The Year of Faith Note is broken up into seven sections, so my two-part summary will use those same headings. The purpose of this Note is to unpack the Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Letter, Porta Fidei and give practical advice on the…
Looking at the Year of Faith Note
Culture of Witness
Continuing our ongoing discussion of Disciples Called to Witness: The New Evangelization The title of Part IV, “Culture of Witness,” gives me the call-to-action I need. The bishops (as usual) waste no time getting right to the heart of the…
How I Ended Up Catholic
Editor’s note: Today we welcome Alicia Hart to the New Evangelizers blogging team! When I was born, my parents lived in an old home in a wonderful, Catholic neighborhood in a suburb of Philadelphia. Life in this neighborhood was just like…
Responding with a Touch
Continuing our ongoing discussion of Disciples Called to Witness: The New Evangelization We’re finishing Part III, “The Focus of the New Evangelization,” with “The Response of the New Evangelization to Today’s World.” In this final paragraph, the bishops acknowledge the…
Apologetics vs Evangelization
Some of my favorite reads are books on apologetics. Few things get me as excited as learning to defend my Catholic faith. With so many great authors and titles, from the writings of the saints to modern day apologists, there…
It’s about Hope
Continuing our ongoing discussion of Disciples Called to Witness: The New Evangelization We’re in Part III, “The Focus of the New Evangelization.” The introduction strikes me, as I sit here typing hurriedly and consider all that’s on my list for the rest…
On the Necessity of Purgatory
Editor’s note: Today we welcome Catholic Skywalker to the New Evangelizers blogging team! There are many, some of them Catholic, who think that Purgatory is an invention of the Church. They believe it is a theological theory that had its time…
Second Chances and Freedom
Editor’s note: Today we welcome Kathryn Cunningham to the New Evangelizers blogging team! The gift of freedom is the one identifiable privilege all Americans share, despite other differences. Here in the USA we can say, do, and think what we want, within…
Porta Fidei: A Year of Faith
Editor’s note: Today we welcome Deanna Bartalini to the New Evangelizers blogging team! Pope Benedict XVI has written an Apostolic Letter to announce the Year of Faith beginning October 11, 2012 and ending November 24, 2013. The date it’s beginning…
It’s Not New, But We Need It
Continuing our ongoing discussion of Disciples Called to Witness: The New Evangelization We’re up to page 6, “Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the New Evangelization.” In this section, Pope Benedict highlights that the New Evangelization is not, in…