showcase what is happening in evangelisation and the Catholic Church, and to begin developing a map for the future of evangelisation in Australia.”We want to take the experience, energy and enthusiasm of the charisms, movements and groups involved in the New Evangelism and inject this into parishes,” says Marita Winters, Director of the National Office for Evangelisation at the Catholic Enquiry Centre.

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CATHOLIC NEWS WORLD FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 2012