Mike Caserta, Chairman

Phone: (713) 741-8785
Fax: (713) 741-8775
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Location:  St. Dominic Chancery
 

“Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize....” -- Pope Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi 14.

Jesus said, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations": (Matt 28:19). To accomplish this mission, the Evangelization Commission of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is responsible for:

• Advocacy of evangelization within the archdiocese; 
• Development, oversight, and evaluation of evangelization initiatives;
• Fostering discussion between archdiocesan departments and parishes on how to maintain an evangelizing focus in all that we do.

Introductory documents

These documents provide the starting point for study of Catholic evangelization today:

• Pope Paul VI. Evangelii Nuntiandi (Evangelization in the Modern World). December 8, 1975. (Spanish)
• US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States. 1992. (Spanish)
• Pope John Paul II
  • Novo Millennio Inuente. January 6, 2001. (Spanish) An exhortation to a renewed evangelization "at the beginning of the new millennium." "Go out into the deep!"
  • Redemptoris Missio: On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate. December 7, 1990. (Spanish). Pope John Paul II's call for a "new evangelization," he defined as the "re-evangelization" "traditionally Christian areas."

USCCB Secretariat for Evangelization.

• Bibliography
  • Journey to the Fullness of Life: A Report on the Implementation of the RCIA in the United States.

• Pope John Paul II. Catechesi Tradendae: On Catechesis in Our Time. October 16, 1979. (Spanish) "...The definitive aim of catechesis is to put people not only in touch but in communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ." CT 5.
• Catechism of the Catholic Church. (Spanish)
• Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. (Spanish)

Evangelization of Culture

• Pope John Paul II.
  • Ecclesia in America: On the Encounter with the Living Jesus Christ: The Way to Conversion, Communion and Solidarity in America. January 22, 1999. (Spanish) 
  • Evangelium Vitae: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life . March 25, 1995. (Spanish)
  • Veritatis Splendor: On the Splendor of Truth. August 6, 1993. (Spanish)
  • Centesimus Annus: On the hundredth anniversary of Rerum Novarum. May 1, 1991. (Spanish)
  • Christifidelis Laici: On the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World. December 30, 1988. (Spanish)
  • Familiaris Consortio: On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World. November 22, 1981. (Spanish) 
• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Donum Vitae: Instruction on Respect for Human Life. February 22, 1987. (Spanish)
Pope Paul VI. Humanae Vitae: On the Regulation of Births. July 25, 1968. (Spanish)

Evangelization and Other Faiths

• Pope John Paul II. Ut Unum Sint: On Commitment to Ecumenism. May 25, 1995. (Spanish)
• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.  Declaration Dominus Iesus: On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church. August 6, 2000. (Spanish