Tag: new evangelization

Even secular sources are seeing the truth of what the Church teaches.

“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

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

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

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

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

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

First they call us bigots, then they deny our freedoms, then they openly attack us. And then we rise again.

(credit: Angela Flickr) “Everything that was happening when Rome fell is happening again now,” my 12-year-old informed me. “My teacher had a whole list.” I think my son’s Kolbe Academy teacher is

What should a Christian do when the world is sinking into chaos? Disturbing violence fills the international headlines: ISIL is beheading journalists, crucifying Christians and exterminating Yazidis. Mexican drug cartels run rampant,