Introduction

The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council offers a wonderful opportunity to reassess the overwhelming positive impact of the inspirational documents and the prophetic voices of Vatican II. The said impact continues to shape the life and the mission of the Church today. The Conciliar Decree Ad Gentes, Vatican II, defined and put emphasis on the missionary nature of the Church; this new concept of mission was a significant paradigm shift in the understanding of mission.

Pope John XXIII taught us how to listen to the world, and how to be receptive both to the world and to the Spirit through continual reading of the signs of the times. The reading of the signs of the times is an effective tool because the challenges emerging from the global megatrends transform the mission situation of today. In fact, we are living in a multi-cultural, multi-religious community and the twofold purpose is, on one side, to show how SEDOS has creatively fostered the dialogical dynamic ushered in by the Nine Superiors General, Council Fathers and the Founding members of SEDOS... Read More