More than 80 people, many of them involved in parish work or ministries, gathered in Portland and Caribou, Maine, for a daylong workshop intended to help parish staffs, ministries, and organizations be more effective in bringing people to God.
“We hope that we’re able to give people a vision of evangelization and some of the practical pointers… in relating to all the different people who comes in contact with the parish. The bottom line is that we need to believe that God brought them, whether it’s a parent who wants first Communion or somebody who needs to bury someone. They have their reasons, but I think God has His reasons for bringing them to us. So we need to treat them as if there is something ready to be touched in their lives,” said Therese Boucher.