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Small Christian committees

Many of the most active and committed Catholics are,


in addition to serving their parishes, members of
smaller gatherings that meet together on a regular
basis to study scripture, pray, and offer one another
friendship. Contemporary mega-parishes in a highly
mobile, disconnected society make smaller "Christian
communities," as they're sometimes called, warm and
attractive places. "These people are like my family,"
says one member. "We've been through so much
together. Groups that wanted to create a "new way of
being church" were their first champions, thinking to
pull Catholics away from a "mindless loyalty" to Church
teachings. For a better understanding of the Small
Christian Communities, it is important to understand
the community dimension in it. It seems to be part of
the current aspiration of seeking to rediscover and
restore community both in society and in the Church.
[6] “But the problem of community in the church
cannot be fully understood unless we see it in
relationship with the dominant and long-standing
institution that has characterized the church
throughout the world for so long, that is, the territorial
parish

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