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Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season. Be an evangelist and build a New Heaven and a New Earth.
The Goal:
To create the New Heaven and the New Earth
3-Point Thrust:
1. To proclaim Jesus Christ and His message of liberating love to all people, especially to people of other faiths.
2. To strengthen the faith of the believers.
3. To foster the love and zeal of the interested members of the Church by channelizing their talents, charisms and resources to evangelizing activities.
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The sole aim of the ministry is in reaching to the people of other faith in villages and towns irrespective of cast and creed, covering especially both Nadia and Murshidabad districts. The ministry is carried out together with the clergy and the laity, Catholics and people of other denominations.
Ongoing Activities: The Foundation is a bee hive of activities. There are basically four ways of doing the spiritual animation of the people:
1. Monthly one and half day seminar for people of other faiths.
2. Weekend (Saturday & Sunday) a day’s course for the baptized and also for people of other faiths.
3. Philip Course of short (one day) or long duration (3 to 7 days) for the Catholics.
4. A week-long Bible course in the Bible house.
Outreach Programmes:
Film ministry in the villages of people of other faiths, Whole day animation in the villages of people of other faiths:
Through home visitation - Praying together in one center - One to one gospel sharing - CD/VCD circulation ministry: CD/VCD on the life of Jesus is being circulated in villages and homes.
THE BIBLE HOUSE
* All through the year Bible courses are being conducted at our Bible school for people of other faiths.
* There is a week-long residential course in Bengali: begins on Sunday evening and ends on Saturday noon. Certificates are given to the students who have successfully completed the course.
* Every weekend on Saturday and Sunday a one-day course on fruitful living is conducted in the local language, Bengali
* Various Bible based courses are being conducted according to the time available.
* A one and a half day seminar is conducted for people of other faiths in which every month nearly 150 to 200 people of other faiths take part. Nearly 11,527 people have gone through this course. Those interested in knowing more about Christ are given an opportunity to attend a week’s course on Bible in the Prerona Bible school. Nearly 4835 students have completed the course so far and many have already been initiated into the church. The 25 teaching staff, 7 field animators and 2 residential staff offers their services as volunteers.
Scope of Prerona's Ministry:
To animate spiritually
To build a new society.
Emblem: Explanation
THE BALL:
SYMBOLIZES THE EARTH
GREEN COLOUR:
SYMBOLIZES NEW LIFE
CRESCENT:
SYMBOLIZES THE SKY
BLUE COLOUR:
SYMBOLIZES THE BLISSFULNESS
OF NEW LIFE
CAPTION (PRERONA):
INSPIRATION
WHITE COLOUR:
SYMBOLIZES THE PEACE
OF NEW LIFE
* Conducting courses on the Bible in four languages: Bengali, English, Santali and Hindi.
* Starting a “Regional School of Evangelization” in the year 2012.
* The Bible School will also be the Regional Bible School where participants from all the dioceses of the region can take part.
* Planning a systematic training on proclamation by organizing “Training of Trainers” for every Diocese, Parish and Catholic, at all levels,
in 3 phases, by the year 2012.
* Sharing ‘New Methods’ and ‘Knowledge’ of Evangelisation with all Dioceses.
* Organizing Parish Mission Congress, Diocesan Mission Congress, Regional Mission Congress by the year 2011.
* Establishing a Team of Consulters for the Prerona Ministry.