This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and guest host Sebastian unpack the trend of “hot priests” on social media with Maggie Phillips, a contributing writer for Tablet Magazine.
Evangelization
Posted inFaith and Reason
Is there salvation outside baptism? A better way of looking at a difficult question
Nothing in revelation requires us to believe that salvation must be easy, likely or equally accessible to all, but it cannot be categorically impossible.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The Vatican’s Catholic influencer Jubilee is worth celebrating—and scrutinizing
As hundreds of Catholic content creators descend on Rome for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, it’s worth asking: What’s the best way to evangelize online?
Posted inFaith, News
Meet the 88-year-old scooter-riding catechist from Singapore who has brought 2,000 people into church
For the past 34 years, Andrew Goh has ridden his scooter around Singapore to bring the Catholic faith to the elderly and housebound.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Catholic influencers have a media theory (and evangelization) problem
Do the social networks that Catholic influencers are forming online reflect the values of the Gospel or those of the platform?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Aimee Semple McPherson, America’s first media evangelist
In “Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson,’ Claire Hoffman delivers with a fast-paced page turner on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson. This biography brings into print another review of the achievements and personal failures of this major pioneer of media evangelism.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Mission and vision: Stephen Bevans and Catholic theology
Among those recognized at two theology conferences in June was Stephen Bevans, S.V.D., to whom the Catholic Theological Society of America gave its highest honor, the John Courtney Murray Award.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The apostle Barnabas and barstool evangelization
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle, by Ashley McKinless
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
A neglected aspect of Ignatian spirituality: Becoming God’s instruments
The whole semantic field of ‘tool’ and ‘instrument’ is fraught with negative moral connotations. St. Ignatius’ writings , however, show a different tendency. There, ‘instrument’ both serves as a central spiritual category and bears a positive connotation.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Popes Francis and Benedict agree: we must not confuse proselytism and evangelization
If our true desire is for others to know Christ, we must imitate him. Authentic evangelization is not accomplished through clever argumentation but by bearing witness to the working of God’s love and mercy in our lives.