Vicariate IV parishes meet for Evangelization Day at St. Frances of Rome Parish in Cicero on Jan. 18, 2019. These half-day gatherings focus on how to create a culture of evangelization in parishes. Through prayer, conversation and shared learning, participants leave with practical first steps for fostering a culture of evangelization in their parish.
Grants from Lilly Endowment to help spiritually renew parishes Three organizations in the Archdiocese of Chicago have received grants from the Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative to support projects aimed at helping parishes engage in ongoing spiritual renewal.
Mark Nimo inspires people to be on fire for the Lord Mark Kwaku Nimo wants to set you on fire. Or, more accurately, he wants you to become the fire, the fire of the Holy Spirit, so that you can give off sparks that will set other people on fire with the Holy Spirit as well.
Evangelization includes caring for the poor and the earth, pope says An effective proclamation of the Gospel must speak with hope to the real-life problems of the poor, to the need to protect the earth and to the ability of people of good will to change the social and financial systems that harm the poor and the environment, Pope Francis said.