The Contagious Catholic: The Art of Practical Evangelization

by Marcel Lejeune

Following Christ's own strategy and drawing from years of evangelization experience, Marcel LeJeune diagnoses the common problems that Catholics face when it comes to sharing the Faith. He offers simple but profound strategies to overcome these problems. Fruitful evangelization hinges on personal renewal, commitment to Christ, and readiness to become the missionary disciples we re all called to be.

In this book, you will learn . . .

how to develop a deeply personal relationship with Jesus Christ
how to invite people to know and love Jesus Christ
how to evangelize your family members
when to evangelize with words versus actions
how much of it is our work
how much of it is the Holy Spirit s and more . . . !

Genres: Nonfiction

200 pages, Paperback

Published March 3, 2020

About the author

Marcel LeJeune is the author of "Set Free to Love: Lives Changed by the Theology of the Body" (Servant Books – September 2010), "Cleansed: A Catholic Guide to Freedom From Porn" (Pauline Books and Media - 2016), and he is a contributor to three other books. Marcel's articles have been published in many national Catholic magazines, newspapers, and websites. He is a regular guest on EWTN radio and Relevant Radio. He has also been featured on EWTN Television. He blogs at Aggie Catholics blog, one of the most popular Catholic blogs in the country.

Marcel is blessed to be the Assistant Director of Campus Ministry at St. Mary's Catholic Center at Texas A&M University since 2006, the largest campus ministry in the country. He oversees the ministry team and all of the daily operation of the ministries and programs. Previously he was the Director of Campus Ministry at St. Elizabeth's University Parish at Texas Tech University.

Marcel is also an international speaker who speaks on a wide variety of topics covering Catholicism, faith, evangelization, sexuality, and culture.

He holds a Master of Theological Studies, specializing in Pastoral Theology and is a certified campus minister.

Marcel and his wife, Kristy, have five children.

Reviews

[Candida · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical evangelism

This is not a practice that many Catholics are raised to study. When I came across this book I was interested in what the author advised. I liked the way this book was written.

[Krista · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've loved hearing Marcel LeJeune speak and his approach to discipleship / mentoring others. This book was good, and perhaps more profound for someone who isn't steeped in ministry (it's my job). He offers good principles and makes a strong case for evangelization, but I found myself wanting more of the practicals. Overall, a good read for someone wanting to learn more about evangelization and what direction one might start to take in doing it.

[Neal Salan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A helpful book for those belonging to mainline churches (here specifically the Roman Catholic church) who are interested in sharing their faith, but who find the idea of street corner preaching unpalatable or downright terrifying. Sharing our faith with others isn't easy, but this book offers helpful thoughts on how we might approach the task.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great tips here on what we should all be doing as Christians - evangelizing and making disciples!

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is a good book on Evangelization, not perfect, but a simple, quick read that will help you start thinking about many of the problems that are inherently part of the subject. In a world that focuses more and more on mass media, I think the call to return to thinking of Evangelization as personal (or person to person) is encouraging. As is his treatment of how we should think of evangelization, and ideas about how to put it in practice in situations like work or our family life. On the other hand I think there is a strong bias towards extroverts, the convert/revert narrative, and some of the arguments, while they work on paper, worry me that they will go wrong when you put real people into the mix. An example of the latter is the chapter on small group (which may be one of the best in the book), which could make amazing small groups, but I could also see it making insular cliques. That is not saying that I will not try some of his suggestions, just that it is painted in the best possible light.