We Are the Sowers
Our parish has a middle school youth group called EDGE. It is a LifeTeen program that eight other adults join me in running. We meet every Monday evening…
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Category: Evangelization
Sharing Christ with clarity and joy.
Proclamation Gets Personal
“the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out” (John 10:3) While assisting in a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd…
Avoiding Generic Discipleship
This is the third post in a series examining concerns and cautions about evangelization voiced by Fr. Francis P. DeSiano, CSP, President of the Paulist Evangelization Ministries. Over…
Practical Parent Evangelization
By nature I am a practical person in most aspects of my life. When it is time for parent meetings to go over the reception of sacraments I…
The Presentation, Feast of Mission
Readings for February 2, 2014: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord I recently led a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem. As we stood at the foot of…
Elitism: To Be or Not to Be?
“Is evangelization inevitably elitist?” asks Fr. Francis DeDiano, CSP, president of the Paulist Evangelization Ministries. Good question. In the light of our Catholic faith, I think the answer…
Pope Francis: Through Baptism, each of us becomes “missionary disciples”
The New Evangelization is a call to each of us to deepen our own faith, believe in the Gospel message, live it out in our lives, and then…
Digital Discipleship Bootcamp
Back in June, 2013 I wrote a post about a class I was taking called Digital Discipleship Boot Camp. I have since completed the course and will now…
Micro-Evangelization
A new year brings with it a chance to reflect on what went well in the past and what can be better in the future. If our goal…
Have You Heard His Voice?
Today’s Gospel is all about seeking God. John the Baptist, the herald, first pointed all Israel toward the coming of the Messiah. Once the Messiah had come, he…