Evangelization for (extra-) Ordinary Catholics

Purpose

Spirit Networking

hy this site???

used to be an in

advertent evangelizer. I was

"evangelizing"

without knowing

that was what I was doing.

Many

of you may be in the

same situation.

This site

is designed for anyone who wants

to be more purposeful

in living their faith and

helping others to do the same.

In 2003

I was invited to be a member of the Evangelization

Committee

for the

Archdiocese of Chicago

At that point, I became more

focused and intentional

in my

efforts to help others deepen their relationship

with God. I helped

parishes

implement the Archdioces

Evangelization Plan

Spreading the Holy

Fire,

prepared

materials for workshops, Leadership Day,

and for the

Evangelization Institute of

Chicago. I wrote articles on

"practical

evangelization

for

The Catholic New World

from 2003 - 2007,

and the The

Inside Passage

(

diocesan

newspaper for the

Diocese of

Juneau

, Alaska).

(Some of

these

articles were later reprinted in church bulletins.) I

also wrote

the

Evangelization Newsletters sent out by the Office for Evangelization

for

the

year

2006.

In addition, I accompanied Fr. Robert Barron

(

www.wordonfire.or

)

on his

talks during Lent 2006 as

His

Eminence

, Francis Cardinal George launched

Mission Chicago, and

then again

in the

Fall of 2006 when Fr. Barron returned

to talk to the business

and professional

community

during

Chicago's

Year of

Evangelization

I compiled and analyzed the surveys

given at

those talks which

told what you, the lay people, wanted and needed in the

way

of spiritual

programs.

I was blessed to work closely with Fr. Joseph

Kruszynski,

former

Director of

the Office of Evangelization who passed away

in February 2006. I

was also

privileged to work with Fr. Frank DeSiano and Fr.

Charlie Brunick, of the

Paulist

Fathers, the beautiful Daughters of St. Paul,

Bishop William Houck,

former

President of the Catholic Church Extension

Society and a former Chair

of the

USCCB'

Evangelization Committee

(now allegedly retired...)

and Fr.

John Hurley, former Executive Director

of the Secretariat of the

Conference of Catholic

Bishops, organizer of the fabulous NAICE

Conference

in Portland in 2003, and

now the founding Director of the Paulist's

North

American

Office for Reconciliation

I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with the other talented and inspired

members of the Evangelization Committee, the awesome deacons we've

worked with and all of the lay volunteers who helped with the Evangelization

Institutes over the last few years.

Mostly, I have been blessed to have the guidance and encouragement of my

dear

cousin, Michael Warfel, Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, who is the one who got

involved in all of this evangelization business!

Much has been given to me, and I believe it was meant to be shared freely.

with

any evangelization pr

oject I undertake, my goal is to help even

just one

person

When

you consider the battle waged every day in the minds of men and

women

between

good and evil, right and wrong, one cannot help but realize the

immense

value of

even just one soul.

I hope you enjoy this site. It was built for you

or perhaps someone you love

. If

you have ideas on how to

improve

or evangelization ideas you want to share

feel free to e-mail me

at Linda.Weaver@cna.com.

If you think there is

anything

useful here, share the

website with your friends, family, parishioners

and co-

workers

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION:

It can change the world.

Spread the Word!

Faithfully yours,

Linda Weaver

March 1

, 2007

Chicago, Illinois

Linda.Weaver@cna.com

Updated:

7/9