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Oct 2023
25m 43s

WOF 407: What's Next for the Word on Fir...

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
About this episode

Friends, five years ago, we started what has become the largest online community of Catholic evangelists: the Word on Fire Institute.

Where did this come from, what's the purpose of the Institute, and what's coming next? That's what Brandon Vogt and I discuss on today's episode of "The Word on Fire Show."

A listener asks, will God still create humans in heaven?

00:00 | Intro
01:17 | Bishop Barron's USCCB meeting
02:13 | Updates from the Diocese of Winona-Rochester
04:06 | Where did Word on Fire Institute come from?
08:00 | Building an army of Catholic evangelists
09:36 | St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the Word on Fire Institute
11:04 | Introducing Dr. Petrusek, new Senior Director of the Institute
12:52 | What a fully-formed evangelist looks like
14:53 | Why evangelists should be familiar with popular culture
17:36 | Why Catholic evangelists must understand the "nones"
19:31 | The future of the Word on Fire Institute
21:01 | Master's Degree in Evangelization and Culture w/ University of St. Thomas
22:43 | Listener Question
24:40 | Join the Word on Fire Institute!

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