That’s the invitation and challenge in a consultation booklet being made available by our Archbishop to all parishioners – and that means you. It follows a pastoral letter from Abp John circulated at St Columba’s just before the church closed for building work. That pastoral letter was about the latest phase of Called To Bear Fruit, an initiative he launched in 2023. The initiative seeks to ensure that all parishes in the Archdiocese of Southwark are equipped with four important concepts. They are: vision, leadership, resources and infrastructure. Those are needed in order to enable parishes like St Columba’s to become growing communities that evangelise, form disciples and inspire witness. In the consultation booklet Abp John looks to achieve two things. One is to share with you our current situation as a diocese. The second it to provide you with a chance to help him understand how to support our parishes to become effective communities of missionary disciples. So the question is (and he wants us all to discuss this and send him our answers): how do we grow as communities of missionary disciples? Copies of the consultation booklet can be collected from the hall at Mass on Tuesday.
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