Newly Baptized Shepherds
The 1-0-1 Evangelism Prayer Community at the Sacred Heart Parish in Taipei started on March, 2008. Members of this group were mostly inactive Catholics who were baptized in the last three years or catechumens who had joined the RCIA before but were never baptized.
Some of the members have little faith or many personal problems. After joining the community, their relationship with God were renewed because of their deep prayer experiences. Gradually they started to devote themselves in parish ministries. Furthermore, they began to give testimony about their conversions and introduce the Lord to those around them. They eagerly want to share their faith and bring God’s blessing to others.
The community has grown by the invitation of their closest friends, relatives, or colleagues. Recently the members formed a new catechumen class by themselves on April 10, 2010. They are responsible for setting up the facility, preparing snacks, pastoral care, and prayer partners. They offer time, talent, and treasure to accompany new catechumens.
This newly started catechumen class already has 12 catechumens attending regularly. The original members who again attend the program as companions understood the faith deeper in their daily life. The newly baptized lambs have become little shepherds!
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