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From the Director's Desk
 Depending on where you are in the world, this newsletter arrived in your inbox sometime just before or during the Easter Triduum. Sometimes, there is a tendency to move through the course of Holy Week at a breathless pace, in order to get to the glory and hope of Easter Sunday and the conclusion of Lenten sacrifices. Instead, I invite you to enter into the Easter Triduum in a way that prayerfully recounts the final moments of the life of Jesus and the initial and confusing experience for his disciples at the Resurrection.
Each of us is challenged by Jesus to wash the feet of others in humble service, as we will witness during the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday. The Eucharist, instituted by Christ, renews us, sustains us, and is the "source and summit" of our Christian life (CCC, 1324). On Good Friday, in veneration of the Cross of the suffering and broken Messiah, we unite our suffering, our sacrifice, to his ultimate sacrifice that is the "source of eternal salvation" (CCC, 617). As we celebrate his Resurrection at Easter, we find our hope and the message that we proclaim. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches,
"The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by the first Christian community; handed on as fundamental by Tradition; established by the documents of the New Testament; and preached as an essential part of the Paschal mystery along with the cross:
Christ is risen from the dead!
Dying, he conquered death;
To the dead, he has given life" (CCC, 638).
As apostles of Christ, sent by him, may we go forth and proclaim the Risen One!
May you have a Blessed Easter!
In God, the Infinite Love,
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Easter Reflection
Catholic Volunteer Network Lenten Guide
"This Easter season, let us ponder how the Lord works in ways beyond our understanding, and let us pray that our eyes are opened to the extraordinary miracles that take place in our lives."
This Lenten Reflection Guide is a collection of reflections written by current and former volunteers. They share how the experience of full-time service has helped them to see the story of Christ's death and resurrection in a new light.
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Blog Post for USCCB Department of
Justice, Peace and Human Development
Few Words and Many Deeds
Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C., Director of the Catholic Apostolate Center
"Pope Francis is calling all to be missionary disciples, to go out and draw others into relationship with Jesus Christ, not simply by words, but by deeds." -Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C., Director of the Catholic Apostolate Center
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New Evangelization Resources
Evangelization is fundamental to what it means to be a follower of Christ. It is not a specific task or duty reserved for priests, religious, theologians or missionaries, but is part of the universal call of Christ to "go and make disciples of all nations" ( Mt. 28:19).
What makes the new evangelization "new" is not its content, which is the proclamation of the Gospel or the kerygma, but the manner and method in which it is proclaimed. We look to our current audience, environment, technology, etc. in order to discern how best to proclaim the Good News in a manner that is fruitful.
As a fruit of the new evangelization, the Catholic Apostolate Center takes the call of universal holiness and the active role of the laity made by the Council Fathers seriously. As part of our mission, we have developed resources to help you to evangelize your parish or community.
A few of our New Evangelization resources include:
Click here to access all of our New Evangelization Resources.
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Past Webinar
Remaining in the Middle of Holy Saturday
Presented by Mark Moitoza, Vice Chancellor for Evangelization at the Archdiocese for Military Services
The Triduum is often experienced as a linear process that moves from Good Friday by quickly passing over Holy Saturday to get to the joy of the Easter Vigil. Remaining in the middle of Holy Saturday, however, offers reflections about what it means to witness to the fragments of the unknown and contemplate how love enters the place where love does not exist.
Stay tuned to watch our latest webinar!
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Ad Infinitum Blog
The Salvation of the World
"To me, the simple act of embracing the Cross of Christ is one of the most beautiful things one can experience." -Victor David
In our latest blog post, Victor writes about the Veneration of the Cross as a way to adore Christ himself in preparation for Easter Sunday.
Click here to continue reading.
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Support the Catholic Apostolate Center 
Help the Catholic Apostolate Center answer God's call to revive faith throughout the world and strengthen our Church. Together, let's energize the new evangelization!
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Easter Sunday
March 27, 2016
Easter Sunday Reflection
"We cannot live Easter without entering into the mystery. It is not something intellectual, something we only know or read about... It is more, much more!
'To enter into the mystery' means the ability to wonder, to contemplate; the ability to listen to the silence and to hear the tiny whisper amid great silence by which God speaks to us (cf 1 Kings 19:12).
To enter into the mystery demands that we not be afraid of reality: that we not be locked into ourselves, that we not flee from what we fail to understand, that we not close our eyes to problems or deny them, that we not dismiss our questions...
To enter into the mystery means going beyond our own comfort zone, beyond the laziness and indifference which hold us back, and going out in search of truth, beauty and love. It is seeking a deeper meaning, an answer, and not an easy one, to the questions which challenge our faith, our fidelity and our very existence." -Pope Francis, Easter Vigil Homily 2015.
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