Patrick SullivanMar 282 minThe Most Common Mistake We Make in LentWe 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...
Patrick SullivanMar 122 minFinding 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...
Patrick SullivanFeb 254 minParents Have the Hardest Time Evangelizing and Here’s WhyWhen 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...
Patrick SullivanDec 17, 20212 minIt's a Layer Under ThereI 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...
Patrick SullivanSep 24, 20214 min3 Ways of Thinking That Will Kill Parish Renewal Before It BeginsBy now, I hope you have read the few articles that I have written on gaining confidence when evangelizing. In them, I speak about our...
Patrick SullivanSep 4, 20216 minThe 5 Essential Elements of Any Brilliant Evangelization PlanIt might seem like a strange thing to create a plan for evangelization, but as one who has been working in full time evangelization for...
Patrick SullivanAug 28, 20214 minParish Renewal: Making the Next Best DecisionIn another one of my articles, I spoke about the need for any pastor or parish team to make small incremental changes when evangelizing....
Patrick SullivanAug 13, 20215 min3 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...
Patrick SullivanAug 6, 20214 minTwo Absolutely Wrong Ways to Elevate a Conversation While EvangelizingThe thing I hear most often from fellow evangelists (Catholics just like you actually) who want to know how to get started with others in...
Patrick SullivanJul 31, 20213 minDon'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....
Patrick SullivanJul 23, 20213 minDo Not Dispense of HistoryIt 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...
Patrick SullivanJul 16, 20213 minUltimate Questions Lead to ReligionMany years ago now, I wrote a book about world religions. More specifically, it was the response of different religions to the most...
Patrick SullivanJul 2, 20214 minThe Best Frame of Mind for EvangelizationIt 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...
Patrick SullivanJun 26, 20214 minTo Evangelize, Do What the Evangelists DidI 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...
Patrick SullivanJun 18, 20212 minYour Identity Crisis Is Killing EvangelizationWho we are shapes our views and influences our actions. For example, if we believe that we are thieves then we see our environment and...
Patrick SullivanJun 14, 20212 minA Question for GodMy 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...
Patrick SullivanJun 11, 20214 min3 Ways to Radically Transform How You EvangelizeJust recently I had a conversation with William Hemsworth on his podcast, “Know the Faith. Defend the Faith.” We discussed three specific...
Patrick SullivanJun 4, 20214 minIs COVID Killing the Church?At the beginning of the COVID crisis I was interviewed alongside Catholic paediatrician, Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann, to discuss the...
Patrick SullivanMar 26, 20213 minYour Parish LegendHave 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...
Patrick SullivanMar 19, 20217 minI’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...