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Our aim is to respond to Pope John Paul II's call for a New Evangelisation in the Catholic Church. Our mission is to bring people to a new (or renewed) living relationship with Jesus Christ, encourage and equip them to evangelise, and where appropriate foster the creation of Catholic Covenant Community. For further details on Catholic Covenant Communities see the web page of the 'Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships'.

"He ran to the boy,
clasped him in his arms and kissed him tenderly."

Luke 15:20b
 

The ISOE has various centres throughout Ireland and these are linked in vision and mission. Its work is co-ordinated by the National Council of the ISOE.

   

ISOE  Contacts
 

The ISOE is in association with Evangelisation 2000, Rome and ACCSE 2000 (Association of Co-ordinators of Catholic Schools of Evangelisation). We are also Members of the Catholic Biblical Association.

 
The ISOE’s outreaches include -
  • Afternoons of prayer and reflection on the New Evangelisation in the Catholic Church.
  • Residential (and non-residential) courses/retreats.
  • Parish ministry and prayer vigils (eg Pentecost All-night Vigil in Knock).

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The ISOE is under the protection of
"Our Lady of Perpetual Help".

 
a) "On May 31, (Pentecost Sunday '98) Pope John Paul II gave his "benediction" to the new movements in the Church and entrusted the Church's future missionary efforts (the "new evangelization") to their efforts."
Inside the Vatican June-July 1998

b) "There is no true evangelization if the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, are not proclaimed."
On Evangelization in the Modern World n22

c) No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church, can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples."
Redemptoris Missio

d) "I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church's energies to a new evangelization and to the mission ad gentes."
Redemptoris Missio

e) "Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time."
Matt 28: 19, 20

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