{"id":2593,"date":"2026-02-04T23:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/el-camino\/the-way-in-the-present\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:50:37","slug":"the-way-in-the-present","status":"publish","type":"el-camino","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/history\/the-way-in-the-present\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WAY IN THE PRESENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE WAY IN THE PRESENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 19, 2016, Carmen Hern\u00e1ndez, initiator of the Wayalong with Kiko Arg\u00fcello, died and was buried at the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Madrid. As the international responsible team was thus left incomplete, and at the request of the Holy See, as indicated by the Statutes of the Way, Maria Ascension Romero, a missionary itinerant from Spain for 25 years in Russia, joined the team a year and a half later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Neocatechumenal Way is at &#13;\nthe service of bishops and pastors as an itinerary of &#13;\nrediscovery of baptism and ongoing formation in the faith, and it is &#13;\nproposed to the faithful who wish to rekindle in their lives the richness of the &#13;\nChristian initiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Way &#8211; whose itinerary is lived in &#13;\nthe parishes, in small communities made up of people from&#13;\ndifferent age and social groups &#8211; gradually leads the faithful to intimacy with Jesus Christ and transforms them into active members in the &#13;\nChurch and credible witnesses of the Good News. It is an instrument for &#13;\nthe Christian initiation of adults preparing to receive &#13;\nbaptism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n<!-- AVISO: las cifras de este bloque ya no se editan aqui. Se rellenan en la pantalla Datos del escritorio, que alimenta tambien la barra de la portada y la banda de El Camino. Lo que se cambie en este bloque no se ve en la web. -->\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data of the Neocatechumenal Way<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updated July 2025:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Communities<\/strong>: 20,300<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diocese: 1.392<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parishes: 6.197<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nations: 139<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diocesan missionary seminaries:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Redemptoris Mater Seminaries: 116<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seminarians: 1.903 and 61 deacons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presbyters formed in the RMS: 3,263<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Missionary families:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Families in mission: 936 evangelizing in 209 Missio ad Gentes in 68 nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strengthening and sustaining the Way of faith: 738 in various nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Families in Itinerant Teams: 300<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"equipointernacional\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE WAY IN THE PRESENT On July 19, 2016, Carmen Hern\u00e1ndez, initiator of the Wayalong with Kiko Arg\u00fcello, died and was buried at the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Madrid. 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