Are We Preaching the Correct Gospel?
Could it be that our preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is leading people to a key misunderstanding of what they are committing to? I believe that we are! […]
Evangelization
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Encounter Jesus, Without the Holy Spirit?
When we look at the call from our bishops and cardinals for a New Evangelization, we see many describing this encounter with Jesus that people should have. This kind of […]
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 […]
Spirit Led Pastoral Evangelization Plan
Since most parishes are still looking for the magic program or book to solve all their problems, others are using tried and true programs, such as Alpha, Cursio…, to help […]
Myth: The Magic Pill
We are creatures of habit and bad habits are very hard to kill. The same is true within parishes attempting to do something concerning the New Evangelization. Most parishes are […]
Form Disciples, Not Volunteers
Most local parishes are like salmon swimming upstream in a current that can potentially keep them from achieving their desired goals. Through great effort, they can achieve their goals, but it […]
Conversion to Discipleship
At the end of the day, all the work of conversion of hearts must be directed toward becoming a Disciple. Without this critical piece of direction, the people going through […]
Why won’t people sign up for our Programs?
Just about every Parish Staff has received this memo from their parish membership. “We are not coming!” Despite the numerous pulpit announcements, bulletin inserts, signs posted around the parish and […]
At the Service of Evangelization
For years, I have been wondering why all the efforts of our local parishes to catechize our youth have brought about so few results. After spending four years on the […]