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Congratulations, Valerie!
Congratulations to new subscriber Valerie Peters, the winner of the April drawing. When the book is published, she will receive a free copy of Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story from the first batch of published books.
Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies made its debut April 30 on CatholicMom.com. An excerpt from the Preface of the book gives you a sneak peek into how the book came about. Now you can find Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.
Why Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story?
Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies is based on 1 Peter 3:15,
Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope
Every baptized Christian is called to evangelize, yet many Catholics find personal evangelism intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be! In Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies, I show you that evangelization can be simply a matter of letting others know how God has worked in your life.
As I explain the importance of being able to bear witness to God’s love by sharing your faith story, I share my own story of lifelong conversion and show you how to recognize the ways God has been drawing you closer to him throughout your life. You’ll also get ten tips on how to share your story in a way that is natural, effective, and un-intimidating.
In the second part of the book, you’ll read more than thirty personal faith stories by Catholics from all walks of life—converts and “reverts,” clergy, religious, and layfolk who tell their own unique stories of how God has drawn them gradually closer into his loving embrace. These authors include women and men from the United States and Canada. Plus I share my conversion and renewal stories and Gary Zimak tells a stirring story in the Foreword to the book.
The testimonies
You’ll find first-person testimonies written by Julie Davis, Virginia Pillars, Michael Fraley, Cheryl Ann Wills, John Chomistek, Robert Kurland, Jeannie Ewing, Elizabeth Reardon, Cynthia Gill Bates, Tima Borges, Lisa Nicholas, Karl Erickson, Greg Wasinski, Colleen Spiro, Neil Combs. Sr. Anne Marie Walsh SOLT, Jennifer Fitz, Lyn Mettler, Virginia Lieto, Brian Gill, Melanie Jean Juneau, and Kevin Luskus, all experienced authors and bloggers.
For Margaret Reveira, Bill Alexander, Rob Brull, Bishop Mark Seitz, Gloria Castro, Cyndi Lucky, Marie Therese Kceif, and Diane Roe, this is their first publication experience.
Faithful witnesses
All the contributing authors are faithful, enthusiastic Catholics serving the Church in the Faith Formation, RCIA, Christ Renews His Parish, ACTS Ministry, Youth Ministry, Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Knights of Columbus, Marriage Encounter, and diocesan ministries.
Many are Catholic schoolteachers, and the faithful parishioners you will see as lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and willing volunteers. They have unique tory to tell you about how God has transformed their lives.
If you’ve ever wished you could be a more effective witness to God’s truth and love, you can learn to share YOUR Catholic faith story. You have a story only you can tell, and someone needs to hear it!
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