John J. Boucher: Evangelization, Spirituality and Ministry Consultant
member of PRAE, Parish Renewal and Evangelization in the Diocese of Worcester, MA
During 2022, John has been offering an interactive Zoom course: Keys to Evangelizing Inactive Catholics.
John’s earlier background includes ministry as Director of Evangelization in the Diocese of Trenton. In this position he created a monthly/quarterly newsletter, “Vibrant Parish Life,” publicizing diocesan and parish adult formation and ministry training (circulation: 4,000). This tool helped generate ideas about programming. John’s background also includes ministry as Director of Evangelization in the Diocese of Trenton.
He also co-founded the “Young Adult Evangelization Consultation” (eight diocesan ministries banded together to help parishes evangelize young adults more effectively). The purpose of this group was to help parish leaders reach the 90+% of 20s-30s adults who are not connected with parish life.
As Internet Project Manager for ParishLife.com, offered by RENEW International John published 13 fifty to sixty page online booklets (including interactive workshops) on topics areas such as, “Evangelization,” “Small Christian Communities,” “Ministries,” “Mary,” “Church,” “Holiness,” “Stewardship,” and “Social Justice.”
John and his wife Therese were also co-winner of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL) 2010 New Wineskins Award for extraordinary achievement in innovative catechetical and evangelization efforts on a diocesan level. The award was for the Christmas Carol Festival: A New Way to Reach Inactive Catholics
John has also authored hundreds of 200 articles, audio presentations, and video presentations, music videos, as well as, over 20 online evangelization articles (with handouts) in cooperation with Paulist Evangelization Ministries. The majority of these articles and exercises are now included in the book, Sharing the Faith that You Love.
Mending Broken Relationships, Building Strong Ones (Word Among Us, 2015)
Sharing the Faith that You Love (Word Among Us, 2014)
Praying for our Adult Sons and Daughters (Word Among Us, 2012)
Christmas Carol Festival: A New Way to Reach Inactive Catholics (2008)
From Ashes to Fire: Parish Evangelization Manual (CHARISM, 2000)
An Introduction to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (St Anthony Messenger Press, 2004, Servant 1994)
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Zoom Workshops 2020-2021 sponsored by PRAE. Diocese of Worcester, MA. Host and presenter.
“Rediscover Your Spiritual Roots” –Designed to enable a Diocesan wide outreach to inactive Catholics; this series were for Priests, Parish Staffs, and Evangelization Teams from 73 parishes in the Diocese of Springfield, MA
Evangelization training —Dioceses of Syracuse and Paterson, Arch Diocese of Newark (2014, 2015); Diocese of Portland, ME (2014, 2015), Archdiocese of Hartford (2015), Diocese of Pensacola, FL (2012)
Webinar “Hope for Broken Relationships” — National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (2015)
“Parish Leadership” and “Parish Pastoral Councils” workshops, Diocesan Pastoral Planning Regional Meetings, Diocese of Trenton (2009)
“The Evangelizing Catholic,” Paulist Evangelization Training Institute Online, Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association, Washington, DC (2009)
“Welcoming and Inviting: Giving the Gift of Hospitality,” Living Eucharist Conference, Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL. (2008)
“Keys to Reaching Inactive Catholics,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Arch/diocesan Evangelization Leaders’ In-service (2008)