In the early church, St. Paul wrote about the many gifts that each of us is given by the Spirit. These gifts include evangelization and administration. These two gifts are intimately connected in the life of a parish.

Since the Second Vatican Council, we have affirmed that every believer can grow in faith, and that we grow in discipleship through the exercise of leadership in the Church. The Church devoted all of last year in prayer for the success of a new evangelization in our world.

Next Sunday we will hear an explanation of the role of a parish Pastoral Administrator in that new evangelization.