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.
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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.
Be disciple . . . makers
This coming Pentecost will mark the third anniversary of Go Make Disciples, our diocesan evangelizing initiative.
Mary as a special channel of grace
s we enter into the Advent season, we ponder the fact that Jesus came to us through Mary.
Building a community of disciple-makers
The Go Make Disciples evangelization initiative has challenged all parishes, leaders, and individuals to not only grow in faith as a parish but also as individuals. Parishes across the Diocese of Madison have been rethinking, relearning, and rebuilding how they approach evangelization.
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.
Opening our hearts to the way of the gospel
I first heard about Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli while attending high school at an educational institution sponsored by the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. Forty years later, I was blessed to delve more deeply into his inspiring story after my wife, Bianca, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2020.
Learning from the media ‘venerables’
I just finished reading two books that I would encourage anyone interested in “modern” evangelization and catechesis to read.
Two churches dedicate prayer spaces to St. Monica
“I love St. Monica,” said Meg Aspinwall, the director of faith formation at St. Luke Parish in Plain and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Spring Green. “And I love her story. We all have family members who have either fallen away from the faith or who have chosen other directions or never found the faith, so I always ask for her prayers.”
Pentecost and making disciples
This Sunday’s celebration of Pentecost marks the second anniversary of the launching of Go Make Disciples, our diocesan effort to be renewed in the power of the Holy Spirit, to deepen the understanding and practice of our own Catholic faith, and to evangelize others with a joyous confidence.