Why isn’t the “average” Catholic interested in evangelization?
Recently, I received some rather startling news. I was told by a major Catholic book publisher that the “average” Catholic isn’t interested in evangelization. I certainly hope that…
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Advent as Evangelization
Many of us may look with disdain at the over commercialization of Christmas, at the way in which the true meaning of the season has been pushed aside…
Wait Loss for Evangelizers
Timid evangelizers, unite! It’s time to for us to lose wait. Wait is what an evangelizer chooses to do when he really ought to be sharing the Gospel.…
Time to Fill the Deafening Silence with Our Personal Testimonies
When and where do you hear personal testimony from Catholics? People recounting their experiences of meeting or encountering Jesus Christ, their witness to the power of joining in heavenly worship…
Small Things; Great Love
Just as each person’s faith is lived out in a way that is uniquely theirs, so to our evangelization efforts. Since I work in a parish as a…
Prayer Meetings: Evangelization in Action
Have you ever been to a prayer meeting? I went to my first prayer meeting in 1973 in a high school gym filled with hundreds of lay men…
Evangelization Frustration
I spend many hours thinking about parish programs, how to invite people to them and how to make the programs interesting. I want to give people what they…
Liturgy & Evangelization: Lessons from a Church Bulletin
I recently had a chance to attend Sunday Mass at St. Mary’s in Greenville, SC. The parish is often mentioned in the context of the New Evangelization, and…
Knowing When to Walk Away
When evangelizing, when is it time to walk away? It may seem contrary to the spirit of evangelization, but it is a valid question. When you “go out…
Planting Seeds
In “Go and Make Disciples” (1992), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) write: “Evangelization happens when the word of Jesus speaks to people’s hearts and minds.”…