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After the Eucharistic Congress: Launching a Year of Mission in your Parish
Join us for our inaugural free webinar! Pastors, parochial vicars, parish staff, and all you baptized: Welcome to the year of mission of the National Eucharistic Revival! But first things first: we are not launching a year, but a life…
15 Minutes on Sharing the Gospel with Dcn. Keith Strohm
I’m excited! Welcome to a new 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…
Are Parishes Addicted to a Maintenance Culture?
Welcome back to another “Starting Conversations” article, designed to provoke and create new discussions on living as missionary discipleships and fostering parish evangelization. This article presumes familiarity with the language of moving “from maintenance to mission,” found in Fr. James…
The Rich Silence of the Eucharist
Many of the articles here focus on how to turn parishes toward a mission mentality, to become apostolic parishes eager to evangelize. There are a lot of “action items.” Perhaps it is the most necessary time to stake a spiritual…
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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…
After the Eucharistic Congress: Launching a Year of Mission in your Parish
Join us for our inaugural free webinar! Pastors, parochial vicars, parish staff, and all you baptized: Welcome to the year of mission of the National Eucharistic Revival! But first things first: we are not launching a year, but a life…