This week, we return to reflecting on Pope Francis’s 2023 Wednesday audiences on ‘‘The Passion for Evangelization’’. we will look to the first disciples and what they did to understand why, what, and how to proclaim.
Tag: evangelization
From Go Make Disciples to disciplemakers
Following Christ’s model of making disciples, the structure of Go Make Disciples was to have each parish start with a small core group, “The 12,” and then with the help of these disciples, reach a larger group, “The 72”.
The goal is to continue this pattern of forming and sending disciples out to ever-widening groups of people, just as the apostles did in the early Church.
How we can go forth and evangelize
As we continue our series looking at Pope Francis’ Wednesday audiences on “The Passion for Evangelization,” we consider the next vital step for understanding evangelization and apostolic zeal — “Jesus, teacher of proclamation”.
How we can go forth and evangelize
On January 11, 2023, Pope Francis at his Wednesday audience, announced the beginning of a new series of catechesis.
Recognizing evangelization road blocks
For six years, I “taught Confirmation” to high school sophomores. Congratulate me, I took six years off of my time in Purgatory.
Go Make Disciples Live
It could have been called Go Make Disciples Alive for the presence of the combined witness of hundreds of Catholics in the Diocese of Madison engaging in their faith and being primed to spread the Good News to others.
Go Make Disciples Live
It is not uncommon to encounter individuals in our Catholic communities who appear to be Catholics who just “go through the motions” and practice the faith out of obligation, without much thought.
The importance of friends
In the Book of Sirach, we read, “A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter. He who finds one finds a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond price; no amount can balance their worth.” (6:14-15)
Building community, a part of evangelization
“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way, the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he has loved us and sent his Son as an expiation for our sins.
Where everything else in a parish fits in
Currently, St. Patrick Parish in Janesville is in the midst of a capital campaign to restore the interior of its church. This renovation seeks not only to repair structures that were falling apart but to restore beauty.