[Rum Tum Tugger]

Unfortunately Catholics are just learning that they can evangelize.

Unfortunately, only a very few Catholics are aware of the need for evangelization.

I'm a relatively new Catholic. I became a Catholic solely through my own initiative (which certainly has some benefits). However, during a Mystagogia meeting after becoming a Catholic, I mentioned to the RCIA instructor and the sponsors that I wished that someone in the Church had evangelized me years ago. I got the impression from the response to my comment that evangelization was a concept that was totally foreign to these good people. That's a shame.

If someone had taken the time to explain the truth of the Catholic Church to me years ago, I think I may have converted years ago.

So, where do I sign up to become a Catholic evangelist?

[Northern Yankee]

Welcome to the Catholic faith.

We are really starting to change for the better.

There really is a hunger to get back to the basics, and really have it become deeper spiritually.

Certainly since the scandals over the past few years, the church is undergoing some deep philosophical changes that will, in the end, be better for the church.

[nina0113]

So, where do I sign up to become a Catholic evangelist?

I'm starting small - when non-Catholics come to the door to evangelize ME, instead of telling them "no thanks", I invite them in and share my faith with them. I leave the Catholicity tapes on the Metro & pray that the person who finds them will listen. I always carry several to give away to anyone who seems receptive.

[Salvation]

**So, where do I sign up to become a Catholic evangelist?**

No signing up is necessary. By virtue of our Baptism we are all evangelizers.

Take it in three steps.

1. Gain the personal knowleldge (You did this in your RCIA classes) and continue to learn (by virtue of your being here, you are doing this.)

2. Contact and invite those immediately around you. Family, friends

3. Share the Gospel of Jesus Christ (and your own personal story) with those you meet at work, at school, at the mall, etc.

If you ever have any questions I have a couple of good references, both for programs for your church and for personal growth.

[tiki]

LOL, me too. I probably spent 20 years wondering and thinking and asking questions that Catholics didn't know or didn't take the time to answer.

Our new priest just assumed I had converted because my husband was Catholic and when I mentioned that my husband wasn't baptized until he was 46 he asked how I became a Catholic then and I just shrugged my shoulders and said "The Holy Spirit, I guess"