Most Sundays, I arrive at church about 30 minutes before Mass. I’ve assigned myself the job of meeting new people until Mass starts. As an introvert, this is challenging, but framing it as my “job” helps me do it. One Sunday, while greeting people, I met a woman in her mid-30s. When I asked if

In this article, I want to talk about finding and welcoming inquirers. The truth is, you probably have potential inquirers showing up at your parish every weekend. And even though it likely says something in your mission statement about being a welcoming parish, most of those potential inquirers do not come back for a second

Are you comfortable with the idea of “evangelization”? Do you think your parishioners are? Like many of you, I grew up in a time when Catholic evangelization wasn’t at the forefront of our parish life. We were content to be followers, leaving the work of whatever we thought evangelization was to the priests and nuns.