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INSTITUTE FOR EVANGELIZATION

Resources

The Institute for Evangelization has curated resources that can support your parish renewal efforts. These resources range from sacramental formation to small groups to growing your core team. Please contact your Emmaus Team if you have questions about any of these resources or how to implement them at your parish.

FACET

Foundations Applied Conversation & Education Tool (FACET) is a paper-based inventory that provides objective insight into a couples relationship and includes a narrative section that allows couples to respond to open-ended questions. FACET is also very effective for Spanish-language communities because it is paper-based. Learn More

FOCCUS

Facilitating Open Couple Communication Understanding & Study (FOCCUS) is the most widely used Catholic preparation inventory that was developed by the Archdiocese of Omaha. FOCCUS is web-based, which provides for immediate results. Learn More

PREPARE-ENRICH

Prepare-Enrich is the most widely used of these inventories but not Catholic in its origins. However, there is a Catholic version of the inventory. It is the most robust and dynamic inventory, including applications for marriage. Learn More

Witness to Love

A novel mentor couple program that focuses on building virtues for relationships and is rooted in attachment theory. Learn More

Unveiled

Unveiled was developed by the Diocese of Richmond and SpiritJuice productions. Features Mark Hart, Dr. John Grabowski, Andrew and Terri Lyke, and numerous other married couples. Learn More

Joined by Grace

Joined by Grace is an Ave Maria Press product that was authored by longtime marriage and family ministers, John and Teri Bosio. It can be used in multiple formats including, small group, pre-Cana retreat, and sponsor couple. Learn More

Better Together

Better Together was created by Dynamic Catholic and features Allen Hunt, Lisa Brenninkmeyer, Sarah Swafford and many others. It can be used in multiple formats including, small group, pre-Cana retreat, and sponsor couple. Learn More

Joy-Filled Marriage

Joy-Filled Marriage is a very recent update to the previous Ascension Press program. The new program provides excellent speakers with a clear presentation of the Church’s teaching on marriage, through the lens of the Theology of the Body. Learn More

Beloved: Finding Happiness in Marriage

Marriage Preparation Material. Learn More

INSTITUTE FOR

Evangelization

The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Institute for Evangelization is a new model for engagement with parishes seeking to realize their evangelizing mission more fully.
The Institute is composed of four offices that collaborate closely to ensure that support is never “one-size fits all” but can adapt to the changing needs of each parish community.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is the Institute for Evangelization?

The Institute for Evangelization was created by Archbishop Lori in February 2021 and given its charge from A Light Brightly Visible 2.0. The Institute exists to support parishes and pastorates in their local evangelizing mission. It provides parish leaders with practical tools to clarify their vision, unify their parish, and mobilize for mission.

What is new about this approach?

The Institute is built on the idea of subsidiarity, which means that efforts should be carried out at the lowest level possible so that the parishes are empowered to make decisions on issues that affect them at the local level. Evangelization is done through relationships, so the Institute supports and equips parishes in their local evangelizing efforts and offers programs and ministries that require an archdiocesan response.

Have other dioceses and archdioceses created Institutes?

In recent years, many dioceses and archdioceses around the United States have recognized the growing need to support “New Evangelization” efforts. Some have created institutes, but few have created institutes that support parishes in the same manner that the Office for Parish Renewal and the “Emmaus Teams” supports parishes.

What are Emmaus Teams?

The Office of Parish Renewal has three teams, each with two Parish Renewal Specialists. Each team of two is called an Emmaus Team, which is rooted in the story of accompaniment on the road to Emmaus and Jesus’ exhortation to go two-by-two. These Specialists are well versed in the latest evangelization resources as well as organizational health tools. Every parish or pastorate will have an Emmaus Team.

What is the “New Evangelization”?

The new Evangelization speaks to the urgent need to proclaim the Gospel using new “ardor, methods, and expression.” In 1975, Saint Paul VI issued Evangelii Nuntandi, which is about evangelization in the modern world. From St. John Paul II to Pope Francis there has been a consistent exhortation to proclaim the Gospel using new “ardor, methods, and expression.”

Is Pastoral Planning still happening?

Yes. The Emmaus Teams will be able to support parishes and pastorates in their planning efforts. While the phased process for planning will look different each pastorate is expected to undergo planning and Emmaus Teams will be able to support pastorates in preparation for planning, during planning, and during the implementation process. These teams will ensure a seamless process of Archdiocesan support.