ASIA/CHINA-Every Catholic must assume missionary responsibility

Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides, there are several initiatives in this period by the continental Catholic community to promote evangelism. From May 13 to 15, 140 faithful, especially catechists of the diocese of Ning Bo in the province of Zhe Jiang, participated in a seminar on "Growing in the Holy Spirit" which was held in the public park Xing An in Ning Bo. According to the priest who organized the initiative, "through the seminar, the faithful are baptized again in the faith and renewed in the Spirit, and in them the fire of evangelization is also rekindled. " In addition, the priest underlines, " the spirit of group of the faithful has been strengthened. Thanks to the Holy Spirit, we promote evangelization sanctifying ourselves. "
The faithful of the diocese Chang Zhi and the diocese of An Yang exchanged their experiences regarding evangelism because "lay people are protagonists in evangelization. " According to one of the responsible diocesans of evangelization, "every Catholic lay must take missionary responsibility. The laity are the object, but also the subject of evangelization. This exchange helps each other, by strengthening our faith. "According to some faithful "personal experience has made me realize how important one`s testimony of life is. So I want to be a credible witness. "(NZ) (Agenzia Fides 05/25/2011)