NW Paulist Center for Evangelization & Reconciliation

Giving the Word a Voice in the Great Northwest

2408 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214

ph: 231-4955, Ext. 111

Services

WORKSHOPS & TRAINING

My Local Parish Situation - Evaluating My Parish:  Tools to help evaluate evangelization effectiveness

Public Relations - Techniques for the Parish:  A look at how others see us and how we present ourselves to the wider community

Successful Home Visitation (2 Sessions):  Session One: What is home visitation?  What to do & how to do it.  What not to do.  Planning in the local area.  Session Two: Training the visitors, designing and preparing the visit, designing the materials to be used in the Visit. 

  • OUTREACH TO INACTIVE CATHOLICS

        Evangelizing Inactive Catholics:  Who are they?  Why do people leave and why do they come back?  Where do we find them?

    Introduction to Landings and Other Techniques

        1. Landings is a Paulist developed  process for inviting and welcoming inactive Catholics seeking to reconnect with the Church.  The emphasis is on small group faith sharing and welcoming, providing a smooth 'landing place' for Catholics seeking to return. 

        2. Catholics Reaching Out is a PNCEA (Paulist National Catholic Evanagelization Association) process to help the parish and parishioners to personally invite inactive member to return to the practice of their faith.

  • OUTREACH TO THE UNCHURCHED

    Accepting Jesus Christ in the Catholic Tradition - 5 Steps to Introduce the Catholic Faith:  How do Catholics see themselves as 'reborn' or twice born in Jesus?   Helps Catholics see and explain their faith in terms of their personal experiences of God in their daily lives.

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INSTITUTE OF CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION
 
A two-day, seven-session workshop offering intensive training in parish-based evangelization
 
The Paulist Fathers are hopeful of offering a Catholic Institute of Evangelization at least twice a year in various locations throughout the Archdiocese.  If your Parish or Vicariate or other agency or proup in the archdiocese is interested in co-hosting an Institute, please contact us. 
 

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2408 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214

ph: 231-4955, Ext. 111