Vatican, 09 October, 2022 / 12:33 pm (ACI Africa).
What is the role of Catholic laity? Some may say to attend Mass, to raise their children in the faith, and to practice the Church’s teachings in their homes and family lives. A new documentary film is offering another perspective.
“The Hour of the Laity” focuses on the urgent need for lay Catholics to engage in society as civic leaders. The 13-minute film, created by Tepeyac Leadership, Inc. (TLI), brings prominent Catholic leaders together to encourage viewers to take on this vocational challenge and use their time, talents, and resources to spread the “values of the Gospel.”
“We are trying to change the chip in the minds of lay Catholics to help them think about more effective and strategic ways to advance the mission of the Church,” said Cristofer Pereyra, CEO of TLI.
The film features Bishop Emeritus of Phoenix and TLI’s founder Thomas Olmsted; Father Luke Mata, vicar of Opus Dei in California; Deacon Charlie Echeverry; author Erin Monnin, and Pereyra himself, among other lay Catholics.
“The more that we see problems in society, especially with regard to masculinity, femininity, family, marriage, if that’s happening we cannot remain silent about this,” Olmsted says in the film.
