New Evangelization Symposium Coming March 30 – April 1
Posted February 23rd, 2017
The 2017 Symposium boasts top Catholic speakers as well as dozens of additional papers and presentations from professors, field professionals, students and clergy. [Read More...]
Swing! The Slow Ball God Pitched Our Generation
Posted September 7th, 2016
Even secular sources are seeing the truth of what the Church teaches. [Read More...]
Are Church Rules Stupid? A Dialogue With a Teenager
Posted June 28th, 2016
“Ugh. I can’t eat my ham sandwich. I forgot it’s Friday. Which, by the way, is totally stupid. Lots of Catholic families are eating hamburgers right now — but not us!” “That’s [Read More...]
Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan and the New Evangelization
Posted August 27th, 2015
In interviews, Jeannie Gaffigan says she and her husband Jim are not trying to evangelize. But in a postmodern secularist world, maybe evangelization has to be indirect. “The Jim Gaffigan Show” starring [Read More...]
Pope Francis vs. Our 21st Century Sins
Posted August 5th, 2015
Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Sí zeros in on a fundamental problem with American culture that we would rather not focus on: The dark triumph of technology in almost every aspect of our [Read More...]
‘What Do You Think of Gay Marriage?’ How to Answer
Posted July 28th, 2015
Pope Francis has offered a lot of advice on evangelization. Here is how it works. Sooner or later it’s going to happen. You chat by the watercooler with a coworker or in [Read More...]
Snark and the New Evangelization
Posted July 23rd, 2015
Snark is the vernacular of our age. Maybe this is because we learn how to converse through movies and sitcoms, where a constant tension is necessary to keep our attention. Maybe it [Read More...]
Training Young Evangelists
Posted July 22nd, 2015
Tony Brandt, a 2000 graduate of Benedictine College, is the co-founder of Casting Nets, a non-profit lay apostolate that offers training in evangelization and catechesis. Brandt was at Benedictine College for the [Read More...]