Cardinal Dolan offers thoughts on moving from 'maintenance to mission' and just what constitutes the New Evangelization.
When a parish wanted to sell a building to a day care center, The Bishop asked why they weren't the ones offering day care...
"When there was a need for a Catholic school in the parish 100 years ago, your people built the school for their kids. Now the children need a day care center. Wouldn’t it be a magnificent apostolate to welcome those little ones as Jesus did?”
Not a bad question.
Actually, I wonder if this is part of the new evangelization? We are not into maintenance but mission; we are not landlords but servants of the Lord; our buildings are not investments to be rented out but means to serve, teach, and sanctify. Why not creatively use our properties to continue the mission of the Church?"
Read more here: http://blog.archny.org/?p=2446
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