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Is
the Neo-Catechumenate Way Compatible with Religious Life?
by Gerald
A. Arbuckle, sm |
Updated (2004) version of an article first published
in Religious Life Review, Ireland, Jan-Feb 1994 by a
former assistant-general of the Marist Fathers.
... a religious congregation, if it is to be true to
the charism of religious life, must not become a sect,
nor can it support sect-like activities in other groups.
Neither can a congregation be acting authentically if
it is not committed to the faith/justice mission of
Christ. Inculturation is integral to that mission. The
Neo-Catechumenate in practice does not accept this apostolic
vision and openness ... congregational leaders ... cannot
allow their religious to be uncritically involved in
the Way movement ... [more]
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