Washington D.C., Sep 19, 2011 / 13:03 pm
At a summit this past weekend in Washington, D.C., Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl encouraged theologians involved in re-evangelizing formerly Christian areas to be “rooted authentically in the Good News.”
“The saving message of the Gospel finds its home in the Church,” he said at a Sept. 17 Mass that concluded the symposium on the “Intellectual Tasks of the New Evangelization.”
The symposium, which was held Sept. 15-17 at the Washington Court Hotel, featured several episcopal and academic speakers who reflected on how to present the Gospel in a modern university setting. The gathering was designed for non-tenured theology and religious studies professors who have received their doctorates within the last five years.
Cardinal Wuerl, who is the chairman of the U.S. bishops' doctrine committee, explained that the gathering was part of an effort by the United States bishops to build up a relationship with a new generation of Catholic theologians.