AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The contribution of the University regarding the preparation of the 5th American Missionary Congress

Wednesday, 27 June 2018 missionary animation   pontifical mission societies   youth   university  

Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Guided by the theme "The mission of the Catholic University today", about forty university delegates met yesterday, 26 June, for the Pre-Congress of Catholic Universities in view of the V American Missionary Congress ( CAM V), in the Archdiocese of Cochabamba. The representatives of the two universities, the Salesian University of Bolivia and the "San Pablo" Bolivian Catholic University, gathered in the Fatima Retreat House, with the aim of "contributing with new guidelines of reflection, to the missionary vocation of the Catholic universities in Bolivia, within the framework of fundamental functions in higher education". Mgr. Tito Solari, Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, led this initiative in preparation for CAM V, presenting in his lecture the theme: "The response of Catholic universities to the young Bolivian university student".
From 10 to 14 July, with the slogan "America on a mission, the Gospel is joy", the V American Missionary Congress (CAM V) will take place in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. whose theme will be: "The joy of the Gospel, the heart of the prophetic mission, source of reconciliation and communion".
According to Fides sources, this will be the 10th American Missionary Congress. The long series of meetings began in 1977 in Mexico, and every 4 years the congress is held in different countries. The last one was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 2013 (see Fides 27/11/2013).
In the invitation to the V American Missionary Congress it is emphasized that "mission today needs our communities to respond with generosity, creativity and zeal to the constant and tireless appeal of Pope Francis, who asks us to be promoters of a profound process of evangelization in our continent and in the world".
The convocation is signed by Mgr. Ricardo Centellas, President of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference; by Mgr. Eugenio Scarpellini, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Bolivia; by Mgr. Julio Maria Elías, Bishop in charge of the Missions, and by Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, Archbishop of Santa Cruz and President of CAM V. (CE) (Agenzia Fides, 27/06/2018)


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