The Catholic young adults of today can often feel alone and excluded from many parish activities. What can we do to meet their needs and ensure they grow spiritually in their Catholic faith? Below you'll find six suggestions that have proven to be successful in the...
5 Things Great Catholic Evangelizers Do
What do you need to do to become a great Catholic evangelizer? 5 Things Great Catholic Evangelizers Do Love People (and Like Them) Effective evangelizers don’t make people feel like projects. They don’t offer unsolicited advice or think they have answers to every...
Start With A Friendship…Here’s How
Let’s face it, 2020 has been a year like no other. If you’re anything like me, sometimes you wake up in the morning with a real “what the heck is going on” attitude. But, if you’re anything like me, you might also wake up in the...
All Are Called To Lead | Episode 4
Do you feel like a leader? Sometimes, we can see our daily actions or lives as a survival mode. We are trying to live out our faith, get the to-dos done, work requirements, and help our family. The word evangelization can be intimidating and counterculture. We...
Embrace Your Mission | Extraordinary Missionary Month
When people hear the word “missionary”, most people think of someone who travels to another country to share the Gospel, teach in schools, volunteer in hospitals, and serve the community. Missionaries go to places like Africa, El Salvador, and Haiti. That was always...
How To Have The Most Dynamic Liturgy This Christmas | Part 2
Whether you’re a regular Mass-goer, or you attend Church once a year at Christmas, chances are high that you have come across a liturgy that either had a boring homily or painful music. If not these, then perhaps you have witnessed a priest introduce liturgical...
Jim Gaffigan’s “Barely Catholic” Shares The Hard Truth
Comedian Jim Gaffigan has a unique way of sharing his faith through his stand-up routines. In a recent video, "Barely Catholic", he gets more than just the jokes right. How many of us have had a little conversation like this with Jesus? "Barely Catholic" Hard Truths?...
How “Lady Bird” Forever Changed Who I Invite To Retreats
I’m always wary of watching things that Hollywood puts out that involve elements of the Catholic Church. I prepare myself for insults and total misconceptions of the truth, beauty, and goodness that the Church is and has to offer. So as I watched the trailer of Lady...
Chris Pratt Preaches The Gospel On MTV With His 9 Rules For Life
Thank you, Chris Pratt, for your incredible witness of faith. With your words of wisdom, you proved that you are a worthy recipient of the "Our Generation Award." Finally, we get to see a celebrity who is not afraid to stand for God and encourage others to...
Sr. Jean Is The Latest Nun Trending On The Internet…And You’ll Never Guess Why!
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt isn't in it for the fame, but it sure is coming her way. Not only has she won the hearts of many across the United States, but the basketball team that she has cheered on and prayed with for years has just won a game that will put them into...
Even Patriots Fans Will Agree With The Goal Of The Eagles Zach Ertz
We're not taking sides for the big game, but we are in complete agreement with the faith goals of Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz. Join us in praying that Ertz leads others to Christ through his witness to the faith. We thank God for athletes that realize the...
5 Ways To Low-Key Evangelize Any Crowd
To evangelize you don’t always need to follow in the footsteps of the St. Francis or St. Irenaeus, who purposefully tried to become martyrs, or Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who had a very popular television show as the first televangelist. You don’t need to be...
5 Simple Ways To Share The Faith In Your Home And Workplace
I grew up in Goa, a small state on the west coast of India. Back in the 16th century, the great missionary saint St. Francis Xavier traveled to India and helped bring the Catholic faith to Goa. Over the centuries, the seeds sown by St. Francis Xavier, and others like...
7 Reasons To Keep Sharing Your Catholic Faith When People Don’t Seem To Care
Here's a battle I sometimes fight with myself: vacillating between exuberant repetitiveness about my faith, my conversion, how amazing God is, how I wish everyone I love would convert (for their own well-being and happiness!), how I wish every Catholic in the pews on...
As We Bask In Glory, Will The World Still See The Cross?
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Remember, before Christianity, Sunday was the first day of the work week. Imagine that you are like the disciples, concerned about the Lord, but all around you everyone is going...
Take A Friend To Church This Holy Week: It Could Change Their Life
Each year during Holy Week, we celebrate the most fundamental aspects of our Catholic faith. We remember the love of God, the sacrifice of His Son Jesus for our sake, the institution of the Eucharist, etc. Perhaps most importantly, we rejoice at the end of Holy Week...
Pope Francis Tells Youth “Never let go of Jesus’ hand.”
Go big or go home? We all dream to go big. As Christian youth, we dream to someday become saints and stay close to God for the rest of our eternity. It sounds great, but do you think about how many times we get sidetracked and fall because of our sins? Let’s be...
Big Words Won’t Lead People To Jesus: 4 Tips For Sharing Your Faith
When I tell you that I love Jesus, what am I assuming of you? Well, I am assuming that you know who I am, or at least that you recognise that there is an “I” about which this statement can be true; I am assuming that you know what “love” is, and I am assuming that you...
11 Tips For Talking About God With Your Friends
Many times when we're not in a Christian environment we find ourselves stuck between a rock and a hard place in terms of sharing or defending our faith. We know this can be a challenge so we are providing 11 ideas that you can use when talking about God to others,...
Happiness Is Only Real When Shared? A Catholic Bible Study On Mk 10: 2-16
I recently saw Into the Wild, a film that came out in 2007 that tells the true story of a young man who, after graduating from college, left his family and his bourgeois world in search of happiness, thinking that he could find it in a state of total isolation from...
5 Mistakes You’ve Probably Made When Evangelizing
It is never easy to share our faith with others, but it is the call that Jesus gave every Christian in the Great Commission: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the...
Will They Know You’re A Christian By Your Body Language?
This video by Dr. Amy Cutty lays out some very interesting insights into the importance of body language. It’s a “back to the basics” topic but when it’s looked at in light of the faith, a few valuable reflections emerge. 3 Things To Remember About Your Body Language...
What Does The Movie “The Mission” Teach Us About Evangelizing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTsitO4TXF8 Evangelists? Aren’t those judgmental people who yell that you’re always sinning? Or that uber-Christian kid from high school that says one thing and does the other? This video clip from the movie The Mission illustrates a...
Ever Feel Like You Need A Guide On How To Pray For Your Kids?
One of the things that Catholic Link does best is to Link our readers with phenomenal Catholic resources and ministries. Our writers search the web to find noteworthy Catholic content to bring right to your inbox everyday. (If you’re missing out on this,...
The Do’s And Don’ts Of Evangelization
I have often spoken with people who express their interest in evangelizing but are reticent when it comes to putting it into practice. Today's video was produced by Lifeteen looks to give a few tips on how to evangelize. 3 Steps To Evangelization 1. What's the first...