How can we turn ‘Christmas Catholics’ into regular Massgoers?

Church Meets World: The America Magazine Podcast

America This Week Our guest this week is Jack Bentz, S.J., of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. He previously served as the director of the Catholic Student Center at Boise State. We discuss his recent article: How parishes can turn ‘Christmas Catholics’ into regular Massgoers. We also discuss these articles: “Mary Poppins Returns,” but what is she doing here? US Catholic bishops begin retreat to pray over clergy sexual abuse scandal Most people aren’t talking about God anymore—but they want to

About Podcast

This is where the Catholic Church meets the most interesting and consequential issues of our time. Each episode explores a different topic through immersive stories told by America’s editors. “Church Meets World” is the best of our award-winning magazine content reimagined in podcast form. It’s not only what you read in our pages but how you hear it. Presented by Maggi Van Dorn and Sebastian Gomes.