On Monday 20th July, the Vatican released a document, an ‘instruction’, about parishes. Firstly, let me say, I have found this document deeply encouraging and a wonderful reminder about where to focus our aspirations on, but I will also concede that there’s also a significant amount of detail about parish structures (which I found much […]
Category: Evangelisation
How to Share the Gospel, even during Lockdown!
I came across this short video from Roger Carswell who seems to have endless ideas for sharing the Gospel and the lockdown certainly hasn’t stopped him! Worth watching simply just to share his enthusiasm for sharing the Gospel. His main theme is that we can still write and phone during this time and thank people […]
What does evangelisation have to do with ‘new media’?
Many times on this site, I have alluding to opportunities to evangelise, despite the focus on this site on digital tools and online media. If you are wondering why this is the case, Fr Mike Schmitz makes a good case for how these things are connected. The main thread that pulls these things together is […]
Gaming and Faith
OK, so there are lots of tried and tested methods in evangelisation, including small groups, street evangelisation, leaflets, websites and more. But what are our young people spending a lot of their time doing? Social Media? Got that covered. Gaming? How do we use that as an opportunity to evangelise? Father Beau has recently started […]
321 – The Story of God, the World and You!
Another good video resource is Speak Life, an organisation based in Eastbourne who focus on providing resources to preach the Gospel using technological solutions. One in particular is their 321 The Story of God, the World and You!, led by Glen Scrivener, which is a short 5 minute video, supplemented with a three-part video series […]
Who are we trying to reach?
When we are considering our approach, it’s easy to consider the people we know, the people who come to the Sunday service, week by week. However, there is a rising number of ‘nones’ in the religious landscape. This refers to people who choose ‘no religion’, ‘none of the above’ or ‘nothing in particular’ when faced […]
Opportunities in Lockdown
Daniel Wang, in his recent post “Engaging Seekers and Reaching the Unchurched“, talks about the opportunities that have arisen during this lockdown and encourages others to do the same. As Fr James shared during this week’s webinar, some parishes are rising to the current crisis and have done extraordinary things, shifting their ministries and approaches […]
The Search
An Alternative to Alpha A new resource has recently been launched, called “The Search“. This 7-part video series has a similar format to Alpha but is created in a Catholic context. It has been produced by the Augustine Institute, which already provides a wide range of resources and tools for people who are looking to […]
Burning Ships and Preppers
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church, Illinois, runs a blog, and this particular post urges their parish to prepare. Fr. Matt Bozovsky states that he felt compelled to speak about the future that the Spirit wanted us to consider ‘prepping’ for; he talks about St Paul’s plea to be ready for preparation, that the time […]
The Cooking Priest in India
A priest in India named Father Warner D’Souza has a YouTube channel with over 6,800 subscribers, and his video ‘Food for the soul‘ became even more popular, gaining over 9,300 views. His passion for food began when he was a child, and being a Priest has not stopped him from sharing his love for the […]