Evolution in the methods of evangelisation of the MEP between the 17th and the 21st century
Throughout its 350 years, the Foreign Mission Society developed a proliferation of works in the service of mission: schools, orphanages, workshops, model farms, pharmacies, leprosy centres etc. This can only be explained by the close help that congregations from Europe received from the local catechists.
... [Show full abstract] In the period between the mid 19th century, when the primary aim was the conversion of souls, and the post Vatican II era, there has been something of an evolution: similar objectives continued, like education and charitable works, but today, the emphasis is rather on the spiritual animation of a world under construction.