A Treasure To Be Shared

BCC | Crucifix, New Chapel at Saint John Paul II Academy Photo by Nicholas Elbers Read time: 7 minutes. The New Evangelization is more than a fad. It is a trajectory increasingly obvious in its character as we see many people discovering and converting to the Church founded by Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church. Perhaps the label has worn out its usefulness, but the trend it identified is building in strength. Q. What do people want and need? A. People want to live rightly and be loved. Q. Who can teach them and love them? A. Jesus Christ and his Gospel. Q. Where can people find and learn from and be loved by Jesus? A. In his Church (1 Timothy 3:15). A daily scroll through social media shows hundreds, if not thousands, of young people sharing their stories and decisions to seek reception into the Catholic Church. People are searching for holiness, meaning, peace, fellowship in the truth, goodness, and beauty. They’re seeking Jesus. They want to live the Gospel. The stories of conver...

We Ordinariate Catholics are a small and determined community within the Church. The Personal Ordinariates, of which there are three at present, are like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade. St. Mark 4: 31-32 Those who share in the blessings of the Ordinariate tend to be confident Catholics because the identity that we share has its source and summit in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which we call Divine Worship, the source and summit of the Christian life. The primary mission of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is evangelization. Through the reverence and beauty of our worship, study of sacred Scripture and charity for those in need, we desire to share the joy of being Roman Catholic! Our mission is particularly experienced in our (reverent ad orientem ) celebra...

evangelization  (n.) 1650s, action of preaching the Gospel, noun of action from evangelize . From 1827 as act of bringing under the influence of the Gospel. evangelize (v.) late 14c., from Old French evangeliser "to spread or preach the Gospel," and directly from Church Latin evangelizare , from Greek euangelizesthai . Catholic apologists—young and old, lay and ordained—are rising to support the renewed mission to make known the Gospel. They take seriously the Church's call to evangelize, and they are faithful, well-mannered, and well-read. They are converts and cradle Catholics. Their methods are diverse, but they share in common a love of God and love of the Church. Their creative approaches are wed to Tradition. Their lives are a celebration of God's mercy. They are literate in the wisdom of God and the theology of the Church. They are steeped in history, and they bring enthusiasm to their respective callings under the umbrella of the mission to share the Gospel fo...

The title of this post was going to be 'Out of Order Chaos', or 'Order Out of Chaos'. In latin, Ordo Ab Chao . An online search produced too many links to freemason websites. Stop right there. The title of this post refers to an article about the state of the Church. Deborah Gyapong has the following interview with George Weigel at the Catholic Register. Edited for Length Click on the Article Title to read the entire article. Debate on Pope's views on marriage and family will unify Church, says Weigel by Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News May 2, 2018 Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) has provoked both praise and criticism from inside and outside the Church since its release in 2016, but George Weigel is confident a unified moral vision will prevail. “Pope Francis has said that the grand strategy of his pontificate is the New Evangelization, as he wrote in Evangelii Gaudium ,” said Weigel, the American author of more than 20 books, inc...