When I did my last presentation on March 18th, it was a snowy night so not many were able to attend. The good news is that the video is now ready and available on my website at http://renewaloffaith.org/evangelization/sharingfaithvideo.htm. Check it out and see what I have to say about deepening our own faith and sharing [...]
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Homily for Holy Hour
Homily for Holy Hour Using Readings for 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Exodus 17:3-7 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 March 2, 2013 These readings that we are using for our Holy Hour tonight are taking from the Third Sunday of Lent which we celebrate this weekend but they are the readings from Year [...]
The Gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Many of you may have seen my presentation recorded in January on the story of my faith journey. One small part in that presentation was a mention of the first time I went to the Sacrament of Reconciliation after my return to church. From that there were a couple of questions about how we confess [...]
A Special Presentation
Before Christmas our Parish Evangelization Team was brainstorming on ideas to reach out to the people who come to Mass on Christmas and those who may not come to church at all. It was decided that I would do a presentation on my own story of going up Catholic, my years of not going to [...]
Evangelization – What Is It?
Our Evangelization Team met this week for an extended session to help learn about what they have done in the past and what they would like to do in the future. It was also a chance for me to share with them some thoughts about what evangelization means to me and what evangelization ministries I have [...]
Annual Diocesan Evangelization and Stewardship Day
For several years the Diocese of Rochester has held an annual Stewardship day with a featured speaker. This year it was a combined theme of Evangelization and Stewardship with a guest speaker. The New Evangelization calls us to learn more about our faith. Our understanding of how our call to be good Christian Disciples should [...]
Sharing Our Passion
We minister to one another in different ways. As a priest, the prime way that I minister to others is presiding at the celebration of the sacraments. I also minister in teaching RCIA, visiting the sick, and in the work I do with our various parish committees to name a few. I have talked before [...]
Evangelization
After attending an online workshop on the role of priest in the work of evangelization offered by the Paulist National Catholic Evangelizaiton AssociationI have added four new pages on evangelization to my website and a tab for evangelization on the left. Check it out and let me know what you think. “The Evangelizing Mass” “The [...]