2017 USCCB Convocation Participants Guidebook and Journal | Page 37

Preparation for the Convocation
o 1 Corinthians 12:1-31: The unity and diversity of
gifts in the Church, the Body of Christ
o 1 Timothy 4:6-16: Paul’s counsel to Timothy as a
minister and leader in the Church
o 2 Timothy 1:6-14: Paul’s advice to Timothy on his
gifts (see also 2 Tim 2:14-26 regarding leadership
in a fractured Church)
• Read and reflect on Evangelii Gaudium (EG). Find a
passage, section, or paragraph that particularly strikes
you and bring it to prayer, or consider some the following
key passages that were helpful in the development of the
Convocation program:
o EG nos. 1-13, 50, and 259-261, on unity, joy, and
evangelical discernment
o EG nos. 287-288, on Mary as the Mother of
Evangelization
o EG nos. 14-18 and 50-109, on charting the land-
scape and mission field in a spirit of evangelical
discernment
o EG nos. 19-49, 110-134, 160-175, on the radical
call to missionary discipleship
o EG nos. 3, 24, and 27, and Misericordiae Vultus,
no. 10, on mercy and renewal
o EG nos. 76-109, on naming and healing our
woundedness
o EG nos. 20, 23-24, 48-49, and 176-258 on going
to the peripheries and the social dimension of
evangelization
o EG nos. 61 and 255-258, on the call to witness to
the faith in the world
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o EG nos. 19-49, 110-134, and 259-288, on equip-
ping missionary disciples to be successful, effec-
tive, and Spirit-filled evangelizers