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Office of Evangelization
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What We Do...The Office of Evangelization collaborates with lay and ordained parish and school leadership to integrate mission into the fabric of everything we do. The Church responds to the signs of the times in the light of the gospel. This is a creative task that discerns the call of the Holy Spirit in the life of the community.
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Current Initiatives
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The Good News(letter)The Church has a mission of evangelization, so the Church should support people in living out this mission. The Good News(letter) was created to support just that for people in the Diocese of Davenport. Our efforts should be rooted in personal encounter, not cookie cutter or distant. This is a person-centered evangelization. We are going to support your efforts in 3 ways: story, action, and formation.
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Becoming the Good NewsWe received a grant to form parish leaders and leadership groups more deeply in evangelization. We all know that our mission is evangelization, but the question of how to do this is challenging. We will create space for conversation and creativity to help participants reflect more deeply on their experience as we read becoming the Good News together. The cost of the book is covered by the grant. Contact Patrick Schmadeke ([email protected]) with any questions.We will kick off in Fall 2026. More info to come soon!
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What We BelieveFriendship with Jesus, wonder at the splendor of creation, a life lived at the service of others, and moments of communion in the life of the Church—there is nothing quite like these. They all point us back to our source: the God who made us.We believe that the glory of God is the human person fully alive. We discover this alive-ness, when we see the world as God sees it. This impels us forward, breaks and fills our hearts, and invites us to live as Jesus lived: to encounter and accompany one another in each moment along life’s journey. The Holy Spirit is calling, and we respond with renewed commitment and awe at the marvel of God’s beauty. We believe that falling in love with God changes everything, and when we journey together on our pilgrim way, we come face to face with the God who made us.
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Contact Us
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Patrick Schmadekeschmadekedavenportdiocese.orgDirector of Evangelization
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Want to Brush Up on Evangelization?
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January 11 - December 13, 2023
- Ephphatha, Church, be open! (December 13, 2023)
- Proclamation is in the Holy Spirit (December 6, 2023)
- Proclamation is for today (November 29, 2023)
- Proclamation is for everyone (November 22, 2023)
- Proclamation is joy (November 15, 2023)
- Madeleine Delbrêl. The joy of faith among non-believers (November 8, 2023)
- Saints Cyril and Methodius, apostles of the Slavs (October 25, 2023)
- Saint Charles de Foucauld, the beating heart of charity in the hidden life (October 18, 2023)
- Josephine Bakhita: witness of the transforming power of Christ's forgiveness (October 11, 2023)
- Saint Daniel Comboni, apostle for Africa and a prophet of mission (September 20, 2023)
- Blessed José Gregorio Gernández Cisneros, doctor of the poor and apostle of peace (September 13, 2023)
- To pray and to serve with joy: Kateri Tekakwitha, first native saint of North America (August 30, 2023)
- The proclamation [of the Gospel] in the mother tongue: St Juan Diego, messenger of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 23, 2023)
- Witnesses: Saint Mary Mackillop (June 28, 2023)
- Witnesses: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, patron of the missions (June 7, 2023)
- Witnesses: Venerable Matteo Ricci (May 31, 2023)
- Witnesses: Saint Andrea Kim Tae-gon (May 24, 2023)
- Witnesses: Saint Francis Xavier (May 17, 2023)
- Witnesses: monasticism and the power of intercession. Gregory of Narek (April 26, 2023)
- Witnesses: the martyrs (April 19, 2023)
- Witnesses: Saint Paul. 2 (April 12, 2023)
- Witnesses: Saint Paul. 1 (March 29, 2023)
- The first way of evangelization: witness (March 22, 2023)
- The Second Vatican Council. 2. Being apostles in an apostolic Church (March 15, 2023)
- The Second Vatican Council. 1. Evangelization as ecclesial service (March 8, 2023)
- The protagonist of the proclamation: the Holy Spirit (February 22, 2023)
- The first apostolate (February 15, 2023)
- Jesus teacher of proclamation (January 25, 2023)
- Jesus, model of evangelization (January 18, 2023)
- The call to apostolate (Mt 9:9-13) (January 11, 2023)
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Reflections from Archbishop Zinkula
- We desperately need a new evangelization or re-evangelization (January 2020)
- Five paths to reach out to the ‘nones’ (November 2019)
- Resources will never replace relationships (October 2019)
- An example of thinking outside the box (August 2019)
Reflections from Patrick Schmadeke
- Welcoming the afternoon (August 2023)
- The Church as a tent: A dynamic image for the Church (June 2023)
- The Church as the people of God (May 2023)
- Welcoming and belonging: getting out of a rut (April 2023)
- 'Belonging proceeds believing' (March 2023)
- One thing about apologetics and evangelization - part two (February 2023)
- One thing about apologetics and evangelization (January 2023)
- Evangelization: getting the word out about Jesus (September 2022)
- What happens when we slow down and listen? (July 2022)
- Two peas in a pod: evangelization and synodality (March 2022)
- The Church of the third millennia: evangelization and the upcoming synod (October 2021)
- Evangelization: a working definition (July 2021)
- Evangelization: an effective starting point for common meaning (June 2021)
- What does evangelization mean to you? (May 2021)
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The Church on the Way
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