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Reporting on several grass-roots projects undertaken in America, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America-and other regions where ""faith"" is a new word-journalist Philip F. Lawler offers a realistic report on the strategies and techniques used by activists to deliver the Catholic message. Reporting on both the failures and successes across a vast array of evangelist organizations-including schools, parishes, pro-life groups, and home schools-Lawler ultimately creates a portrait of a solid, active, and inspiring segment of fervent believers who walk the path of the apostles to speak the word of God.

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Philip Lawler, one of the steadiest Catholic journalists alive and author of Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture-- the best book on the priestly abuse crisis ... has put together a valuable collection of essays on things that are going right in the Church: When Faith Goes Viral: 11 Success Stories on the New Evangelization from Alabama to Vladivostok . This is not a book to read and forget, but an invitation to action in whatever way you might feel moved to make something happen in the Church - and the world. Pick up this little anthology for your pre-Christmas reading. Its inspiring chapters may help you, despite all temptations to Scrooge-like cynicism about our postmodern world, to welcome the commemoration of the birth of the Savior with greater joy and, who knows, maybe even a greater hope. --Robert Royal, TheCatholicthing.org

Effective evangelization is a crucial question for the Church and it's good to see that Philip Lawler, an experienced and fair-minded journalist, has turned his attention to studying and highlighting programs that actually work. --Robert Royal, president, Faith & Reason Institute, author, The God That Did Not Fail

Few U.S. Catholics have written with as much balance and insight as Phil Lawler about what's wrong with the Church in America. That's why he just might be the best person alive to help the faithful see what the Church is doing right. --Rod Dreher, Senior Editor, The American Conservative

Philip Lawler, one of the steadiest Catholic journalists alive and author of Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston s Catholic Culture the best book on the priestly abuse crisis has put together a valuable collection of essays on things that are going right in the Church: When Faith Goes Viral: 11 Success Stories on the New Evangelization from Alabama to Vladivostok. This is not a book to read and forget, but an invitation to action in whatever way you might feel moved to make something happen in the Church and the world. Pick up this little anthology for your pre-Christmas reading. Its inspiring chapters may help you, despite all temptations to Scrooge-like cynicism about our postmodern world, to welcome the commemoration of the birth of the Savior with greater joy and, who knows, maybe even a greater hope. Robert Royal, TheCatholicthing.org

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Phil F. Lawler is the editor of Catholic World News and the author of The Alternative Influence: The Impact of Investigative Reporting on American Media and The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture. He lives in South Lancaster, Massachusetts.

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