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What Catholic Leaders are Saying
Fr. James Mallon
Watch Video: Pastor and founder of the JP II Media Institute and creator of Catholicism 201 talks about his extensive experience with Alpha and parish life.
Matthew Kelly
Watch Video: Catholic author and international speaker, Matthew Kelly talks about Alpha's impact on Church renewal.
Bishops, Cardinals and other officials
Alpha for Catholics is featured on United States Conference of Catholic Bishops web site.
Archbishop Octavio Ruiz
Secretary for the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelisation
"The Alpha course, which I have had the opportunity to attend…is a providential tool because it precisely tries to reach out to those who are far from the Church, who are indifferent to the faith. By means of a very simple and humane tool based on fraternity and friendship, Christ is introduced to them and enters little by little into their hearts."
Archbishop Octavio Ruiz, spoke at Alpha International Week 2011
Walter Cardinal Kasper
Pontificium Consilium Ad Christanorum Unitatem Fovendam
"John Paul II encouraged us as Christians... not to relent in the task of the new evangelisation... The Alpha course sees itself as committed to exactly this task." Read More >>
Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn, D.D.
Former Archbishop of St. Paul - Minneapolis
"Over the past few years, I have been eagerly watching the impact of Alpha all over the world."
Most Reverend Howard Hubbard
Bishop of Albany, New York
"The Alpha Program offers an opportunity to hear and respond to the Gospel message in a non-threatening, friendly environment."
His Eminence Sean Cardinal O'Malley, OFMCap
Archbishop of Boston
"Many of our Catholic parishioners have benefited from the Alpha program by way of its building on their initial interest in the Church, as a pre-catechumenate experience, or for others, a renewal of their desire to more deeply understand and live their Catholic faith. Life-long faith formation is a priority for our religious education programs and I am grateful for the efforts of those who seek to assist with this important work. Should pastors of our parishes wish to utilize the Alpha program as part of their religious education curriculum they can do so with my approval."
Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa
Preacher to the Papal Household
“. . . we need a new evangelization which, while being open to all the fullness of the truth and the Christian life, will yet be simple and basic. This is the reason why I look with interest and appreciation to the Alpha Course. It seems to me that it answers precisely this need of ours. The very name shows this. It is not called “Alpha and Omega course” but simply “Alpha Course” because it doesn’t claim to lead people from beginning to end in faith; only to help them get acquainted with it, to foster a personal encounter with Jesus, leaving it to other Church departments to develop the newly rekindled faith.”
This quote is taken from "Faith which Overcomes the World" Fr. Cantalamessa's opening address - International Alpha Conference, and is available at the Alpha Store. .
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