What better way to bring others to Christ than through Eucharistic Adoration and the Sacrament Reconciliation? It’s not always easy to get the ball rolling and make it accessible for those who are new to the experience, but Sydney’s CREDO Office for Renewal and Evangelisation has come up with a format that works and an all-in-one kit to get you started. We spoke to CREDO Director Cathy Kennedy and Sydney’s Bishop Peter Comensoli to find out more.

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To find out more about the work of CREDO, visit credo.org.au. If you would like to purchase an Hour of Grace and Mercy Kit, visit mustardseedbooks.org.au .

Music Credit: “Come” by Stephen Kirk, featured on the Hour of Grace and Mercy Kit music CD.

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Over the past ten years Sydney’s university chaplaincies have embraced the New Evangelisation, developing new ways and means to reach students. Learn about these initiatives from those involved. See what is working and what the future holds for the New Evangelisation on campus.

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Daniel Hill is director of the University Chaplaincies for the Archdiocese and has been working in mission to students for five years. The chaplaincies serve at four of the main universities in the Archdiocese; Sydney Uni, Macquarie Uni, NSW Uni and UTS. With a combined total of 150,000 students this is a task of significant proportions! Daniel served 2 terms as president of the Australian Catholic Students Association as an undergraduate.

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Marriage on Fire: Couples and the New Evangelisation
Passionate, joy-filled couples are one of the most effective evangelising forces on the planet. With liberating insights and practical strategies, this workshop explores ways that couples can transform their marriage into a powerhouse of love and joy.

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Married for 24 years, Francine & Byron Pirola are the founders and co-authors of Celebrate Love and Embrace marriage courses. As international speakers and authors of numerous articles on marriage, more than 3 000 couples have attended their programs, workshops and conferences.

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How do we reach Gen Y? Has the ramped up culture of novelty seeking, consumerism and sexualisation taken its toll? Do we need new strategies or are their tried and true methods for helping to ignite the faith of our young people? Steve Toohey speaks from his experience working with this generation.

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Steve Toohey is the Director of the Youth Mission Team Australia (YMT) and has 25 yrs of youth ministry experience. YMT runs high school retreats and weekends for youth based on peer-to-peer evangelisation. Operating for 27 years, there are 4 teams in operation around Australia made up of young men and women (age 18 – 30) who volunteer to join a team for one year.

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Are you looking for practical help and encouragement in evangelisation? This workshop aims to help empower normal people to share their faith in ordinary everyday ways that change lives and bring real hope to a needy world. Be reinspired to allow the Holy Spirit to use you to connect lives to God.

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Judy Bowe is a sister from the Missionaries of God’s Love, whose focus is evangelisation, especially of young people. She has worked in youth ministry, formation and leadership for over 20 years. Her aim is to inspire people to understand and know God’s love personally and to help them to naturally and attractively share it with the people in their lives.

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The establishment of a new Pontifical Council for the promotion of the New Evangelization in 2010 and the Synod scheduled later this year on “The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Faith” demonstrate that the New Evangelisation is a high priority for the Church. How are we to understand this move of the Holy Spirit? How can we become involved in the New Evangelisation in our own circumstances?

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Cathy Kennedy is the Director of CREDO, the Archdiocesan office for Evangelisation and Renewal. She has been involved in evangelisation and ministry at the parish, school and missionary level for over 25 years.

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How do I know who to marry? What career does God want me to pursue? Am I called to a ministry in my parish? Is this my vocation? Fr Michael de Stoop provides a framework for answering these sorts of questions using St Ignatius of Loyola’s tried and tested insights.

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Fr Michael de Stoop is the Archdiocese of Sydney’s Director of
Vocations and Parish Priest of St Benedict’s Broadway.

Want to learn more on this topic? Fr Michael will be presenting a one day workshop in Lidcombe on 25 September. Details on the Vocations Centre website.

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Robert Falzon is a husband, father, businessman, co-founder of menALIVE and author. menALIVE is a National Catholic Ministry to bring men together, renew their faith in God and to encourage them to become an active force for renewal in the Church. Founded in 2003, menALIVE has delivered 130 events in 22 Dioceses in Australia and NZ for more than 7500 men.

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Fr Lam Vu OFM Cap is a Capuchin priest of the Australian Province. He was born in Vietnam and migrated to Australia in 1979. Fr Lam joined the Capuchins in 1999 and was ordained to the priesthood in 2008. He holds a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in Spirituality and a Diploma in Formation from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is currently a Vocation Director and a Chaplain at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus.

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Fr. David Nugent belongs to the Missionaries of the Most Holy Eucharist, based in the south of France; a small community of priests, deacons and seminarians dedicated to spreading devotion to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

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Fr Dave is a priest with the Missionaries of God’s Love. He was ordained in 2008 and is now working to train the MGL novices and pre-novices in Canberra.

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Cradio was on the ground at the SCENE 2012 Vocations Expo in Sydney to find out more about the exhibitors and their way of life, what their experience of the expo had been, and what the general attendees thought of a such a public witness in the heart of the CBD of a global city.

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The Vocations Expo was organised by CREDO and the Vocations Centre in Sydney.

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Bishop Jarrett was ordained Bishop of Lismore in 2001. His motto is “SUPRA FIRMAM PETRAM” (upon a strong rock). The phrase recalls Christ’s words about the wise man who built his house upon the rock (Mt 7:24).

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In this teaching given on the night, Bishop Julian Porteous reflects on the great gift of prayer and the graciousness of God Who comes to us through Reconciliation and Holy Communion.

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Fr Nugent draws on scripture and his own personal encounter with Christ through adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to illustrate how Christ transforms us. He taps into the insights of St Peter Julian Eymard to demonstrate the power of Eucharistic adoration as a force for renewal.

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Fr. David Nugent belongs to the Missionaries of the Most Holy Eucharist, based in the south of France; a small community of priests, deacons and seminarians dedicate to loving and spreading devotion to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

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With five generations of fatherlessness in Australia due to causes such as industrialisation, war, high divorce rates and alcoholism, Robert reflects on the vital role of the father in a child’s life. He explores the impacts of the ‘father wound’, how healing can be found through a relationship with God the father and how men can step up to become the fathers they’re called to be.

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Robert Falzon is a husband, father, businessman, co-founder of menALIVE and author. menALIVE is a National Catholic Ministry to bring men together, renew their faith in God and to encourage them to become an active force for renewal in the Church. Founded in 2003, menALIVE has delivered 130 events in 22 Dioceses in Australia and NZ for more than 7500 men.

SCENE 2012 continues with street evangelisation in Sydney, the Vocations Expo, workshops, talks and more.

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The free event is a great opportunity to talk to exhibitors from all states of life within the Church, take in some live music, grab a bite, and maybe even discover where God is calling you.

We caught up with some people you might bump into at the expo to find out more:

• – Fr Michael de Stoop, Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Sydney explains why the expo is a powerful opportunity for evangelisation
• – 21 year-old Sarah Murphy describes her experience of past expos
• – Sr Therese Mills MGL shares what her hopes are for the expo
• – Bernard Toutounji from the Life, Marriage and Family Centre explains why a vocations expo is not just for those called to religious life

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The expo will run from 11am to 4pm Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 July. For more info visit CREDO’s website. 

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This inspiring talk emphasises the importance of remaining in Christ who came so that we may have life to the full. He provides some essentials for maintaining an intimate relationship with Christ.

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Robert Falzon is a husband, father, businessman, co-founder of menALIVE and author. menALIVE is a National Catholic Ministry to bring men together, renew their faith in God and to encourage them to become an active force for renewal in the Church. Founded in 2003, menALIVE has delivered 130 events in 22 Dioceses in Australia and NZ for more than 7500 men.

SCENE 2012 continues with street evangelisation in Sydney, the Vocations Expo, workshops, talks and more.

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In this talk Bishop Porteous reflects on how essential it is to remain in Christ in all our efforts, not attempting to progress by our own might but relying on the grace of God.

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SCENE continues from Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 July. The congress also features a free vocations expo from 11am-4pm Wednesday – Friday in Martin Place.

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