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Don’t Be a Volunteer. Be a Missionary.

Andrea Jackson  |  November 11, 2024

At the Evangelical Catholic, we don’t train volunteers. We train missionaries.    Sometimes parishes ask us if our Mission Training process will help them fill in volunteer slots in their…

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Confident Expectation: The Renewal of the Church will be Slow (Part 2/2)

Jason Simon  |  September 5, 2024

This is part 2 of a 2-part series. View Part 1 here.   Recently, Pope Francis addressed this reality in his Angelus address. In sowing, no matter how good or…

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Confident Expectation: The Renewal of the Church will be Slow (Part 1/2)

Jason Simon  |  September 3, 2024

Would we instantly renew the Church if we could snap our fingers and make every Mass-attending Catholic a mature missionary disciple? How long would it take for Mass attendance to…

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Friendship Evangelization

Jason Simon  |  June 20, 2024

This is an excerpt from Jason’s upcoming book, Mission Ready Friendship, which will be released August 30, 2024. In the book, Jason explains how to deepen friendships to a place…

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How to Prioritize Evangelization: 3 Suggestions from Pope Francis

The Evangelical Catholic  |  June 3, 2024

On May 2 of this year, Pope Francis addressed 300 parish priests from around the world who participated in a gathering of priests as part of the Synod. In his…

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Memorial Day Weekend 2024: A Chance to Share the Gospel

The Evangelical Catholic  |  May 14, 2024

Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer and with that comes one of the most enjoyable and easiest opportunities for mission I can think of: the cookout.    Cookouts…

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Why I Keep Coaching Little League

The Evangelical Catholic  |  May 9, 2024

It’s baseball season. And I’ve got one kid left who plays Little League. Gabe is ten years old and loves baseball (along with almost every other sport he’s ever tried).…

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Reach More In the World: Diocese of Des Moines

The Evangelical Catholic  |  May 1, 2024

Reach more people with small faith-sharing groups An increasing number of parishioners are seeking fellowship and engaging in religious studies through small groups. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church has…

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Do I Need a Clean House to Evangelize? The Answer is Messier than You’d Think

Andrea Jackson  |  April 30, 2024

I’ve heard it dozens of times: “I’d love to lead a small group but I’m embarrassed to have people over.” Does having a house that’s too small or too messy…

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Does God Forget Our Sins? The Reality is Even Better

The Evangelical Catholic  |  March 28, 2024

I was standing in line for Confession, and out of the blue, someone turned to me and asked me, “Does God forget our sins?” I tried to reply, “Well, forgetting…

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