Evangelization Archives

CL head sketches a Christianity beyond the culture wars
- Interviews
- June 22, 2017
Father Julián Carrón, leader of the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation, is in favor of de-emphasizing the wars of culture, not because the Church’s traditional positions are wrong, but because starting with ethics was always the wrong way to present Christianity to the world.
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‘If you don’t think Francis is the cure, you don’t grasp the disease,’ CL head says
- Interviews
- June 21, 2017
Although some Catholics, especially the more conservative sort, often find Pope Francis a bit of a shock to the system, the leader of the Church’s influential Communion and Liberation movement says that if you don’t think this pontiff is the cure, then you don’t understand the nature of the disease we’re facing in a post-modern, secular world.
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Creative program funds buildings for rapidly growing Georgia parishes
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 19, 2017
Speaking about the Special Projects Program, Peter Faletti encouraged church leaders to keep ahead of growth that will continue. “If you think you’ve been growing, you have no idea,” he told them. “It’s going to put tremendous pressure on our priests. That’s why this process we put into place is so critical for the health of our archdiocese.”
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Indiana convocation delegate takes evangelization cues from Pope Francis

Unpacking more of what the pope is saying in Evangelii Gaudium or “Joy of the Gospel” and gaining a deeper understanding of how Catholics can effectively evangelize in the modern word is something Cindy Black hopes to gain during the “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America” in Orlando, Florida, July 1-4.

Maryland priest hopes summer convocation sparks missionary renewal

“I think that if we can just get a glimpse, a glimmer, just a spark from his (Pope Francis’s) apostolic ministry and we can translate that back to our own dioceses and our own parishes, I think the church is going to be alive and well,” Father Mark Bialek said.

Reviving faith and rekindling charity, while forming apostles

[Editor’s note: The following is paid advertising.] The Catholic Apostolate Center looks to the life of St. Vincent Pallotti for inspiration as it strives to form collaborative relationships with more organizations, further develop its formation resources, and ultimately, empower all the faithful – clergy and lay – to live out their baptismal call.