Icon of the Virgin Mary by Kiko Argüello, the Spanish painter who initiated the Neocatechumenal Way.The Neocatechumenal Way, also known as the Neocatechumenate, NC Way or, colloquially, The Way is an organization within the Catholic Church dedicated to the Christian formation of adults. It was initiated in Madrid in 1964 by Kiko Arguello and Carmen Hernandez as a response to the Second Vatican Council, and in 2008 was given definitive approval by the Holy See, receiving the status under Canon Law of a Public Juridical Personality.[1]
Taking its inspiration from the catechumenate of the Early Church, by which converts from paganism were prepared for baptism, it provides a post-baptismal catechumenate[2] to adults who are already members of the Church. Deeply committed to the "New Evangelisation" called for by Pope John Paul II, the Neocatechumenal Way is also responsible for 72 "Redemptoris Mater" Diocesan Missionary Seminaries, in locations as diverse as Rome and Karachi, and hundreds of "Families in Mission", which live in many of the most secularized cities of the World.
The Neocatechumenate is implemented in small, parish-based communities of between 20-50 people. There are around 40,000 such communities throughout the World, with an estimated 1 million members[3].
The Statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way were approved ad experimentum in 2002 and the Church gave final approval of the statutes on June 13, 2008.[4].
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