{"id":3773,"date":"2006-03-25T12:39:11","date_gmt":"2006-03-25T12:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/energizing-catholics.html"},"modified":"2006-03-25T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2006-03-25T12:39:11","slug":"energizing-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/energizing-catholics.html","title":{"rendered":"Energizing Catholics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NYTimes takes note of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s evangelization effort in this article.<\/a> The piece features the Archdiocese’s excellent choice, Fr. Robert Barron, as a person to really get this thing going and focus:<\/p>\n

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When the Rev. Robert Barron talks about why he thinks Jesus is the answer to what is missing in people’s lives, he mentions St. Augustine’s writings about the restlessness of the human heart. He also evokes less common figures in Roman Catholic sermons: Mick Jagger and Bono.<\/p>\n

One sings about not getting satisfaction and the other about not finding what he was looking for, but both rock stars address the same sense of longing, said Father Barron, 46, a theology professor at the University of St. Mary of the Lake\/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Ill.<\/p>\n

"This is what Billy Graham has always done," said Father Barron, the host of an evangelical Catholic radio program and the author of seven books. "To show, you’re not satisfied, are you? I’ve got what can satisfy you."<\/p>\n

Father Barron was called by Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago, to "jump-start" evangelization in the archdiocese with a focus on energizing Catholics about their faith and drawing inactive Roman Catholics back to the church. Chicago, with 2.3 million Catholics, is the third-largest diocese in the United States.<\/p>\n

The yearlong endeavor, called Mission Chicago 2006, has included a three-day Festival of Faith at a convention center, a day of round-the-clock confessions with 70 priests on hand, a series of six sermons by Father Barron and the distribution of 2,500 motivational DVD’s<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fr. Barron’s website, which has audio copies of his homilies available for download<\/a><\/p>\n

Archdiocese website – scroll down a bit for Mission Chicago events<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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