St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori as a precursor of the new evangelization Cover Image

Św. Alfons Maria de Liguori jako prekursor nowej ewangelizacji
St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori as a precursor of the new evangelization

Author(s): Gerard Siwek
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Warszawska Prowincja Redemptorystów
Keywords: proclamation of the word of God; the spirituality of the preachers of the word; formal elements in preaching

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the person of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696–1787) from the perspective of new evangelisation. Benedict XVI, in his catechesis of 3rd March 2011 given as part of Wednesday’s catecheses about the Doctors of the Church, encourages listeners to look at him from this perspective. In the catechesis, he indicates the fields of Saint Alphonsus’s activity which may inspire new evangelisation. The author concentrates on general suggestions of timeless nature, and pays no regard to obsolete details. In general, the conclusions concerned the need to properly recognise the signs of time, to look at evangelisation from the point of view of its mystery, to choose the right path, i.e. a way to make it real, and to remember the great meaning of the personalities of the ones who spread the Word.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 100-136
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Polish