Evangelizing Parishes: Becoming Centers for the New Evangelization 
Parishes that are centers for the new evangelization are parishes where everyone and everything is directed towards one goal: forming intentional disciples.  This training session, which reviews the Seven Traits of an Amazing Parish and the Five Components of an Evangelizing Parish, is meant to provide an understanding of the foundation on which evangelizing parishes are built.

• Evangelizing Parishes Handout

"I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church's energies to a New Evangelization...No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church, can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples." - Pope St. John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio (Mission of the Redeemer)

"Pastoral ministry in a missionary key seeks to abandon the complacent attitude that says: 'We have always done it this way.'  I invite everyone to be bold and creative in this task of rethinking the goals, structures, style and methods of evangelization in their respective communities." - Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel)

"If we wonder why, despite the millions of us who follow Christ, the world has not long ago been converted, we need not look far for one solution.  We are not perceived as men on fire.  We look too much like everyone else...At this moment our chief concern is credibility.  Apostles are salesmen.  They are selling something, and to sell one must persuade.  To persuade, one must be believable." - Fr. Tom Dubay, Happy Are You Poor

"I dream of a 'missionary option,' that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church's customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today's world rather than for her self-preservation." - Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel)

A New Pentecost: Inviting All to Follow Jesus by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley

Becoming a Parish of Intentional Disciples - Sherry Weddell, Editor

Divine Renovation: Bringing Your Parish From Maintenance to Mission by Fr. James Mallon

Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter by Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran

Archdiocese of Boston Office of Vocations Resources for Parishes and Collaboratives

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni