Are there a number of small Christian communities already in existence?
Sure, yes. I dont know how many. It depends on each diocese. In some dioceses, they are so vast they are no longer small communities. In my book, I am putting the principles and the methods of building those small Christian communities. I am emphasizing that the ideal size would be about 15-20 people. What will they do? The idea is holistic evangelization for integral development. We want to evangelize the whole person, not only the soul. We want to evangelize his whole life and the environment in which he lives, which means that these people have got to plan the development of their spiritual welfare by discerning and practicing. Secondly, they have to discuss and plan areas that concern their own physical development and social development. For example, the poor families we are aiming at will discuss increasing the familys income. We are working with the department of Caritas here, which is social development. If we can everywhere instill in church leaders that they are not only spir
