The word "evangelism"

simply means to announce the Good News - of Jesus. This is achieved through a way of life that is surrendered to God so that once we accept the message of the Good News, it cannot be contained within, but must overflow to everyone around us!

Outreach & Collaboration

Sion Community is now the largest Home Mission organisation in the UK and has been a positive resource for the 'New Evangelisation' called for by the Church, both at a local and national level.

We collaborate with agencies such as CASE (Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation) and CES (Catholic Evangelisation Services) and work with a number of Dioceses helping them develop their work of evangelisation.

We are active in Parishes and schools through our Mission Teams as well as resource and train local people working at the grass roots of Church life.

Our main areas of outreach:

  • Parish Evangelisation & Missions
  • Youth Ministry: Secondary School Missions,
    Youth Camp    , D Weekends, RED Weekends - more info here www.sionyouth.org.uk
  • Family Ministry, including Primary School Missions & follow-up
  • Youth Discipleship engaged in:
    a) School Mission follow-up, Discipleship groups
    b) Faith Formation & Discipleship of young adults, DTS (Discipleship Training Course)
  • Teaching and Training: 'Pass it On' course, Ecumenical work, Preaching, helping resource the Church in the area of Evangelisation, Woman's Weekends
  • Residential Outreach: Salford
  • Mission Ireland: Céilí Community
  • SENT (Sion Evangelisation Centre for National Training), Training and Conference Centre in Brentwood, Essex

Sion Community

Ministry

Our community life reflects the charism of evangelisation and the call of Vatican II for priests, religious and lay people to work together in full-time ministry.

Parish Mission is at the heart of our missionary activity. Our vision is to equip and enable ordinary Catholics at the grass-roots of the Church to be active disciples of Jesus, who realise that God calls them to witness to and share their faith.

Our approach to Parish Missions leads people to a closer relationship with Jesus whilst helping the whole Parish community fulfill its own mission as an evangelising community.

How do we do this? ...