EPS Mission:
EPS's mission is to build on the firm foundation of Church teaching to provide adult lay Catholics with a solid intellectual and spiritual grounding for their faith, so they can understand, live and share it in their homes, parishes, community and workplaces.
EPS goals are:
To foster a profound realization of the vocation of the Christian lay faithful
To prepare lay people for informed evangelization in their:
– Families
– Parishes and Dioceses
– Workplaces
– Communities
– Social/professional networks
In particular, EPS programs are designed:
...to foster...
– union with Christ, "the source of the Church's whole apostolate"
– reliance on the power of his indwelling Spirit
...to promote...
– love for the Church and its sacraments
– an intelligent grasp of the scriptural and theological grounds for its teaching
– reverence for its authority
– collaboration among lay people, clergy and religious
– community in diversity
...to engender confidence for...
– confronting complex societal issues
– discerning and advancing appropriate responses grounded in authentic Catholic teaching
EPS Objectives:
EPS objectives are to provide Catholic lay people with
– Theological, Scriptural and pastoral education
– Spiritual formation
– Other training programs designed to prepare Catholic lay people for service in their parishes
– Training to fully participate in the Church's mission of evangelization in a variety of settings
