Good News, Bad News: Evangelization, Conversion and the Crisis of Faith »

Fr. John McCloskey has become a famous "convert maker" in the power corridors close to the White House and various government agencies. Having run the well-known Catholic Information Center in the heart of Washington, DC since 1998 and ending in 2004, this brought McCloskey in direct contact with numerous well-known and lesser known Washington figures who have been directly instructed, encouraged and assisted into the Catholic Church by this priest-evangelist.

This work is a joint effort of McCloskey and Russell Shaw, a well-known Catholic author and speaker who also works in the DC area. Based on the great success and influence that Father McCloskey has had in helping instruct many converts to Catholicism, especially numerous high profile DC figures, this book is a powerful combination of the methods, theology, and theories that McCloskey uses in his evangelization efforts.

In addition to his compelling insights on how to teach or share the faith in a winning, inspiring way, this work includes the contributions of several dozen converts of Fr. McCloskey who give their own moving testimonies of why they converted to Catholicism, and how that life-changing journey happened for each of them. Many of their writings reveal extraordinary perception regarding the workings of grace and the dynamics of the spiritual life.

Acknowledgments     9
Introduction     13
Doing as the Romans Did     23
Popping the Question...of Faith     32
Opportunities and Obstacles     40
The Impulse to Convert     51
Making Converts     61
Who Are the Converts?     72
A Handy-Dandy How-to-Do-It Kit     89
Apologetics for Evangelization     103
Put Out into the Deep     115
Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan     129