October 2024 marked the 5 year anniversary of the Proclaim movement in Vancouver. Eric shares a few highlights of the past 5 years and offers some thoughts moving forward.

Previous podcast episodes referenced:
060: Archbishop Miller - a missional invitation to pastors (and Proclaim) https://weareproclaim.com/collections/proclaim-podcast/060
049: Mastering Your Alpha With These 7 Best Practices https://weareproclaim.com/collections/proclaim-podcast/049

034: Intentional Accompaniment Series https://weareproclaim.com/collections/proclaim-podcast/034-intentional-accompaniment-series-conversion-of-heart-2

Evangelii Gaudium Quotes:

1. I dream of a “missionary option”, that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation.

EG 28 The parish is not an outdated institution; precisely because it possesses great flexibility, it can assume quite different contours depending on the openness and missionary creativity of the pastor and the community. While certainly not the only institution which evangelizes, if the parish proves capable of self-renewal and constant adaptivity, it continues to be “the Church living in the midst of the homes of her sons and daughters”.

1. The Church will have to initiate everyone – priests, religious and laity – into this “art of accompaniment” which teaches us to remove our sandals before the sacred ground of the other (cf. Ex 3:5). The pace of this accompaniment must be steady and reassuring, reflecting our closeness and our compassionate gaze which also heals, liberates and encourages growth in the Christian life.

Proclaim is a movement of the Archdiocese of Vancouver inspiring disciples to proclaim Jesus in their homes and communities. The Proclaim podcast is a space where you listen to inspiring disciples talk all things around sharing Jesus with others, and learn how to step into your own missionary identity. To learn more about Proclaim, you can visit weareproclaim.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @weareproclaim