{"id":1278,"date":"2014-06-26T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2015-06-19T18:55:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T23:55:12","slug":"evangelization-parish-time-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2014\/06\/evangelization-parish-time-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelization & Parish Time Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

At New Evangelizers today, I take a look at how the way we manage our communal time affects our ability to evangelize<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t entirely satisfied with this post, for two reasons:<\/p>\n

Reason #1: I don\u2019t get explicitly into evangelization<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n

People are going to be upset about that. \u00a0I start with the 101\u2019s \u2013 if you can\u2019t get to Mass, if confession times are impossible, if attending faith formation requires NASA-like devotion to getting the minivan launched . . . these things are hindrances to the spiritual life. And hindrances to the spiritual life are hindrances to evangelization. \u00a0That was my implicit logic, and I wished I\u2019d tied those threads together more plainly.<\/p>\n

Instead, I focus on some common errors I hear about in parishes around the country that cause us to undermine our best efforts. \u00a0A sample:<\/p>\n

Last month I wrote about the\u00a0centrality of the Mass in our lives<\/a>, so let\u2019s begin with scheduling the sacraments:<\/p>\n