Living as Missionary Disciples in Parishes and Catholic Schools June 7, 2023
Parishes, dioceses and Catholic schools across the United States are seeking to understand and implement the call to New Evangelization - to re-propose the person of Christ to their people.
Burning Hearts Disciples builds relationships with parishes, dioceses, and schools who are ready to take the next step toward creating a culture of intentional discipleship.
Please join us as we delve into how we can better live out the call to be missionary disciples in our lives both inside and outside the walls of our parishes and schools and how we can effectively pass on the proclamation of the Gospel to others.
If you would like to talk to someone about planning for evangelization & discipleship, hosting a parish mission/retreat, or forming a team of missionary disciples, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Share your story! Tell us about your experience of the Workshop.
Session i: Mission & Identity
Downloads
Additional Reading
Living as Missionary Disciples: Resource for Evangelization (USCCB) 
Evangelii Nuntiandi: On Evangelization in the Modern World (Pope Paul VI) 
Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing & Following Jesus (Sherry Weddell) 
Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel
(Pope Francis) 
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
(Simon Sinek)
Quotes
Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize.
Pope Paul VI, Evangellii Nuntiandi
Faith is the “primary victim” of a Church that does not live out of its missionary identity. But the good news is that faith -- the ability to trust and believe -- will flourish in a missionary environment.
Session iI: PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS
Downloads
Additional Reading/Watching/Listening
Jesus: The Story You Thought You Knew (Deacon Keith Strohm) 
The Ultimate Relationship
(Catholic Christian Outreach)
The Gathering Place Podcast Episode 123: All We Have to Do is Say Yes (Blessed Is She) 
Falling Plates: A short film about life, death, and the love of a savior
(Cru)
What is the kerygma (the core Gospel proclamation)?
Helping Adults dive more personally into the message of the kerygma
Sharing the kerygma with children & teens
Session iII: THE POWER OF STORY
Downloads
Additional Reading/Listening
Loved as I Am
(Sr. Miriam James Heidland) 
Sharing the Faith That You Love
(John & Therese Boucher) 
Every Knee Shall Bow Podcast (Epsidoe 89): The Power of Storytelling
Key Quotes
The light of faith is linked to concrete life-stories. (Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei, 12)
Faith is not the product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being. Both these things may be present, but they remain insufficient without the ‘listening’ through which God, from without, from a story he himself created challenges me. (Pope Benedict XVI, October 2015 Interview)
If you would like to continue the conversation about making disciples in your parish or school - or talk to someone about how to discover, unpack, and share your story of faith, please don't hesitate to contact us.