Not long ago, I was talking with a fellow parishioner after Mass about care for her elderly mother. With a completely straight face, this nice lady told me, “We had to put Mother in a nursing home, you know, because…
Seeing God in My Mom
4 Tools for Women to Be New Evangelizers
Suppose we have a woman on fire with the Gospel message, ready to evangelize the culture. Besides materials from this website, what should she tuck into her New Evangelizer Supply Kit? Does she need a bus ticket to the public…
The Power of Face-to-Face: Catholics in Dallas
At the end of August, I did a rare thing: I boarded a plane and flew across the country, sans kids, to the glory of an in-person meet-up of immense Catholic proportions. It was the Catholic Marketing Network trade show AND the Catholic Writers…
All Those Immoral People
How to best defend traditional marriage is a hot topic among Catholics. Perhaps it’s due to President Barack Obama’s May 2012 announcement that, although he had at one time opposed same-sex marriages as a matter of faith, he had “evolved”…
Faith and Football
Conversion can happen at any place, at any time, and generally happens when we reach an intersection in our lives. For me, it happened at the corner of Faith and Football. Growing up, watching football was a large part of…
How to Succeed
Editor’s note: Today we welcome Michael Lindner to the New Evangelizers blogging team! Many years ago, when I was in my mid-thirties, my employer sent me to one of those “effective leadership” courses. Over the course of three days, I spent…
An Attitude of Prayer
Editor’s note: Today we welcome Carol Ann Chybowski to the New Evangelizers blogging team! One of the hardest things we do as Christians is to carry our faith out of our churches and out of our homes and into the ordinary,…
Running to Stand Still
Editor’s note: Today we welcome Luciano Corbo to the New Evangelizers blogging team! I live in a small Ontario, Canada city across from the great state of Michigan, separated by the beautiful ‘Bluewater’ of the St. Clair River. I often…
One Soul at a Time
If we want to show the entire world the love of Christ, we must begin one soul at a time. We can try to reach the masses, when possible, but we are much less likely to have an impact this…
The Final Word – Disciples Called to Witness
The conclusion of our ongoing discussion of Disciples Called to Witness: The New Evangelization This document isn’t particularly long. It’s not really that hard to read. But will I remember it when I’m out in the midst of the all…