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The title of the ACTS II Process, "ACTS II: Conversion, Proclamation, Community", the ACTS II Process, takes its name from the book in the New Testament called the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 2: first the apostles (the leaders) experience conversion; they go out and proclaim Jesus; those who hear and accept Jesus undergo conversion and come into community and the process continues.

When a parish decides to bring in the ACTS II Process, some parishioners are selected (as coordinators) who train their parishioners in the "how to" of evangelization and the ACTS II Process unfolds step by step.

The vision of the process is to revitalize the evangelizing church today toward conversion, proclamation, and community. This Spirit-filled process lovingly leads an individual into a personal relationship with Jesus and to giving testimony to the faith and to the love of Jesus Christ for all men and women. The Process leads to the development of small Christian communities that provide ongoing follow-up for those initially evangelized.

There are four components to the ACTS II Process: Recruitment, the ACTS II Evangelization training, Ongoing Evangelistic Outreach, and the Parish Small Group System.

A pastor decides to bring the ACTS II Process into his parish by selecting some parishioners (as coordinators) who train their parishioners in the "how to" of evangelization and the ACTS II Process unfolds step by step.

Bringing the ACTS II Process into one's parish is no small commitment. A person needs to decide that he or she is ready to be the catalyst in the parish for the training of their parishioners.

The parish needs to purchase the LEADER'S EVANGELIZATION TRAINING KIT. This kit provides comprehensive guidance for face-to-face training of the parishioners in ACTS II: Conversion, Proclamation, Community.

All the materials needed by the trainees (parishioners) will be made available to you with permission to duplicate the number of Trainee Handbooks needed.

The cost to the parish is the cost of the LEADER'S EVANGELIZATION TRAINING KIT. These printed materials enable the coordinators to be able to train their parishioners in how to evangelize.

The answer to the need of society at every level is Jesus Christ. The ACTS II Process forms our Catholic people as evangelizers to be able to bring Jesus Christ into every level of society. It is a serious formation for life and for mission.

By going through the ACTS II Evangelization Training in the parish, given by the parish coordinators of the ACTS II Process, parishioners acquire a zeal to bring Jesus Christ not only to those within the parish boundaries but beyond the parish into every level of society -- into the market place: the educational, political, governmental, technological, medical, recreational, and communicational levels of society -- in other words, into all aspects of societal life.

This is the call of Paul VI to the universal Church in his Apostolic Exhortation, On Evangelization in the Modern World, and the call of John Paul II in his Encyclical Letter, Mission of the Redeemer, and the call of Pope Francis in his Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel. This is what the ACTS II Process brings about through the formation it gives.

Parishioners not only evangelize but they provide follow-up care for those they initially evangelize by inviting them into small Christian communities where ongoing evangelization, encouragement, support and nurturing takes place.

The parish is gradually transformed into an evangelizing community through the networking of small Christian communities whose very reason for existence is to evangelize. The parish becomes the Community of communities.

ACTS II calls forth the leadership of the laity. Through their small Christian communities, the laity begin to take a real personal Christian care for one another as they reach out and evangelize, inviting those they initially evangelize into their small groups where ongoing evangelization takes place. The laity work in collaboration with their pastor to bring this about.

There is an ongoing change in the mentality of the parishioners who gradually become more and more missionary in outlook and action.

We do have an online individual training in evangelization. It is a briefer training than what would occur if a parish decided to go with the ACTS II Process.

Our charge for the individual online ACTS II Evangelization Training is $295.00 (USD) per person. We require the individual to pay for the entire training in one payment. The cost of the online training is approximately $7.00 per training session, including the Weekend Retreats that are included in the total price.