Institute for World Evangelization - ICPE Mission

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The Institute for World Evangelization - ICPE Mission ( en . : ICPE - Institute for World Evangelization , it . : Istituto Cattolico per l'Evangelizzazione ) is an international association of believers under papal law that is part of the charismatic movement . The lay organization is primarily dedicated to missionary work . It was founded in Malta in 1985 and was papally recognized in 2002. The activities are coordinated in 10 centers around the world, which are spread over a total of 50 countries.

history

In April 1979 Mario Capello experienced a spiritual inspiration in Lausanne , which he understood as a path shown by God after his return to Malta. In his vision he was inspired to found an international evangelizing spiritual community . With the support of the “Glory of God International Covenant Community”, Mario and his wife Anna Capello founded the “Institute for World Evangelization” in 1985, which became the missionary branch of the Charismatic Movement. On May 19, 2002, the ICPE Mission received the papal recognition decree from the Pontifical Council for the Laity .

Self-image

The ICPE Mission is the missionary branch of a larger community, the Glory of God International Covenant Community. It consists of full-time lay people living together who want to encourage and support the work of mission. This should take place through effective training of lay missionaries who can use their knowledge in projects and missions. The institute conducts schools, retreats, and seminars on a wide range of topics that address both Christian life and practical training in mission and humanitarian service. To this end, it offers Christian training that is integrated in faith and life and strives to react to concrete life situations and to present our new time.

Organization and extensions

Institute for World Evangelization in the Charismatic Movement

The Institute for World Evangelization is a widely ramified lay mission organization, it is a member of the large community "Glory of God International Covenant Community" (GOGICC) and is their missionary work. The GOGICC is a member of the Catholic Association of Charismatic Federal Communities and Associations . The membership structure is divided into:

The international management of ICPE - Mission is in the hands of the "International Council", whose President is Mario Capello, and consists of elected and appointed members. He is supported by an international body made up of national leaders and the heads of the various mission services and mission agencies. The institute promotes and maintains several missionary services and agencies: Missio Ad Gentes, HopeXchange (support and development of people and justice), Womans to Womans (dignity of women), Millennium Films International (media products), Creative Communications Ministry (training in education and performing arts), Abundant Life Ministries (pastoral training).

literature

  • The Spiritual Communities of the Catholic Church - Compendium (No. 74, Institute for World Evangelization - ICPE Mission, pp. 214-216), St. Benno-Verlag , Leipzig, 204, ISBN 3-7462-1995-7

Individual evidence

  1. Mario Capello Archived copy ( Memento of August 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Heir Fernandez, Catechesis in the Archdiocese of Singapore: A Multiple Case Study of Fordham University, ProQuest Verlag, 2007 [1]
  3. The "missio ad gentes" consists of a group of three or four families with numerous children and a pastor, which one could define as "missionary pastoral care". (Benedict XVI meets 25,000 members of the Neocatechumenal Path, thanks for evangelizing work, request for integration in parishes and dioceses) [2] , accessed on January 9, 2015
  4. HopeXchange [3]
  5. Millennium Films International [4]

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