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Pastoral Plan - Further Reading

Parish Life

Redemptoris Missio (On the permanent validity of the Church's missionary mandate), Pope John Paul II, 1990
Comments from Benedict XVI Urging Pastors to Be Cultural Teachers, March 5, 2009
Opening of the Pastoral Convention of the Diocese of Rome on the Theme: "Church Membership and Pastoral Co-Responsibility," Pope Benedict XVI, 2009
Ad Limina Apostolorum: Bishops' Conference of France, John Paul II, 1997

Vocations

Message of The Holy Father for The 49th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Benedict XVI, 2012
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles Laici, On the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World, Pope John Paul II, 1988
Dogmatic Constitution on The Church Lumen Gentium, Pope Paul Vi, 1964 (notably Chapter IV, "The Laity")
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis to the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful on the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day, John Paul II, 1992

Evangelization of Society

Redemptoris Missio (On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate), Pope John Paul II, 1990
Evangelii Nuntiandi (On Evangelization in the Modern World), Pope Paul VI, 1975
Message of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II for the VII World Youth Day, 1991
Divini Illius Magistri (On Christian Education), Pope Pope Pius XI, 1929
Gravissimum Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education), Pope Paul VI, 1965

Catholic Outreach in Justice and Love

Caritas In Veritate (In Charity and Truth), Pope Benedict XVI, 2009
Deus Caritas Est (God is Love), Pope Benedict XVI, 2005
Justicia in Mundo (Justice in the World), Synod of Bishops, 1971

The Cathedral as a Sign of Our Mission

The Cathedral from the Romanesque to the Gothic Architecture: The Theological Background, Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, 18 November 2009
Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy), Pope Paul VI, 1963 (notably Chapter I, section III E. and Chapters XI and XII)
Sacred Architecture: Encountering the Beauty and Mystery of God, Cardinal Justin Rigali, keynote address, Washington, DC, 2010