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The DaVinci Code: A Catholic Response
 Was Jesus really married to Mary Magdalene?
Did the Catholic Church suppress various secret Gospels that "tell the real truth" about Jesus and the early Church?
Did deception and politics determine which books were included and excluded from the Bible?
These are questions that some readers of Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code are asking. And with the worldwide debut of director Ron Howard's film version of the novel coming in May, many others are certain to be exposed to the sensational claims which call into question fundamental orthodox beliefs about Jesus and the Church. To help separate the Catholic truth from fiction, the Catholic bishops have produced Jesus Decoded (and www.jesusdecoded.com), a new hour-long documentary that presents clear and accurate information about the person of Jesus, his disciples, and the formation of the books included in the official canon of the Bible.
Shot on location in Israel, Turkey, and Italy, and making use of an international group of scholars versed in art, history, and Scripture, Jesus Decoded offers a solid Catholic response to "Da Vinci Code believers," concentrating especially on the first three centuries of the development of the Church. The documentary will be distributed to NBC TV stations for broadcast the weekend of May 20 and it will be available to purchase on DVD and video at the same time.
EVANGELIZATION: The Mission that Has the Church - 8/26/2006
Ministry In-service Day
Evangelization is the fundamental mission of the Church. How can we let the call to evangelize shape everything we do as Catholics, as ministers and as parish communities? Includes: Sent on Mission, Steps in the Evangelization Process, Conversion Theory, Who Do We Bring to Jesus? Practical Ways to Reach Out to Inactive Catholics, Effective Whole-Parish Evangelization, and Witnessing to Christ.
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