0:50 The first major turning point in Peter’s faith and family

6:57 The SECOND major turning point in Peter’s faith journey

10:53 Heather’s story of encounter with Peter at youth conference

13:13 The importance of hungering, thirsting, and seeking for the Lord

14:58 If you don’t know, just pray. God loves to answer

16:00 Why do Catholics tend to “complicate” evangelization?

18:56 Getting past feelings of being “unqualified” for evangelization

25:00 Where are the pockets of hope in the New Evangelization?

Takeaway quote: “All that matters is are you connected to the Lord? I mean, are you in love with him? Are you alive in the Spirit? And (if you are), anything’s possible”

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Some moments of particular interest in their conversation:

0:00 The unique missionary advantage and unique challenges we have in the Catholic Church today

4:20 Person to person relationship is crucial in evangelization

6:08 Why we need to have a “shallow end” in our Church

8:48 The power of the Alpha Weekend and why we shouldn’t cut it out

14:06 Hope is the ground of all that we do, and how we can grow in this virtue

16:55 We need to call on the Holy Spirit and expect the Holy Spirit to come

Takeaway quote: “It’s as simple as this: we need a new Pentecost in the Church. The wind of the Holy Spirit has to breathe.”

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In the course of their engaging conversation they discuss the methodologies employed by CCO missionaries in evangelizing and discipling on campus and in parishes, and how we can engage in “spiritual multiplication” and really change the world!

Some highlights from the conversation include:

0:33 Dealing with a difficult “failure” in discipleship

5:11 The key role of trust, and how modern man often needs to belong before he believes

8:37 Having a missionary heart means making room for people in your life

11:04 Amber’s personal faith journey

15:04 The life-changing power of an invitation

15:40 Spiritual multiplication: what it really is

18:55 Jesus’ model of discipleship: 1 to a few

20:28 Maybe the peripheries are closer than we think

26:26 What it means to be “successful” in evangelization

31:22 A story of spiritual multiplication from an Oklahoma City parish

36:00 What do we mean by “Proclaim, Equip, Commission”?

*Takeaway quote: *
“Sometimes we need to ask ourselves: how long am I willing to walk with someone? Am I willing to stick with them in the long haul? To journey with them for a year, two years, three years… If it took Jesus three years, what makes me think I can do it any quicker?” -Amber Zolc

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Some moments of particular interest in their conversation:

0:00 The problem of complicating a simple sharing of the Gospel

3:00 What Pope Francis says about “pastoral ministry in a missionary style,” and the difference between kerygma and catechesis

5:56 The problem in Church ministry of confusing “not caring” with “not knowing”

9:15 The need to create spaces of belonging for people who don’t believe yet

12:17 Why we must avoid “spiritual vampirism” and truly reflect the heart of the Father

14:43 Alpha is great for those of us who may not have the charism of evangelization

17:32 Alpha as a program vs. Alpha as a culture

21:29 Looking at Alpha as a leadership pipeline

23:05 Looking outward to “the peripheries”

28:35 The “gravitational pull” to be inward focused, and why we need to fight it

Takeaway quote: “The whole thing (Alpha) is geared up to welcome the outsider and just love that person like crazy.”

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Some moments of particular interest in their conversation:

1:22 Fr. James shares his own conversion story, and how the passion that came from it drives his ministry

4:26 The kind of motive that must “ground” our evangelizing mission

5:43 What really makes a missionary disciple

8:40 The universal call to holiness and mission, and what happens when we neglect the second part

11:30 How Jesus models perfectly for us how being relevant does not mean abandoning the essence of who we are

14:42 Why we must lead with evangelization with people who have not yet fallen in love with God

18:12 Is Alpha Catholic?

22:22 The distinction between feeding sheep and catching fish

24:15 Why it is actually an advantage that Alpha comes from outside the Catholic Church

Takeaway quote:

“If your investment in growth as a missionary doesn’t keep pace with your growth as a disciple, 3 things happen: you become weird, judgemental, and irrelevant.” - Fr. James Mallon

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