Catechizing for Action
In response to what appears to be a tremendous lack of knowledge of the Catholic Faith in Catholic adults & teens, the Church has greatly improved its efforts to instruct […]
Posts from 2017
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An Office or Committee of Evangelization 2
The process of evangelization wasn’t done within the vacuum of one particular ministry. Jesus commissioned the Apostles and the rest of the Church to go out and make disciples of […]
An Office or Committee of Evangelization 1
Since the 1960s, the Church began calling for a “New Evangelization” as the Bishops began to recognize a phenomenon occurring in Europe. Within the twenty-first century, we have come to […]
The Church’s Responsibility for the Mission
II Tim. 4:1-5 “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: […]
Restoring Your Broken Wedding Vows
When we stand before our beloved, ready to state our wedding vows, we intend to live them out fully. Yet with all the greatest intentions, that doesn’t mean that we […]
Saying Your Wedding Vows
I will never forget the day I stood before my fiancé, Susan, and said my wedding vows. For me, it was a moment of great emotion, mixed with a little […]
An Earthly Comparison to a Heavenly Plan
The Catholic Church is known as a Sacramental Church. That is to say that we understand that much of what is going on in the elements of our faith in […]
Transforming Initial Sacrament Conversations
One of the greatest challenges about transitioning from our old paradigms of religious education to a true Discipleship Formation Process is getting the regular parishioner to accept the change. People […]
Parish Transition To Making Disciples 10: Making The Final Painful Shift
I believe that we have reached the final place that will require the most faith and trust that the Holy Spirit will have to lead us to move forward. It […]
Parish Transition To Making Disciples Part 9: Seeing Our Goals Visualized
A few weeks ago, a 58 year-old man came up to me after a mission night. His eyes were red with tears. He shared with me his cradle Catholic story […]