Reaching Out to Seekers

Evangelization Updates
(Based on presentations to the Glenmary Commission on Evangelization)

• Evangelizing Through the Arts
• Tips on Ministering to the Hispanic Community

Ideas That Work

• A Model for Baptism Preparation in the Hispanic Community
• A Simple Explanation of the Mass for Visitors
• Starting the 'Evangelization Conversation'—When a Loved One Leaves the Church
• Two Small Churches Launch 'Landings'

Discussion/ Reflection/Starters

Reviews of Helpful Books/Media

• Christian Hospitality: A Handbook for Parishes With companion video: All Are Welcome.
  By Evangelization Ministry of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky. (Revised 2002)
• Could You Ever Come Back to the Catholic Church? 
  By Lorene Hanley Duquin, New York: Alba House, 1998. $9.95  
• Jehovah's Witnesses Answered—Verse by Verse.
  By David A. Reed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books, 1986.
• Surprising Insights From the Unchurched.
  By Thom S. Rainer. Zondervan Publishers (2001

• When a Loved One Leaves the Church

  By Lorene Hanley Duquin. Our Sunday Visitor, 2001. $10.98.

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