The Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici of His Holiness John Paul II (30 December 1988)
- You go into my vineyard too
- The pressing needs of the world today: "Why do you stand here idle all day?"
- Secularism and the need for religion
The human person: a dignity violated and exalted
Conflict and Peace
- Jesus Christ, the hope of humanity
Chapter I.
I Am the Vine and You are the Branches
The dignity of the lay faithful in the Church as mystery
- The mystery of the vine
- Who are the lay faithful
- Baptism and the "newness" of Christian life
- Children in the Son
We are one body in Christ
Holy and living temples of the Spirit
- Sharers in the priestly, prophetic and kingly mission of Jesus Christ
- The lay faithful and their secular character
- Called to holiness
- The life of holiness in the world
Chapter II.
All Branches of a Single Vine
The participation of the lay faithful in the life of the Church as communion
- The Mystery of Church Communion
- Vatican II and the Ecclesiology of Communion
An Organic Communion: Diversity and Complementarity
- Ministries and Charisms : The Spirit's Gifts to the Church
- Ministries, Offices and Roles
The Ministries Derived from Holy Orders
The Ministries, Offices and Roles of the Lay Faithful
Charisms
- The Lay Faithful's Participation in the Life of the Church
- The Particular Churches and the Universal Church
The Parish
The Apostolic Commitment in the Parish
- The Forms of Participation in the Life of the Church
- Individual Forms of Participation
Group Forms of Participation
"Criteria of Ecclesiality" for Lay Groups
The Pastors in Service to Communion
Chapter III.
I Have Appointed You To Go Forth and Bear Fruit
The coresponsibility of the lay faithful in the Church as mission
- Mission to Communion
- Proclaiming the Gospel
- The Hour has Come for a Re-Evangelization
Go into the Whole World
- To Live the Gospel: Serving the Person and Society
- Promoting the Dignity of the Person
Respecting the Inviolable Right to Life
Free to Call Upon the Name of the Lord
The Family: Where the Duty to Society Begins
Charity: The Soul and Sustenance of Solidarity
Public Life: For Everyone and By Everyone
Placing the Individual at the Center of Socio-Economic Life
Evangelizing Culture and the Cultures of Humanity
Chapter IV.
Labourers in the Lord's Vineyard
Good stewards of God's varied grace
- The Variety of Vocations
- Young People, Children and Older People
- Youth, the Hope of the Church
Children and the Kingdom of Heaven
Older People and the Gift of Wisdom
- Women and Men
- Anthropological and Theological Foundations
Mission in the Church and in the World
The Presence and Collaboration of Men Together with Women
- The Sick and the Suffering
- Renewed Pastoral Action
- The States of Life and Vocations
- The Various Vocations in the Lay State
Chapter V.
That You Bear Much Fruit
The formation of the lay faithful
- A Continual Process of Maturation
- To Discover and Live One's Vocation and Mission
- A Total Integrated Formation For Living an Integrated Life
- Various Aspects of Formation
- Collaborators with God the Teacher
- Other Places for Formation
- The Reciprocal Formation Received and Given By All
Last update: November 5th, 1995 Jim Crawley
From original HTML by Jan Frederik Solem / jan-fr@pclan.bibhs.no