10 reasons to come back to the Catholic Church March 29, 2025By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Evangelization Most people discover that coming back to the church is not an event as much as it is a process that involves a little pain, a little laughter, some thinking, some prayer, some discernment and a lot of letting go.
Non-Catholic goes from pew to participant at St. Stephen in Bradshaw March 17, 2025By Emily Rosenthal Alster Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News It’s not everyday that a non-Catholic serves on a Catholic parish’s evangelization committee, but that’s exactly what happened before Nicole Kalinosky joined the Catholic faith. It was a journey of love and support, she said – a journey that helped her deepen her Christian beliefs.
Radio Interview: Ask a bishop with Bishop Adam J. Parker March 10, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker returns for another round of questions from our listeners in our second-ever “Ask a Bishop” episode of Catholic Review Radio.
Hundreds prepare to be received into the Catholic Church March 10, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments The archdiocese reported that 320 catechumens – those like Jay St. John who have not been baptized – and 458 candidates – those who are baptized but have not received one or more of the sacraments of initiation – participated in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland on March 9.
Archbishop Lori fosters ‘missionary creativity’ in new pastoral letter March 6, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Archbishop William E. Lori took the occasion of Ash Wednesday, March 5, to release an update to his original 2015 pastoral letter, “A Light Brightly Visible,” to focus on the pastoral implications of implementing the archdiocese’s Seek the City to Come planning that was announced a year ago.
Church leaders discuss evangelization through culture at Vatican meeting February 23, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Evangelization, News, Vatican, World News Evangelizing through culture is a challenge for the church, especially in societies where faith is seen as “something alien,” participants said at a Vatican-sponsored discussion on faith and culture.
U.S.-based evangelization project prepares people to become Jesus’ 73rd disciple February 22, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News For every disciple to truly become “the salt of the earth and the light of the world” — that is the goal of “I Am the 73rd,” an evangelization initiative of El Sembrador-Nueva Evangelización, a Catholic network also known as ESNE.
Pope asks Scandinavian Catholics to persevere in evangelization February 4, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Vatican, World News There is no greater work that Christians can perform than “transmitting the saving message of the Gospel to others,” Pope Francis said, especially among those on the margins of society.
Father Riccardo to speak on core mysteries of faith in Ellicott City Feb. 11 January 30, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Father John Riccardo and the Acts XXIX Team will be the featured speakers during a Feb. 11 “evening of renewal and worship” beginning at 7 p.m. at Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City.
Radio Interview: St. Paul Street Evangelization January 27, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Bob Wilson, who now works with St. Paul Street Evangelization in Michigan, about the motivation and methods for reaching out to people to invite them to a relationship with Jesus in the Catholic Church.
Philadelphia archbishop unveils new evangelization plan with 50 ‘missionary hubs’ January 7, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in countering declining numbers both of faithful and of active priests in an archdiocese he has long called home.
Church needs media evangelizers, pope tells U.S.-based TV network December 2, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News The mission of sharing the Gospel, entrusted to humanity by Jesus, must spread also through modern media channels, Pope Francis said.
