It was dedicated to San Paul: "in the footsteps of Paul". There were courses:
Paul
To evangelize means to announce the Kingdom of God: this was the mission of Jesus and of his Apostles.This is also our mission. Today, what does it mean to evangelize? How can we transmit the Gospel to the man of today?
Through periods of study, of prayer and practical work, we offered simple, clear and concrete answers so that every evangelized person will become an evangelizer.
Secret of Paul
What was the secret of Paul's success? A course which has a precise starting point, a clear goal, an
effective and detailed strategy and skilled trainers able to change Saul of Tarsus into the Apostle
to the Nations, an athlete of Christ. This course will also change us into athletes, able to harmonise
our own lives with the proclaimed message; leaders of vision who know how to attain the final victory;
men of faith whose greatest joy is to announce the Gospel.
There were the participants from different nations: Italy, Poland, Germany,France, USA, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, India.
Rome, 11th July - 17th August
The summer stage was dedicated to the formation of evangelizers for a new evangellization,
new ardor, new method and new expressions.
We have proposed three Paul Courses that respond
to the need to know and use techniques that announce the kerygma in a creative contest,
in order to reach today's generation.
My name is Letizia, I attended the Paul Course which took place in Rome last summer 2008, it was a great experience that I wish to share with you.
I was able to put Jesus at the center of my life as my Savior, Lord and Messiah, and experience an overflowing of joy in my heart because of the fullness that He gave me. All of this as a consequence of the Paul’s Course.
During the course I was able to tie knots of friendship with the brothers and sisters.
Most of all, the course thought me to give witness in an efficacious way of my meeting with the living Jesus, so that others may also believe and be able to experience a new life full of joy.
For the first time I was able to put into practice the word that says: “ I do everything for the Gospel” (1 Cor. 9-23) giving witness to Jesus who died and rose, with a determination that I never had before, and to various kind of people, following St. Paul’s example.
I also experienced a renewed ardor, a courage for the Lord Jesus and I learned to evangelize and to transmit in an efficacious manner this magnificent experience of God’s love that manifests itself in Jesus, our Savior who has given His life in order to free us from what was oppressing us and to give us a new opportunity to life in love, joy, peace, and prosperity.
What else can I say? I invite you to also take the Paul Course!