“Mission is interpersonal, not virtual” – Catholic World Report

In many ways, in most places, things are starting to get “back to normal”. While the threat of further shutdowns and restrictions hangs over our heads like the Sword of Damocles, when the opportunity arises to do something the way it was done before, many people jump at the opportunity. People are traveling again, they are getting on airplanes, going to restaurants, going to the movies, having parties. And some of us are attending conferences. Recently, for example, I was at the St. John Bosco Conference for Evangelization and Catechesis, held at Franciscan University of Steubenville. For attendees at such conferences, why is it one of the activities/events that they are in a hurry to return to? Hundreds of people travelled from all over the country (and even from as far as Nigeria) to gather in Steubenville, Ohio, to discuss how best to teach the Catholic faith. The event, ultimately, was about the salvation of souls, which should be the primary concern for any catechist—or, indeed, any Catholic, any Christian.

“Mission is interpersonal, not virtual” – Catholic World Report