Recommended Texts For Evangelization and Parish Revitalization
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ARTICLE – Should we seek to grow the Church ?by Pierre-Alain Giffard on September 29, 2022 in Recommended Texts
Don Pigi Perini is an Italian priest who had been prepared for the lack of pastoral effectiveness. During his studies at the seminary, the decline of the Church was theologized to the point of almost becoming a virtue: “One sows, the other reaps…”; “provided that Jesus Christ is proclaimed…”; “unless
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ARTICLE – Find a Need and Fill It – Revealing God’s Heart in the Communityby Pierre-Alain Giffard on September 15, 2022 in Recommended Texts
One of the challenges we may face when we want to evangelize is to realize that we know few non-Christian. Thus, it is necessary to start engaging with people who are not Catholics. Jesus asks us to go all over the world to make disciples (Matthew 28,19). For us, our
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ARTICLE – 15 Habits to Evangelize on a Daily Basis
As Christians, our ultimate aim should be to please God. We must recognize that our decisions and actions influence not only our own lives but also those of others. The day we meet Jesus, we will hope to have served him and loved him the way he wants. Jesus succeeded
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ARTICLE – The Church’s Missionby Pierre-Alain Giffard on August 19, 2022 in Recommended Texts
As defined by Church documents the mission of the Church is to evangelize, “that is she must proclaim the good news of salvation to all, generate new creatures in Christ through Baptism, and train them to live knowingly as children of God.” [1] The mission of the Church is to
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ARTICLE – Three Barriers to Building An Invitational Culture In Your Parishby Pierre-Alain Giffard on August 11, 2022 in Recommended Texts
1. BEING INVITATIONAL BRINGS US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE We can respond with defence mechanisms to stay comfortable and convince ourselves that we are not called to do this. 2. THE PARISH IS NOT A WELCOMING PLACE TO INVITE SOMEONE TO Areas of health in our parish that we
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ARTICLE – The Relational Evangelizerby Pierre-Alain Giffard on July 27, 2022 in Recommended Texts
Evangelizing has a lot to do with being relational. Indeed, the Christian life is essentially about relationships: relationships with God and relationships with others. When we are kind, generous, humble and attentive to the needs of others, evangelization happens naturally. When we have a positive and open attitude, believing we
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ARTICLE – Doing Church at Homeby Pierre-Alain Giffard on June 25, 2022 in Recommended Texts
The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that “From the beginning, the core of the Church was often constituted by those who had become believers: ‘together with all [their] household.’ When they were converted, they desired that ‘their whole household’ should also be saved. These families who became believers were
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ARTICLE – The Blind Girlby Pierre-Alain Giffard on June 20, 2022 in Recommended Texts
There was a blind girl who hated herself purely for the fact she was blind. The only person she didn’t hate was her loving boyfriend, as he was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry him. One day, someone donated
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ARTICLE – A Group of Frogsby Pierre-Alain Giffard on June 10, 2022 in Recommended Texts
As a group of frogs was traveling through the woods, two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs crowded around the pit and saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them. However, the two frogs decided
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ARTICLE – The Elephant Ropeby Pierre-Alain Giffard on June 3, 2022 in Recommended Texts
Have you heard the story of the elephant rope? While walking through an elephant camp, a man noticed that the elephants weren’t being caged or chained. The only thing stopping them from escaping the camp was a piece of rope tied to one of their legs. He was completely confused
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