Getting Others to Listen to the Gospel
The Gospel is the Good News. So why does it seem so often like people do not want to hear it? Have you ever tried to teach a…
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Apologetic Evangelization
Recently, I’ve been overviewing the USCCB’s “Disciples Called to Witness.” In one post at my blog I diagrammed where evangelization and catechesis come into play. Those who have…
Confidence in the Faith, our Youth Ministry Retreat, and Xtreme Discipleship
This past weekend I served and assisted in a Youth Ministry themed: “Confidence in the Faith.” Appropriate for the Year of Faith and the Holy Father’s call for…
Forming Intentional Disciples
I read a whole lotta books, but most of them aren’t germane to Catholicism. And if you want a review of Neptune’s Inferno or Korsun Pocket, there are…
Knowing the Person of Jesus
Being that the World Synod of Bishops recently covered the theme of the New Evangelization, I had been mining for quotes, ideas, and themes to engage here. This…
RCIA – First Steps in the Catholic Church
The goal of the New Evangelization is to spread the Gospel message – bringing fallen away Catholics back to the faith and introducing new Catholics to the faith…
Are we too busy to be catechized?
I keep going back to a small portion of a blog post from Bishop Kicanis: A challenge for the synod fathers is to understand how we might better catechize…