After 50 Years

A Vision for the Church of the Future

Abstract

We human beings live in the continuity of past, present and future.
Though living in the present, we are shaped by the past — both
individual and collective — and are formed by hopes and aspirations
for the future. This is true about the Church as a community. The
Church gives great importance to the past, which we often name as
the tradition. We believe that our present is formed by the tradition,
and in our journey towards future, we should keep fidelity to the past
and the present. Even in our talk of ‘continuity and discontinuity’
there is a continuity. This does not mean that the Church cannot or
should not change; there can be even radical changes. Fidelity to the
past should not become a burden in the journey forward, resisting the
ever-renewing and ever-challenging inspirations of the Spirit.