{"id":2818,"date":"2026-07-11T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/evangelizacion\/families-in-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T18:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:54:46","slug":"families-in-mission","status":"publish","type":"evangelizacion","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/evangelization\/families-in-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Families in mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

Families in mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In 1985, \nKiko, Carmen and Father Mario presented to St. John Paul II a \nproject – welcomed with great enthusiasm on his part – to \nreevangelize northern Europe by sending missionary families \naccompanied by a priest. In 1986, the Pope sent the first 3 \nfamilies: one to the north of Finland, another to Hamburg (Germany) and the \nthird to Strasbourg (France). In 1987, the first 3 families were sent \nto the so-called “young towns” of Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 30, 1988, St. John Paul II \narrived by helicopter at the International Center of the Neocatechumenal Way \nin Porto San Giorgio to send 72 families throughout \nthe world. \u201cHoly Church of God, you cannot fulfill your mission, \nyou cannot accomplish your task in the world if not by the family and \nits mission! Family in mission, Trinity in mission! The Holy Family is nothing other than this: the human \nfamily in divine mission. Family in mission, Trinity in mission! You should \nhelp the family, you should protect it from all destruction\u201d, said \nSt. John Paul II on that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, almost 1,800 families have \nbeen sent by the last Pontiffs to the five continents to \nevangelize with their testimony of Christian life in the image of the Holy Family of Nazareth and through various missionary tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are families, many rebuilt, that after years in \nthis post-baptismal formation itinerary are grateful for the work of salvation that God has worked in them. \nThese families, most with several children, offer to go in \nmission, leaving the comfort of their places of origin. They leave on mission \nto where bishops see the need for a Christian family’s testimony, \nliving and taking root in the local churches and performing \nvarious evangelizing tasks, participating in the implementation of \nnew Christian communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Statutes of the Way, it is indicated \nthat the realization of the Neocatechumenal Way can be assisted by \nfamilies on mission that, at the request of the bishops, are established in \nde-Christianized areas or where an \u201cimplantatio ecclesiae\u201d (Art. 33) \nis necessary. ([Families in Mission], Statutes of the Neocatechumenal \nWay, May 11, 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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