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Evangelization
Who Should Your Parish Evangelize First?
Welcome back to a new Starting Conversations article. These articles are designed for parish staff, councils, small groups, and online sharing. to break open new conversations on how to become missional parishes. Enjoy! Here’s a question: Your parish has a…
How to Give Witness from the National Eucharistic Congress (…Or Anyplace Else)
Friends, I was not at the National Eucharistic Congress. My husband was! But I was at home with our children, and even with viewing the talks, it is clear something especially graced and precious happened there…and beyond (I was deeply…
The Power of Witness as Secret Sauce for Evangelization
I just came back from a youth conference for teens (I was a chaperone at Steubenville Rochester, #steubieroch ) and I was keenly reminded of the power of witness. First, I need to say–this is one of the smaller conferences…
Why are We Afraid to Evangelize?
In June, I was leading a breakout session at our diocesan leadership conference for parish pastors and lay leaders. The topic was “What do our parishes need for evangelization?” Since this was my diocese, and this was my last gathering…
Faith Formation
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Apost0lic Parish
Why Can’t We Recruit Volunteers?
Why can’t we recruit volunteers? I don’t know a parish–or non-profit of any sort–that isn’t short on volunteers. Some have more of a volunteer deficit than others, but it seems to be universal…or at least the norm in the United…
Apostolic Leadership
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Prayer
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Missions
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Social Mission
Create Your Own Evangelization Workshop
With Dr. Susan’s help, create a workshop custom-tailored to your particular situation. She can help on any aspect of mission in your parish, including: mission field analysis, discipleship level assessment, visioning and mission statement creation,
evangelization models education, mission shift…
What is a “Mission Field,” anyway?
One day I walked out of church following Mass and I saw something like this next to the bright red EXIT sign: Not “Have a Blessed Day,” or “Remember to sign up for the Fall Festival” or “Registration Open for…
15 Minutes on the Art of Communicating the Gospel Message to Others with Ryan O’Hara
Welcome back to our occasional feature at The Mark 5:19 Project, 15 Minutes on Sharing the Gospel: short interviews on sharing the gospel with people who have something to say on the subject. Some of these people may be well-known and…
Who Should Your Parish Evangelize First?
Welcome back to a new Starting Conversations article. These articles are designed for parish staff, councils, small groups, and online sharing. to break open new conversations on how to become missional parishes. Enjoy! Here’s a question: Your parish has a…