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I know y’all are too grownup for 6th-grade Catechism class, but everybody like pictures. And if they’re badly drawn then the viewer enjoys a frisson of superiority at the…
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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…
Be the Salt of the Earth
Readings for February 9, 2014: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time As a Catholic teen growing up in one of the most Catholic area of the U.S., I never…
Don’t Think Like an Atheist
We live in a much different society than in ages past. Modernity tends towards skepticism in a way that no other age has. In this regard, it is…
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…
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…
I Can’t Do This Without You: The Case for Christian Community
In the evangelical circles where I first cut my teeth as a Christian, hit-and-run evangelism was a sore topic. A mission team might swarm into town, preach the…
Tapping into an After-Christmas Spirit
The presents have been opened. The cards have all been sent and filed. We laughed, we hugged, we ate roast beast. For many of us, the decorations have…
Making a True Difference: Greater Good Technology
I love all of the terrific Catholic micro-funding campaigns going on — when we pool our small contributions together, the projects we help to fund have the potential…
Drawn Together by the Bible
“Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and…