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While we recognize that there the vision to evangelize is present, there is also the importance of introspecting and collaborate. For our communal discernment, we went back to the basic, should be one of the fruits of this Global Summit – simply to keep the group that we created, especially in group 15. We realize that the mission is hard, we have challenges, and frustrations, and for that we need each other, we need to pray for each, to be each other’s’ support system as part of the synodal church. We still have 9 years until the Global 2033, an in order to live up to the vision of this summit, we plan to continuously build our relationship. Share best practices, collaborate, work in the mission through the different charismas that we have. For we may belong to different organizations and institutions, we are still part of the one body of Christ, and we share one mission, the mission to proclaim the good news, the mission to love just one another just how God loves us.

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AREAS OF CONCERN that we have Reflected

FAMILY

Challenges:

*Lack of Catechesis

*Poverty (Many excuses)

*Negligence to Spiritual Obligations

Plan of Actions:

*Household Catechesis and BEC

*Catechesis before the Holy Mass

PRIESTS

Challenges:

*Mediocrity of the Priest / Lack of Supporting Priests

Plan of Actions:

*Intensify the seminary and ongoing formation

MINISTRIES

Challenges:

*Lack of support from majority of the priests

*The church becomes priest-centered.

Plan of Action:

*Summit of lay leaders with the priests

*Dialogue

LAY EMPOWERMENT

Challenges:

Needs to be organized

Lack of Recognition of the importance and the gifts of the lay in the church

Plan of Action:

*Be serious in using lay empowerment

*Collaboration

*To recognize their gifts, potentials and accompany them in their formation.

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Rooted in God’s Love, we are inspired to continually commit as authentic witnesses of His Love by sharing our giftedness and blessings—serving the world through our different ministries.

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We understand our mission to evangelize – introduce the Lord through every aspect in the family, in the school and in the larger church.

We are committed and dedicated but there are still barriers into fulfilling our mission: the external factors such as government regulations, outlived traditional ways and disinformation. We are pressed by the different commitments, requirements and the other many things that we are currently doing that we tend to forget the details and the direction as to where we intend to go. Moreover, capabilities are judged because of age and demographics. It adds to the worsening statistics of church goers which probably reflects the declining statistics of the baptized with basic catechism and formation.

BUT THERE IS STILL HOPE: TO MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO FORM THE GENERATION OF THE YOUNG.

Despite all that was mentioned, we are able to come up with our own best practices on how to face the challenges brought about by the present generation to the evangelization. Most importantly, the family, as the basic unit of Chistian Communities, must be the strongest foundation. It is the parents' obligation to share the faith with their children.

With the digital world, missionaries SHOULD really consider evangelization via social media, such as tiktok and facebook because the generation we are trying to save has already swarmed the platform. We must educate people in truth and think of creative ways (need not be extraordinary) on how we are able to touch the hearts of the young.

In the end, the little things still matter. Missionaries should be the best reflection of what they preach. Missionaries must be the best example of commitment, of resilience, dedication and humility. Inputs are important but the experience in the synodal journey would impact the most. How have we treated the young? Have we empowered them much? Have they truly experienced Jesus — whom we try to bring, in and with us?

Let us protect the interest and welfare of the youth. The more matured generation should be more welcoming to inter-generational connections. Again, the best impact is from what is experienced, how it left an imprint to the soul and how it connected to the heart.

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The youth is a transitional ministry that most of the time it is difficult to capture them especially after the pandemic, but we could also ask among ourselves: have the youth really changed or we just have to change our approach in handling them?

In the preparation for the 2033 Great Jubilee, we are challenged to indulge the young what is happening in their environment, they should be aware in the preparation for the great jubilee. The problem: it is hard to capture the youth, one thing we could do as members of the different ministries is to be a listener. Listening without judgement, sometimes the young people do not open up because they are being judged easily. The church should be a welcoming environment, journeying with the people from all walks of life. We gain a deeper insight in their journey contemplate on our actions to draw people in the ministry.

Start with what we have, everybody should feel that they have a place in the church, the talent of each one be developed without forgetting that everything comes from God.

We are called to open the doors of the church, that this will become a place where everybody especially the youth could enjoy things and creating things.

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"The Holy Spirit is calling us together to build a more connected, spiritually grounded, and service-oriented community. We are being guided to foster stronger relationships, deepen our understanding of faith, serve those in need, and support the spiritual growth of young people. By embracing these steps, we can become a more vibrant and impactful witness to the love of Christ."

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There is a big challenge for our Church today, not just in our local Churches to the Universal Church as a whole. But despite and in-spite of the challenge that we are all facing, God has gifted the Church with different Charisms through us and these Charisms always entails a big responsibility. In our group, we appreciate the giftedness of each one of us that we can share to the world. And this giftedness brings us to do more, give more, to persevere, reach out, and expand out tents. The aforementioned responsibilities, inspires to do the and propose the following:

A. Have a sense of responsibility

B. Equip the evangelizes

C. Journey with the young people

D. Waste our time with the young

C. Understand the young

E. Reach out the marginalized

F. Form the young people

G. Love the young people and prepare them as they will be the successors of the one who will disappear

H. Enter into the culture of Gen Z

All these are not just a list of DO’s of a responsible Christian, but a call and challenge to us all. Hence, we are just assistants of this great mission, and we still need the power and help of the great protagonist of this mission, the Holy Spirit.

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EAT

E- Evangelizing the Adults

A- Accompanying the Young

T- Totality of the Human Person as Trust of Evangelization

Let's EAT!

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Professionalize the work of Evangelization and its workers by giving them salaries commensurate with their competence

1. Catechists

2. Missionary workers

3. Evangelizers

"for the laborer deserves his wages" (Luke 10:7)

God always gives provisions for the mission of evangelization. (paraphrased from Sherry A. Weddell's book "Forming Intentional Disciples)

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action plan:

1. to acknowledge our brokenness and offer them to the lord as ministers of the faith.

2. to invoke the holy spirit for the conversion of bishops, priests, and leaders of the church towards a development of a missionary heart.

3. to pray for more leaders and faithful individuals who are willing to actively participate in doing the missionary ministry.

4. to request for the implementation for the inclusion of catechetical(religion and values formation) instruction in all schools both public and private

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As observed, the Church has a hard time catechizing, evangelizing the faithful.

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As observed, the Church has a hard time catechizing, evangelizing the faithful.

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Since time is changing, maybe we can change our way or manner of evangelizing. Let us think of our of the box things or approach that is not to churchy.

We adapt to the language of the times - gen z

AREAS OF CONCERN

Family

Challenges

1. Lack of Catechesis

2. Poverty (Many excuses)

3. Negligence to Spiritual Obligations

Plan of Actions

1. Household Catechesis and BEC

2. Catechesis before the Holy Mass

Priests

Challenges

1. Mediocrity of the Priest / Lack of Supporting Priests

Plan of Actions

1. Intensify the seminary and ongoing formation

Ministries

Challenges

1. Lack of support from majority of the priests

2. The church becomes priest-centered.

Plan of Action

1. Summit of lay leaders with the priests

2. Dialogue

Lay Empowerment

Challenges

1. Needs to be organized

2. Lack of Recognition of the importance and the gifts of the lay in the church

Plan of Action

1. Be serious in using lay empowerment

2. Collaboration

3. To recognize their gifts, potentials and accompany them in their formation.

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3. Communal discernment:

If we want to reach out more to other people, we should be with them stay with them suffer with them, be confused with them, experience life with them to have conversations like this. We should learn from them as well. Like the emmaus story when the disciples recognized Jesus, they went out back to jerusalem immediately. If we want other people to share in our mission, they should recognize Jesus through our presence. Compassionate listening is important. We should accompany them in the transition through their life and part in the church.

The Holy Spirit guides the church always even this new generation. The church has underwent changes but God stayed the same (example of St Paul and tthe early christians were afraid of this change). We must not be scared of the new generations doing something new and different that we may not understand. But we must create a space for the young to display their faith.

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Based on our insights and discussions, we discern that there is a need for the Church to consolidate the ministries, congregations and communities for continuing and intensifying formation amd discipleship, leading the faithful to an encounter with Jesus for deeper conversion making them effective evangelizers towards Global 2033.

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• For the self - Prayerful life and surrendering oneself to the Holy Spirit, Get out to build an inclusive Church

• For the community - formation of the evangelizer to build a community of apostles sharing the tenderness of God's mercy

• To the family - Renewal program for the Evangelizer, particularly family formation

• To the Church - "a listening Church that heals" > listening to the context of the young, where we could encounter with particularly digital evangelization.

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We are awakened to journey together as stewards of God's gifts for the building of the Body of Christ, the Church.

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Communal Discernment:

"We have to appreciate and acknowledge the beauty, diversity of us as the Church and use that gifts to be a missionary disciples through collaboration, building bridges and listening guided by the Holy Spirit. "

Representatives from:

Lord's Flock, Social Communications Ministry, Clergy, Couples for Christ, Youth, Gen Z Students.

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Group of Bp. Dennis, Henry and Sabina, Fr. Bernard, Rita, Fr. Mark, Rene, and Fr. Rico

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Group of Bp. Dennis, Henry and Sabina, Fr. Bernard, Rita, Fr. Mark, Rene, and Fr. Rico

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Resonances: transitions

Formation include transition from disciple to apostle

submarine experience: learning by doing

teach simple ways of evangelizing

elders make sure that youth feel they belong to the Church and that they have a place in ministry

sample of formation cycle: weekend of teaching and practicum

set up a school of evangelization.

Transition from maintenance to mission mode

getting out of my cave and leaving our comfort zone

renewal of spirituality: choice of God

smell of the sheep (or fish, i.e, those outside the flock)

make sure that evangelization is integral (do not leave out parts of Jesus’ teachings

maximize opportunities for evangelization (homilies, liturgies, beaches, etc.)

Dissonance: beach weddings

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We are all called to humbly embrace an authentic conversion from self referential to Christ-centered spirituality so, that we can be all to all.

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