Ask a Catholic Evangelist: How Can I Share the Gospel with My Family, Parish, and Community?

Mike and Dave answer your questions about how to get programs going at your parish, how to share the gospel with fallen-away family members, and how to invest in Catholic evangelism as well as catechesis when funds are short.

Snippet from the Show

“You have a mission as a layperson ... To not proclaim Jesus Christ and just wait for a priest to do it is a fundamental corruption to your baptismal dignity. Christ is inviting you on this mission. You don’t need anyone else’s permission.”

Listener Questions:

1. “My priest isn’t into evangelization, what do I do?”

2. “I have three children, none are truly evangelized, except my oldest daughter who is now evangelical, but ‘at least she has Jesus.’”

3. “I am a DRE who got caught up in the catechesis game. I now want to invest in evangelism, but am at a poor parish.”

Resources mentioned:

• Christifideles Laici, Chapter 3

• The Great Adventure Bible Studies

• No Greater Love by Edward Sri

• The Life of Christ by Rev. Fulton Sheen

• To Know Christ Jesus by Frank Sheed

• Radical Communities by Michael Gormley

• Redeemer of Man by Pope St. John Paul II

• Catechesi Tradendae, 19-20

5 Practical Tips:

1. Kerygma: Refresh yourself on what the kerygma is and isn’t.

2. Community: Meet up for Eucharistic Adoration and drinks.

3. Reading: Jesus Shock by Peter Kreeft.

4. Intercession: Pray a decade of the Rosary every day for clergy who need conversion.

5. Lent: Don’t let Lent pass you by, be intentional! Prayerfully consider what God wants from you this Lent. Take an hour and figure it out.