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A Touching Sense of Tact

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer October 26, AD2023 3 Comments

I always enjoy coming back to the parish after time away. Whether it’s for a weekend retreat, a month of break, or six weeks in

The Power of Sacramental Grace: Seven Steps for Evangelization

Deacon Steve Greco August 30, AD2023 1 Comment

The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that the effect of the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation “is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Did Vatican II End Missionary Activity to Convert Jews?

Rory Fox May 7, AD2023 23 Comments

Until Vatican II (1965) the Catholic Church carried out missionary activity to convert Jews to Christianity. In 2015 the Vatican said that “it neither conducts

The New Evangelization: Where Do We Begin?

Anthony S. Layne January 18, AD2023 19 Comments

What happened to the New Evangelization? It was all the rage for a while. The term “new evangelization” has been cropping up in papal exhortations

Evangelizing a Post-Christian World

Laura DeMaria November 30, AD2022 10 Comments

After the recent midterm elections here in America, CatholicVote CEO Brian Burch wrote, “Imagine a candidate for office saying, ‘My goal is to inspire Americans

Learning to Love Jesus

Maurice Williams November 27, AD2022 3 Comments

We are commanded to love God with our whole heart, our whole mind, our whole soul, and with all our strength. That’s a big challenge.

Marshall McLuhan, Arguments, and Evangelization

Deacon Greg Lambert November 17, AD2022 3 Comments

In the movie Annie Hall, written and directed by Woody Allen, an argument ensues involving the philosopher and media theorist Marshall McLuhan. The protagonist, Alvy

They Will Know We Are Catholics By Our . . . Selfless Actions, Prayers & Courage

Guy McClung October 20, AD2022 15 Comments

At the age of 20, my Dad left college and entered the U.S. Military in World War II. After training as a Navigator-Bombardier in the

race, bias, critical race theory, Liberation Theology

The Christian Attitude Toward Personal Rights

JP Nunez July 12, AD2022 2 Comments

These days, everybody wants their rights. In fact, everyone seems obsessed with getting what is rightfully theirs. This admittedly natural and understandable desire pops up

When it Comes to Evangelizing, Delivery is Important

Genesius March 21, AD2022 3 Comments

Many, if not most of us, have seen the stereo-typical street preacher on a big city corner telling everyone who goes by that they are,

The Evangelistic Gift of Being Weird

Michael Sandifer January 29, AD2022 3 Comments

As we cavort amid an embarrassingly secularized and confused society, unmoored as it stands from the threads of a shared past or the common experience

The Evangelizing Power of Beer

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer January 20, AD2022 11 Comments

A great deal has been said of late about the upcoming Synod on Synodality: there have been a lot of positive comments, a great deal

Catholic social teaching, humility, humble

The Joseph and Francis Evangelization Excuse: Part I

Todd Federici January 13, AD2022 1 Comment

There is a theme out there that makes its way among Catholics regarding evangelization. It goes something like this, “Just focus on your work and

garden, spiritual garden, woman, flower, passion flower

The Gen Z Dilemma and Challenge for the Church

Paul A. Escott November 20, AD2021 4 Comments

Springtide Research Institute, a newly formed research center that is focused on Gen Z, recently released a study on attitudes of adolescents and young adults

We Are Called to Evangelize

Deacon Steve Greco September 25, AD2021 2 Comments

I love to administer the Sacrament of Baptism for so many reasons. We are welcoming a new person into the Church! We are letting the

lies, Ingrate, sin, fair, fairness, run away

Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin

Mark Belanger September 23, AD2021 1 Comment

I still occasionally hear the old platitude of “Love the sinner; hate the sin.” I find, however, that in practice people are often much better

Evangelizing – What is it, and How Can We Evangelize?

Larry Peterson September 12, AD2021 7 Comments

We Catholic/Christians are called to “evangelize.” But for me, the word, evangelize, has always been intimidating. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says that the word, evangelize, is

Putting My Present into God’s Hands

Diana Ragsdale July 23, AD2021 3 Comments

What is the first thing you do every morning? Check your alarm clock? Check your phone? Do you eat breakfast first? What is the first

A House Divided Will Not Stand

Maurice Williams July 18, AD2021 18 Comments

I have always been uneasy about the progressive left in our country. They are firm in their obstinate refusal to heed God’s command that we

christian, catholic, Jesus, sign of peace

Source of Christian Unity

Christian Daru July 6, AD2021 3 Comments

“That they may all be one as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that

hymn, church music, chant, evangelization, Jazz

Ravel’s “Bolero,” Mary Magdalene, and Evangelizing

Dennis Dillon July 4, AD2021 4 Comments

The credit for this article belongs to a parish friend and priest, Monsignor John Halloran, Pastor Emeritus, St. Thomas More Parish, Narragansett, RI. In a

Never Underestimate a Word of Welcome

Mark Belanger April 23, AD2021 No Comments

More years ago than I care to remember, I was settling into my seat in my high school Algebra II class when one of my