Evangelization
The following is a St. Michael Catholic Radio recording of “Wednesday’s at the Cathedral” with Thomas Lackey as a guest speaker. Thomas Lackey’s talk is entitled, “Light from an Invisible Lamp”. Enjoy! Miss Deacon Kevin Tulipana’s Talk? Miss “From Atheist to Nun”? Miss the talk on Practical Purity?
Read MoreWhy do so many millennials become Catholic? It’s not because they’re hipper than thou, and it’s certainly not because they’re holier. Michelangelo’s writhing, unfinished statues of slaves, struggling in their prisons of stone, are a picture of millennial converts to Catholicism: broken and banished from Eden, stuck in the fallen flesh of Adam, yet baptized…
Read More“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” With these memorable words, Charles Dickens has captured the sentiment of every enthusiastic Catholic evangelist regarding Christmas. On the one hand, Christmas is an evangelist’s dream – a time of joy and hope , with an abundance of opportunities to share the good…
Read MoreThough the New Evangelization has been a major effort in the Catholic Church for over forty years, it has failed to stem the disastrous losses of the faithful in the U.S. The New Evangelization is faltering: since 2000, 14 million Catholics have left the faith, parish religious education participation of children has dropped by 24%,…
Read MoreThis is for the broken hearted, those men and women who have risked sharing the faith only to be psychoanalyzed, slighted, even shamed. God knows sometimes you just need a box of Kleenex and a few hours before the Blessed Sacrament. Or a cup of coffee with your parish priest. Or a big bear hug…
Read MoreIt is no secret the world is begging for authentic Catholic men in the world. Deacon Tim Sullivan from Tulsa, OK talks about this in one of his podcasts – you can listen to it here Here is an interview with Cardinal Raymond Burke on the Catholic “Man-Crisis” and what to do about it: Recently, I…
Read MoreFather Raniero Cantalamessa’s latest book Navigating the New Evangelization provides a valuable addition to a growing body of books of the subject of evangelization in the church today. The book is a very readable compilation of teachings which Father Cantalamessa delivered to the Papal Household on the subject of evangelization during Advent 2010 and 2011. It…
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