Evangelize through sports? Bishop Paprocki, hockey player and marathoner (21 by the way) explains how
(CNA/EWTN News) By Matt Hadro- For a veteran runner who’s completed 21 marathons, one bishop sees a deep connection between his Catholic faith and running, and says this connection can even evangelize young people. “For young people, if we want them to aspire to a life of holiness, we have to give them good examples of that,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki of … Read More
Chaput challenges bishops on the new evangelization
For the Feast of St. Charles, now tapped for Synod Council, +Chaput’s 97 Synod talk on Borromeo, which found a fan in Pope Francis. (Fr. Rocco Palmo) Archbishop (why is he not a Cardinal yet?) Chaput If we truly seek conversion, community and solidarity, we need to be completely frank with one another as brothers. But in doing so, we should … Read More
Bishop-elect Barron on Stephen Colbert, GQ, the Late Show, Suffering and Providence
Here is the GQ article to which Bishop-elect Barron refers to below: It was early July, about nine weeks before the debut of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and we were sitting in his temporary office above a BMW dealership on the far west side of Manhattan. He looked very tired, and he was apologizing (unnecessarily) for rambling on … Read More
Pope holds ‘virtual’ audience with Catholics in 3 US cities
Pope Francis held a ‘virtual’ meeting with Catholics in Chicago, Los Angeles and McAllen, Texas, in advance of his visit to the United States which begins on September 22. The audience via satellite link-up was arranged by ABC News, which aired sections of the meeting during its World News Tonight programme on Monday, with an extended version extended version, entitled … Read More
Catholic Men Need Priests Who Will Lead
(CWR, by Matthew James Christoff) The New Evangelization has been a major effort in the Catholic Church for more than 40 years. Unfortunately, it has failed to stem several significant downward trends among faithful in the United States. Since 2000, 14 million Catholics have left the faith, parish religious-education participation of children has dropped by 24 percent, Catholic school attendance … Read More
What the Catholic Church can learn from the late-night TV
(Relevant, by Jesse Carey) On August 6, Jon Stewart ended an era of late-night history. It wasn’t just that it was his last time to sign off as host of Comedy Central’s “fake” news show after more than 16 years. It was that with his final evening as host of The Daily Show, Stewart closed a chapter in post-11 p.m. … Read More
Cardinal Dolan summarizes Tekton Ministries’ mission and vision at Our Lady of Knock during his Ireland Pilgrimage
Cardinal Dolan posted to his blog: “This comes to you from the Shrine of Knock, in Ireland, on a pilgrimage with 150 others from the archdiocese and elsewhere. It was here, on August 23, 1879, that our Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist, and the “Lamb of God” appeared to dozens of stunned, silent, awestruck parishioners of this … Read More
New Evangelization conference at Christendom College draws 450
Christendom College hosted prominent theologians and historians for a one day conference titled “Encountering Christ: Apologetics and the New Evangelization” on its Front Royal, Va., campus on July 11. The one-day conference drew close to 450 attendees to hear from Francis Cardinal Arinze, Dr. Scott Hahn, Patrick Madrid, Marcus Grodi, Dr. Timothy O’Donnell, and Christendom faculty members Dr. R.J. Matava … Read More
Archbishop Gomez: Blessed Junipero Serra’s canonization is important for the new evangelization; here’s why
(CNA/EWTN News) Although the colonial and missionary period of California’s history is often riddled with bitter memories, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles reflected on the life of the missionary Bl. Junipero Serra as a bold witness to the faith. “The historical record confirms what Pope Francis believes: that Blessed Junipero Serra was a man of heroic virtue and holiness … Read More
Promoting All Things Catholic: new promo video by Tekton Ministries
“Promoting All Things Catholic” Tekton Ministries has created a new promo video aimed at raising awareness for the incredible ways we now embrace the New Evangelization. Seeking to walk with God’s people on their journey of faith by providing authentic opportunities for sanctification, formation and evangelization, Tekton’s vision is to serve God’s people in their encounter with Christ and His Church. [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCWgVVd8qE[/embedyt] Please … Read More