Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI
sito diocesano di Zhejiang
Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) – Reading and deepening one’s understanding of Sacred Scripture “is the source of our faith”: this was the theme of Father Lv Shoude, lecturer at the Sheshan Seminary of the Diocese of Shanghai and at the Sichuan Major Seminary, during the ongoing formation course for 168 dedicated lay people serving in the parishes of the dioceses of Hangzhou, Taizhou, Ningbo, and Wenzhou, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.During the short course, organized by the Pastoral and Evangelization Group of the Provincial Bishops’ Conference, presentations were given on doctrinal, theological, and moral topics based on readings from the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible), and were intended to provide answers to questions and problems that often need to be addressed in the ordinary pastoral care of parishes (such as the family issues and the protection of vulnerable people and life).In Zhejiang Province, the formation of lay people involved in parish ministry has a long tradition. Each year, individual dioceses organize continuing education courses for their catechists, and programs are implemented that are also inspired by the papal magisterium (such as the Year of St. Paul, the Year of Faith, and the Jubilee of Mercy), so that everything becomes an opportunity to bear witness to the Gospel in daily life and enable others to encounter Jesus and his salvation of eternal life. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides, 12/7/2025)
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