Year of Faith

Year of Faith  (11th  Oct 2012 – 24th  Nov 2013)
Start	Oct. 11, 2012
End	Nov. 24, 2013
Base Word of GOD	The “door of faith”   (Acts 14:27)
Formal Announcement	Porta Fidei" ("The Door of Faith"), an apostolic letter released Oct. 17
Year of Faith Begin along with	50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th of the publication of the CCC.
Year of Faith conclude  along with	The feast of Christ the King.

 

Year of Faith

Pope Benedict XVI announced a special "Year of Faith" to help Catholics appreciate the gift of faith, deepen their relationship with God and strengthen their commitment to sharing faith with others. Celebrating Mass Oct. 16 with participants in a Vatican conference on new evangelization, the pope said the Year of Faith would give "renewed energy to the mission of the whole church to lead men and women out of the desert they often are in and toward the place of life: friendship with Christ who gives us fullness of life." The pope said the observance would begin Oct. 11, 2012 -- the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council -- and conclude Nov. 24, 2013 -- the feast of Christ the King. Pope Benedict explained his intention more fully in "Porta Fidei" ("The Door of Faith"), an apostolic letter released Oct. 17 to formally announce the special year. "Faith grows when it is lived as an experience of love received and when it is communicated as an experience of grace and joy," the pope wrote. He said the Catechism of the Catholic Church, first published in 1992, should serve as the handbook for helping Catholics rediscover the truths of faith and deepen their understanding of church teaching. In his apostolic letter, the pope said the year's focus will be on Jesus Christ because "in him, all the anguish and all the longing of the human heart finds fulfillment." Pope Benedict said that in addition to studying the catechism and gaining a greater understanding of the creed, the Year of Faith also must be accompanied with more acts of charity. Faith helps people recognize the face of Christ in those who are suffering, and "it is his love that impels us to assist him whenever he becomes our neighbor along the journey of life," the pope wrote. Pope Benedict said Catholics cannot "grow lazy in the faith."http://www.catholicnews.com See Porta Fidei" ("The Door of Faith"), an apostolic letter   : http://www.adoremus.org/1111PortaFidei.html