By Andrew and Veronica Lim
SELANGOR – On World Mission Sunday, Oct 19, forty-one faithful, from the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur were commissioned as missionary disciples at the Church of St Francis of Assisi.
The commissioning marked the culmination of formation through the CCO Faith Series, facilitated by the Archdiocesan Mission of New Evangelisation for Christ (AMNEC) in collaboration with Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) Canada.
A day earlier, on Oct 18, participants attended a formation session led by CCO founders Andre and Angele Regnier, and Benjamin Turland, head of the parish support team. The session focused on Intentional Accompaniment: Holiness and Mission, emphasising how missionary discipleship involves seeing and seizing opportunities to share Christ’s love and being empowered by the Holy Spirit to bear fruit for God’s glory.
AMNEC team members, who had previously undergone the Faith Series in Manila guided this first cohort of participants from six parishes in the Archdiocese under a pilot project endorsed by Archbishop Julian Leow.
The CCO Faith Series is based on five key aspects of forming missionary disciples — Encounter with Jesus Christ, Conversion, Discipleship, Communion, and Mission. This formation equips participants to live out their baptismal call to holiness and evangelisation by leading others to a personal relationship with Christ.
Each commissioned disciple will now go on to lead small groups of six to eight participants in their parishes, BECs, families, or workplaces through Discovery, the first of the Faith Series books. Over six weeks, Discovery invites participants to reflect deeply on their faith and make a personal decision — whether for the first time or as a renewal — to place Jesus at the centre of their lives.
Subsequent stages of the Faith Series — Source, Growth, Trust, and Commission — build upon this foundation. Source helps participants recognise the Holy Spirit’s role in sanctification and empowerment; Growth focuses on living out the Christian life through prayer, Scripture, sacraments, fellowship, service, and witness; Trust deepens reliance on God in every circumstance; and Commission explores the Church’s missionary identity, offering practical insights into evangelisation and discipleship drawn from CCO’s 37 years of missionary experience.
AMNEC remains committed to the principle of “spiritual multiplication,” focusing not on numbers but on forming individuals who, in turn, will accompany and form others. As the team often says, the goal is to “reach the world, one person at a time.”
Those interested in learning more about becoming a Missionary Disciple may contact Andrew Lim (012-3173677) or Brian de Rozario (012-2584622) for further information. – Herald Malaysia
