Why did Bishop Mengeling create FAITH Magazine?
Many Catholics attend Mass weekly and are active participants in the life of the Church. However, a growing number of busy families and individuals find themselves participating less and less. Still others may have had a negative experience, become luke-warm or fallen away altogether. FAITH Magazine was created to reach out to all Catholics with things most everyone has in common like a desire to know Jesus better, share faith stories, get questions answered, be informed on Catholic events, news and teaching. It is something Church leaders call “internal or ongoing evangelization.” It is part of our local answer to Pope John Paul II`s call for a “new evangelization.” Bishop Mengeling created FAITH to evangelize not just people outside of the faith but people within it – you and me. Over time, FAITH hopes to become more of an external evangelization tool – reaching out to those that don`t know Jesus. How is FAITH paid for? The Diocese of Lansing and your parish split the cost of sending
