Evangelist Lianhaw Chou at Pingtung Center
After completing three and half years of study and practice at the Fu Jen Theologate Evangelism Section, I went back to my home town, Chaozhou Town in Pingtung County on January 16, and formally started our fifth Evangelism Center there on March 1, 2011: and began to pray one hour each day for God's blessing on our evangelism mission.
To start this new evangelism ministry, Fr. Aldrich and I met with Fr. Giovanni Venturucci, the pastor of Chaozhou parish to form new Catechumen groups. We decided to first visit parishioners, especially alienated Catholics. To get started in this, I have re-organized parish data, evaluated parishioners’ interest, and then designed the programs accordingly. I have also been actively participating in local church activities, building networks, and teaching parishioners how to pray more systematically for the conversion of their non-Catholic friends and family members. Parishioner training on how to invite non-Catholics started in May, and a Catechumen class started on June 12.
Since March 26, I have also been been assisting Rev. Arsenio Escabusa, OAR, the pastor of St. Michael's Church, teaching and giving pastoral counseling to eleven catechumens. The baptisms are scheduled for Christmas Day.
At the local Deanery meeting, I had a chance to introduce our parish evangelism ministry. The parishes at the near-by Deaneries, i.e. Neipu、Longcyuan、Wantan、Wanluan are willing to begin catechumen classes in cooperation with our Center after the month of June.
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