The Church is at the service of the Kingdom of God.  It exists to continue the mission of Jesus Christ and  to evangelize by proclaiming to all people the ‘Good News” of their salvation accomplished in Jesus Christ.

Without the Church community, especially the parish and the individual Christian, evangelization is simply not possible. The Church community is the primary agent of evangelization.

But for parishes to become agents of evangelization they must themselves be educated in their faith. In the words of Pope Paul VI “The church is an evangelizer but she begins by being evangelized herself.” Thus a deeply evangelized community becomes a strongly evangelizing community.

The need for members of the faith community to be educated in their faith if they are themselves to evangelise explains the Church’s insistence on the importance of Adult Faith Education, Liturgical formation, Youth work, and the religious education of children in Catholic and government schools.

It is the task of the Pastoral office to provide educational and resource support to parishes as they fulfill their mission to proclaim the Gospel.