NCE Website

Integrating existing and emerging ministries is the main feature of the National Centre for Evangelisation’s (NCE) new and improved website, which was launched recently.

The website has been arranged to host a broader range of ministries and opportunities under the responsibility of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry. It has been developed to host a growing number of resources and experiences from across Australia.  

Building upon the bishops' statement ‘Evangelisation: Encounter, Discipleship, Mission’, the website offers insights into each element of evangelisation. Further material is under development, including on charism and co-responsibility.

The website highlights and celebrates how the Church exists and supports different contexts of the People of God, and ways in which culture and faith intersect in today's world - for example, sports, digital culture, science and the arts.

The website has sought to connect and collaborate once-siloed ministries, while offering the Church new pathways to evangelise culture.

NCE LogoAdditionally, the NCE has revised its logo, which is grounded in the preamble of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry’s mandate.

The key elements of the new logo include:

  • The Cross of Christ (encounter): At the heart of evangelisation is an encounter with the living Jesus and understanding that “Jesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you; and now he is living at your side every day to enlighten, strengthen and free you.” (Evangelii Gaudium, n.164).
  • The Holy Spirit (red, discipleship): Our relationship with Jesus is sustained by the Holy Spirit through the intimacy of the Eucharist, the Sacraments, Scripture, prayer and mercy. “In these three truths – God loves you; Christ is your saviour; he is alive – we see God the Father and Jesus. Wherever the Father and the Son are, there too is the Holy Spirit… when you receive the Spirit, he draws you ever more deeply into the heart of Christ, so that you can grow in his love, his life and his power.” (Christus Vivit, n.130).
  • Missionary (yellow light shining at the peripheries): “Those who have opened their hearts to God’s love, heard his voice and received his light cannot keep this gift to themselves.” (Lumen Fidei, n.37).

The NCE will continue to share new resources and Australian experiences via its newsletter and the website, adding to more than 200 articles hosted on the website.

 

Words: NCE Team