AMERICA/PERU - “Church in Peru, the hour of mission has come” is the slogan of Peru's 2nd National Mission Congress Missionario; 2nd National Mission Exhibition, will offer concrete testimony of local Church's missionary activity

Lima, (Agenzia Fides) - - “Church in Peru, the hour of mission has come” is the slogan of Peru's 2nd National Mission Congress Missionario to be held 11 - 14 October. The main objective of the congress, promoted by the archdiocese of Lima, the Pontifical Mission Societies Peru and the National Mission Centre CENAMIS, is to reawaken missionary awareness throughout the Church in Peru in answer to the missionary effort invoked by Pope Benedict XVI during 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida, Brazil, last May.
The National Mission Congress will be opened by Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima and speakers will include Archbishop Javier del Rio of Arequipa; Archbishop José Antonio Eguren, of Piura; Bishop Carlos García Camader, of Lurín and Luis Fernando Figari, founder of the Sodality of Christian Life (SCV). Themes for reflection will be: "Christ founded a missionary Church"; “Areas and challenges for Mission”; “Great Missionaries of Perù”; “John Paul II, the greatest missionary of the 20th century ", “Mary: star of new evangelisation”.
The Mission Congress will close with the presentation of resolutions by Cardinal Cipriani and a concelebration of Mass in Lima Cathedral on Sunday 14 October. In the margin of the Congress the 2nd National Mission Exhibition, will offer concrete testimony of how dioceses and institutions are involved in the Church's missionary activity all over the country and across its borders. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 26/9/2007; righe 20, parole 255)