Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Salta (Agenzia Fides) – October 17-19, in this month of the missions, the town of El Galpon will host the Fourth Missionary Congress of Salta (CoMSa 4), with the theme: “The Church in Salta, Missionary Disciple: Listen, Learn, and Proclaim.”
According to information released be the Archdiocesan Commission for Missionary Pastoral Activity, representatives from all over the Archdiocese who work in pastoral activity, parishes, associations and movements, priests, religious and laity will all come together in order to reflect on the missionary vocation of the Archdiocese. Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta will also attend the Congress. As of now, there are an estimated 500 pastoral agents (over the age of 17) expected to attend and of whom much will be expected in terms of spreading what they learn in the Congress.
The general objective of the Congress is to help the Church in Salta to gain more awareness and take more action in terms of its missionary vocation, as a disciple on a mission, giving renewed strength to the New Evangelization and opening its doors to the mission ad gentes.
Among the main objectives are: promote plans, projects, and pastoral initiatives in our communities, giving them a missionary dimension; promote a universal missionary spirit in the various activities of the People of God; take on the new evangelization within each parish, in an effort to lead all the baptized to a vital and personal encounter with Christ; make missionary commitments that “go beyond the national borders”; encourage missionary formation in the community; promote the PMS in the communities, as valid and effective instruments for animation, formation, organization, and missionary cooperation.
Some of the themes to be addressed are: “Our situation since Aparecida,” and “Being missionary disciples.” There will also be workshops, missionary Eucharistic Adoration, and a missionary rally in the city square, where participants will renew their “Fidelity Oath.” (RG) (Agenzia Fides 15/10/2008)
