Michael J. Sanem

Michael J. Sanem ministers in Kansas City, Missouri, and writes regularly at www.incarnationiseverywhere.com. He is the author of the forthcoming Your Church Wants to Hear From You: What Is the Synod on Synodality? from Liturgical Press.

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People pray during Mass April 17, 2016, at Holy Redeemer Church in Detroit. The Mass was the site of a "Mass Mob" event, an evangelization effort aimed at boosting regular Mass attendance. (CNS/Jim West)

The 'new evangelization' has problems, but a synodal approach can help

Commentary: Often our evangelization efforts are linked with bad theology and clerical attitudes. A better approach would be to realize that everything we do as Catholics is a touchpoint of evangelization.

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