2. Catholic Action
•Is a particular vocation
•It is a call to holiness
»It stems from the Christian Initiation
promises.
»It is strengthened through the listening to
the Word of God, through participation in
the Eucharist and through the exercise of
love and pardon.
Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation
3. Catholic Action
•It is a lay vocation with a particular
charism
»Missionary spirit.
»Diocesan Character.
»At the service of Unity.
»Lay Identity (John Paul II’s reference to
characteristic notes in AA 20).
Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation
4. •lived in a community which has
responded to a common call which
each member has freely and firmly
accepted.
•which cultivates and reinforces
communion with the Bishop and with
priests. With other ecclesial
associations and movements.
Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation
Catholic Action:
a lay vocation
5. •which requires fidelity and
commitment towards:
»The growth of all the Christian community,
»Pastoral projects and
»The spreading of the spirit of the Gospel in
all spheres of life (reference to ChL 31).
Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation
Catholic Action:
a lay vocation
6. Catholic Action
•It is a call to holiness in everyday
life
»By living the Gospel, in a radical way, in
the normal duties of everyday life.
»By creating, with patience and
persistence, a network of fraternity
which embraces everybody especially
those most in need...
Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation
7. Catholic Action:
a call to sanctity
»Serving the particular Church and its
mission as the fundamental orientation
of its apostolic commitment.
»Putting all its apostolic energy at the
service of communion .
Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation
8. Catholic Action: a particular lay vocation
Catholic Action:
a call to sanctity
»which helps parishes and the
community to rediscover the fervour to
announce the Gospel and the urge to
be pastorally concerned.
»which looks at the world with the eyes
of God and search for signs of the
presence of the Holy Spirit therein.
9. San José
Moscatti
Santa Gianna
B. Molla
San José
Pampuri
Pierina
Morosini
Eduardo Pironio
Catholic Action is called to be
«a home and a school of sanctity»
San David
Roldán Lara
Pina
Suriano
Pier Giorgio
Frassatti
San Salvador
Lara Puente
San Manuel
Morales
10. “With full consciousness and disponibility, in the ordinary
everyday circumstances of life, look upon Christian sanctity
as the top level of ordinary Christain life”
John Paul II
