Making your own icebreaker
Y’all know how the New Evangelization means you have to actually speak to, well, people. Sometimes people you don’t know. Standing in front of you. About religious stuff.…
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RCIA: Rolling Out the Red Carpet
It’s that time of year that I like to write about something crucial, yet often overlooked: RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults). Are we rolling out the…
Evangelization takes time
My grandmother was an immigrant from the mountains of Italy, in a very small town, more likely a village, near Turin. Her father left and went to New…
Pray for Our Priests
I have openly admitted that the book Be A Man by Father Larry Richards changed my life. I am certain I am not the only one. A few…
Catholic Labels
Traditional Catholics. Modern Catholics. Conservative Catholics. Liberal Catholics. Moderate Catholics. Orthodox Catholics. Charismatic Catholics. Progressive Catholics. We may think that these Catholic labels define us, but instead, they…
Evangelization and the Case for Catholic Fiction
Why bother with Catholic fiction? As I write this, I’ve just returned from the Catholic Writers Guild’s annual live conference (our online conference is held in early spring),…
Marriage Evangelization
Have you ever stopped to consider evangelizing for a specific purpose? Of course we want people to know Jesus but what about people who already know Christ and…
Not Peace but the Sword
Readings for August 18, 2013: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the themes of Pope Francis at World Youth Day 2013 was to “shake things up.” This…
Shed the Bushel Basket and Let Your Light Shine
It is human nature to be drawn toward the call of the past. Through the filtered lenses of our time telescope, we often get a much-too-perfect perception of…
The Power of Story: An Interview with Joseph Pearce
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Joseph Pearce about the power of personal stories, especially as a means of evangelism. He’s uniquely well-suited to the topic: he has taught…