The Most Common Mistake We Make in Lent
We all do it. We get to this point in Lent and we say to ourselves: this penance is actually a lot easier than I thought. And then you...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Mar 12, 2022
- 2 min
Finding the Traitor Within
In many ways, Lent is about finding out where our real loyalties lie. It is the season to test whether or not we belong to the city of...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Feb 25, 2022
- 4 min
Parents Have the Hardest Time Evangelizing and Here’s Why
When traveling, by far the most common question I get comes from parents of older children. “How do I reach them?” is how it’s often put...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
It's a Layer Under There
I had an interesting opportunity to work on some website development with a few friends of mine, and I have to tell you, I found the...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Sep 24, 2021
- 4 min
3 Ways of Thinking That Will Kill Parish Renewal Before It Begins
By now, I hope you have read the few articles that I have written on gaining confidence when evangelizing. In them, I speak about our...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Sep 4, 2021
- 6 min
The 5 Essential Elements of Any Brilliant Evangelization Plan
It might seem like a strange thing to create a plan for evangelization, but as one who has been working in full time evangelization for...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Aug 28, 2021
- 4 min
Parish Renewal: Making the Next Best Decision
In another one of my articles, I spoke about the need for any pastor or parish team to make small incremental changes when evangelizing....
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Patrick Sullivan
- Aug 13, 2021
- 5 min
3 Reasons Catholics Aren't Evangelizing
“The Church exists to evangelize,” said Pope Paul VI in his landmark document, Evangelii Nutiandi back in 1975. But despite the emphasis...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Aug 6, 2021
- 4 min
Two Absolutely Wrong Ways to Elevate a Conversation While Evangelizing
The thing I hear most often from fellow evangelists (Catholics just like you actually) who want to know how to get started with others in...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jul 31, 2021
- 3 min
Don't Know Who to Evangelize? Trust God to Tell You!
We spend so much time telling God who needs to come to the faith right now that we often forget the others that God has put in our lives....
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Do Not Dispense of History
It is a fun and fascinating fact that God doesn’t need history to communicate Himself to man. After all, His messages can be absorbed in...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
Ultimate Questions Lead to Religion
Many years ago now, I wrote a book about world religions. More specifically, it was the response of different religions to the most...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jul 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Best Frame of Mind for Evangelization
It should come as no surprise that evangelization is by and large about a frame of mind. It is about how we understand what we are doing...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jun 26, 2021
- 4 min
To Evangelize, Do What the Evangelists Did
I find it highly interesting that when we examine the work of the New Testament, we not only find a map for our lives but a field manual...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Your Identity Crisis Is Killing Evangelization
Who we are shapes our views and influences our actions. For example, if we believe that we are thieves then we see our environment and...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
A Question for God
My nine year old son just vomited for the second time. His face was pale and he was clearly lacking the energy or desire to sit down to a...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jun 11, 2021
- 4 min
3 Ways to Radically Transform How You Evangelize
Just recently I had a conversation with William Hemsworth on his podcast, “Know the Faith. Defend the Faith.” We discussed three specific...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
Is COVID Killing the Church?
At the beginning of the COVID crisis I was interviewed alongside Catholic paediatrician, Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann, to discuss the...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Mar 26, 2021
- 3 min
Your Parish Legend
Have you ever read the multi-volume book set by Louis Ginzberg entitled, Legends of the Jews? If not, I dare say you are missing out. For...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Mar 19, 2021
- 7 min
I’d Like The Parish Cheeseburger, Please And Thank You!
The more I continue to speak with evangelizers from across North America, the more something becomes apparent—mainly, a widespread and...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Mar 11, 2021
- 4 min
The Start-Stop Policy
Pretend for a moment that I want to achieve some kind of goal, such as getting in the best physical shape. Following the advice of some...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Mar 5, 2021
- 4 min
The One Percent Rule
Frustrating as it may be for some of us, it is nevertheless completely understandable that many Catholics do not evangelize. After all,...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
When Doors Just Won't Open
I have been wondering for some time what communities like the Jehovah Witnesses would do in a world where COVID becomes more or less a...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Make It Personal
Fifty years ago, prominent theologian Henri De Lubac and others like him, were at pains to caution us all about a certain “distancing”...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
The Beauty of the Bible is Not Enough
Since the inception of Islam, Muslims have firmly held that the Koran (i.e. their holy book) is a beautiful work, and when coupled with...
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Patrick Sullivan
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
This Is How You Can Help Your Parish Survive Covid
By now, most pastors and parish councils—not to mention evangelization teams—have realized just how badly COVID has affected parish...
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