web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:34:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast) - Episodes Tagged with “Ask A Catholic” https://everykneeshallbow.fireside.fm/tags/ask%20a%20catholic Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500 Lay Catholic evangelists Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle bring you a podcast series that teaches you how to confidently share your Catholic faith with your family members, friends, co-workers, and the strangers you meet on airplanes. Every episode, Mike and Dave give you five steps you can take each week to become an instrument God uses to spread the Gospel, heal hearts, and renew his Church. Be inspired by stories of miraculous conversions and be reminded that God still powerfully intervenes to transform people's lives. en-us episodic Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast Ascension Lay Catholic evangelists Michael Gormley and Dave VanVickle bring you a podcast series that teaches you how to confidently share your Catholic faith with your family members, friends, co-workers, and the strangers you meet on airplanes. Every episode, Mike and Dave give you five steps you can take each week to become an instrument God uses to spread the Gospel, heal hearts, and renew his Church. Be inspired by stories of miraculous conversions and be reminded that God still powerfully intervenes to transform people's lives. no ascension, Ascension Press, Ascension Presents, Dave VanVickle, Mike Gormley, Mike Gomer Gormley, Gomer, catholic church, catholic parish, catholic, ministry, evangelize, evangelization, mission, faith, catholic faith, sharing the gospel, catholicism, Catholic Church, catholic faith, catholic religion, Roman Catholic, Jesus, god, Jesus Christ, ascension catholic, catholic teachings, catholic ministry, catholics, catholic life, christians, christian, christianity, catechist, bible, catechism, Ascension podcasts@ascensionpress.com Ask a Catholic Evangelist: How Can I Share the Gospel with My Family, Parish, and Community? https://everykneeshallbow.fireside.fm/13 18bb4873-687b-4ef6-8fa7-93f25dd2ecf1 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500 Ascension full Ascension Mike and Dave answer your questions about how to get programs going at your parish, how to share the gospel with fallen-away family members, and how to invest in Catholic evangelism as well as catechesis when funds are short. 36:16 no Mike and Dave answer your questions about how to get programs going at your parish, how to share the gospel with fallen-away family members, and how to invest in Catholic evangelism as well as catechesis when funds are short. Snippet from the Show “You have a mission as a layperson ... To not proclaim Jesus Christ and just wait for a priest to do it is a fundamental corruption to your baptismal dignity. Christ is inviting you on this mission. You don’t need anyone else’s permission.” Listener Questions: 1. “My priest isn’t into evangelization, what do I do?” 2. “I have three children, none are truly evangelized, except my oldest daughter who is now evangelical, but ‘at least she has Jesus.’” 3. “I am a DRE who got caught up in the catechesis game. I now want to invest in evangelism, but am at a poor parish.” Resources mentioned: * Christifideles Laici, Chapter 3 * The Great Adventure Bible Studies * No Greater Love by Edward Sri * The Life of Christ by Rev. Fulton Sheen * To Know Christ Jesus by Frank Sheed * Radical Communities by Michael Gormley * Redeemer of Man by Pope St. John Paul II * Catechesi Tradendae, 19-20 5 Practical Tips: 1. Kerygma: Refresh yourself on what the kerygma is and isn’t. 2. Community: Meet up for Eucharistic Adoration and drinks. 3. Reading: Jesus Shock by Peter Kreeft. 4. Intercession: Pray a decade of the Rosary every day for clergy who need conversion. 5. Lent: Don’t let Lent pass you by, be intentional! Prayerfully consider what God wants from you this Lent. Take an hour and figure it out. catholic, evangelist, share the gospel, fallen-away catholics, catholic evangelism Mike and Dave answer your questions about how to get programs going at your parish, how to share the gospel with fallen-away family members, and how to invest in Catholic evangelism as well as catechesis when funds are short.

Snippet from the Show
“You have a mission as a layperson ... To not proclaim Jesus Christ and just wait for a priest to do it is a fundamental corruption to your baptismal dignity. Christ is inviting you on this mission. You don’t need anyone else’s permission.”

Listener Questions:

  1. “My priest isn’t into evangelization, what do I do?”
  2. “I have three children, none are truly evangelized, except my oldest daughter who is now evangelical, but ‘at least she has Jesus.’”
  3. “I am a DRE who got caught up in the catechesis game. I now want to invest in evangelism, but am at a poor parish.”

Resources mentioned:

  • Christifideles Laici, Chapter 3
  • The Great Adventure Bible Studies
  • No Greater Love by Edward Sri
  • The Life of Christ by Rev. Fulton Sheen
  • To Know Christ Jesus by Frank Sheed
  • Radical Communities by Michael Gormley
  • Redeemer of Man by Pope St. John Paul II
  • Catechesi Tradendae, 19-20

5 Practical Tips:

  1. Kerygma: Refresh yourself on what the kerygma is and isn’t.
  2. Community: Meet up for Eucharistic Adoration and drinks.
  3. Reading: Jesus Shock by Peter Kreeft.
  4. Intercession: Pray a decade of the Rosary every day for clergy who need conversion.
  5. Lent: Don’t let Lent pass you by, be intentional! Prayerfully consider what God wants from you this Lent. Take an hour and figure it out.

Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

]]> Mike and Dave answer your questions about how to get programs going at your parish, how to share the gospel with fallen-away family members, and how to invest in Catholic evangelism as well as catechesis when funds are short.

Snippet from the Show
“You have a mission as a layperson ... To not proclaim Jesus Christ and just wait for a priest to do it is a fundamental corruption to your baptismal dignity. Christ is inviting you on this mission. You don’t need anyone else’s permission.”

Listener Questions:

  1. “My priest isn’t into evangelization, what do I do?”
  2. “I have three children, none are truly evangelized, except my oldest daughter who is now evangelical, but ‘at least she has Jesus.’”
  3. “I am a DRE who got caught up in the catechesis game. I now want to invest in evangelism, but am at a poor parish.”

Resources mentioned:

  • Christifideles Laici, Chapter 3
  • The Great Adventure Bible Studies
  • No Greater Love by Edward Sri
  • The Life of Christ by Rev. Fulton Sheen
  • To Know Christ Jesus by Frank Sheed
  • Radical Communities by Michael Gormley
  • Redeemer of Man by Pope St. John Paul II
  • Catechesi Tradendae, 19-20

5 Practical Tips:

  1. Kerygma: Refresh yourself on what the kerygma is and isn’t.
  2. Community: Meet up for Eucharistic Adoration and drinks.
  3. Reading: Jesus Shock by Peter Kreeft.
  4. Intercession: Pray a decade of the Rosary every day for clergy who need conversion.
  5. Lent: Don’t let Lent pass you by, be intentional! Prayerfully consider what God wants from you this Lent. Take an hour and figure it out.

Support Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

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