Neocatechumenal
Way
The Neocatechumenal Way was born in 1964 in the shanty towns of Palomeras Altas, near Madrid (Spain).
I acknowledge the Neocatechumenal Way as an itinerary of Catholic formation, valid for our society and for our times.
A THEOLOGICAL-CATECHETIC SYNTHESIS AMONG THE MOST POOR
The environment of the shanty towns was formed by the most degraded layers of society: gypsies and “quinquis” (largely illiterate), homeless, thieves, prostitutes, young criminals, immigrants, etc. In this environment, the seed of the Neocatechumenal Way germinated. Among the poor and marginalized who received the announcement of the dead and risen Christ, Kiko and Carmen how the Holy Spirit started a process of Christian initiation, in the image of the catechumenate of the early Church.
Thus was born the first community founded on the tripod: Word of God-Liturgy-Community, leading to fraternal communion and mature faith.
WHAT IS THE NEOCATECHUMENAL WAY?
We must make Christian communities like the Holy Family of Nazareth
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