John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Const.: GC 34, Decree 4: “Our Mission and Culture”, par. 27.4
We must remember that we do not directly “evangelize
culture,” we evangelize people in their culture. Whether we are working in our
own culture or in another, as servants of the Gospel we must not impose our own
cultural structures, but witness to the creativity of the Spirit which is also
at work in others. Ultimately, the people of a culture are the ones who root
for the church and the Gospel in their lives.
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