Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast) Overcome Your Fear of Evangelization
Jan 28, 2026
Jonathan Cardinal, Senior Regional Director at FOCUS who leads campus missionary formation. He talks about one-on-one accompaniment, Bible study-based evangelization, and how training cultivates missionary disciples. Short stories highlight translating campus methods to parish life and developing leaders through formation.
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Accompany Few To Multiply Many
- Focus models Jesus by accompanying a few deeply rather than only preaching to the many.
- Long-term evangelization multiplies when you train and send those a few into mission.
Build Formation On Four Pillars
- Train missionaries in four pillars: human, intellectual, spiritual, apostolic formation.
- Use small 'colleges' (formation groups) to build virtue, character, and daily habits.
Kids Break Evangelization Ice
- Jonathan brought his kids on campus outreach and watched them evangelize fearlessly.
- His daughter would hold a sticker in front of students and refuse to leave until acknowledged.
