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November 7, 2018
Before we get started • Everyone is muted. • There will be time for Q&A. • This is going to be interactive. • Introducing your facilitators: Paul Jarzembowski and Marilyn Santos
identifying the moments of return
Christmas – 68% Ash Wednesday – 45% Easter – 52% Average Weekly Attendance – 26% *Data from Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Georgetown University
Who else celebrates Christmas? • Nine in ten people in the United States (91%) personally celebrate Christmas. o Not all self-identified as Christians. • 63% think Christmas should include a visit to a church… and 47% actually attend! (including some atheists and agnostics).
“Family traditions are the most important part of Christmas to me.”
1. Prepare the community. 2. Keep the momentum going. 3. Anticipate the next encounter.
See crowded Christmas Masses as your first Christmas gifts . Think of some creative ways to welcome the newcomers to church . Reorient your ministries towards invitation and accompaniment .
Engage and resource the family about Christmas and about faith. Develop service opportunities . Connect with youth and young adults and invite them to go deeper.
Get to know your prospective “audiences” and ways to connect them with your parish. Invest in Lenten resources. Create a digital Lenten retreat for busy yet spiritual people.
It takes a team. Christmas is a great place to start. Be more conscious of the moments of return. The USCCB has additional resources: www.usccb.org store.usccb.org www.catholiccurrent.org
Register for the Catholic Current 101 webinar December 6 at www.usccb.org/cc101. Visit www.usccb.org/catholiccurrent. For questions, email catholiccurrent@usccb.org, or call 202-541-3049
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