2017 USCCB Convocation Participants Guidebook and Journal | Page 65

Beyond the Convocation
church activities or by phone, email, and through
social media.
o Help one another implement ideas, and hold one
another accountable through regular communica-
tion and participation.
o Host or attend a retreat, an evening of prayer, or
a day of recollection to pray about and reflect on
what was experienced at the Convocation—and
how you are doing in the journey of going forth as
a missionary disciple.
• Involve local leaders in other events or activities in the
universal Church: The Fifth National Encuentro Process
(2017 through the national gathering in September 2018
with implementation in 2019 and beyond), the Catholic
Social Ministry Gathering (which takes place annually;
the next being held in February 2018), the next World
Meeting of Families (August 2018), the preparation for
the upcoming Synod on “Young People, the Faith, and
Vocational Discernment” (October 2018), the next inter-
national and stateside World Youth Day celebrations
(January 2019), and many other national and interna-
tional experiences.
• Regularly evaluate yourself and your team’s work, asking
questions such as:
o How well are we living out the vision of Pope
Francis and Evangelii Gaudium?
o How aware are we of the local landscape and mis-
sion field around our community?
o How have we personally accepted the Lord’s radi-
cal call to each of us to become Spirit-filled mis-
sionary disciples?
o How are we engaging the social dimension of
evangelization, and as a result, how are we being
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