Pastoral Development

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Vision

To bring Jesus Christ to a collaborative
Church of Cape Town, in service to God
and in support of the Pastoral Plan.
Click here to view pastoral plan"

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Theology Course now in English and Xhosa ·
The course offers an exciting opportunity for us to explore our catholic faith and to understand the teachings of our Church. At the same time the course allows us to gather information from the various sources of Theology and to begin to theologise for ourselves. Theology is faith using reason seeking understanding

Mission

· We will achieve our vision by:
- Building communion and fostering mission
- Faith formation, training and development
- Collaboration and networking
- Nurturing & respecting our diversity (whilst acknowledging our divided and painful history) in the knowledge, love and service of Jesus Christ.

Centre for Pastoral Development.

The Pastoral Plan calls us to be Church in a new way, where the family of the Church is called to truly be family; where each member is acknowledged, valued and loved.

We at the Centre for Pastoral Development are here to assist parishes with education, skills training and formation to carry out the Pastoral Plan. We are proud to offer you this booklet to help you as deanery and parish pastoral councils plan your training and development. We foster collaborative ministry and promote this value in all the training that is given. We will develop materials where needed and collaborate at all levels to create opportunities for evangelisation and the realisation of the vision to deepen our Communion and make our Mission fruitful.

Every member of the Centre is committed to realising this new vision of Church so as to work out their salvation in Christ through exercising their mission and the gifts given them in the Holy Spirit.

Marfam

"The future of humanity passes by way of the family" – John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio, 86.“Today, if they are to give a truly human face to society, no people can ignore the precious good of the family, founded on marriage. ‘The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring’. click here for more.

Youth

We are striving to build a sustainable model which will ensure the empowerment of our youth through leadership formation, evangelisation programmes, youth mentorship and youth representation at parish, deanery, diocesan and national level. click here for more.