WOF 090: Lead with Beauty

Topics Discussed

• 0:05  – Intro, a Cardinal visits and the sun eclipses
• 4:00 – Why has Bishop Barron considered beauty the privileged route of evangelization?
• 8:25 – What is beauty?
• 10:55 – What three things combine to make something beautiful?
• 15:55 – Why do some people disagree about a masterpiece being beautiful?
• 19:20 – How can someone be transformed by beauty?
• 24:14 – What was a profound moment of beauty in Bishop Barron’s life?
• 25:43 – Question from listener: How can the arts aid in evangelization?

Bonus Resources 

• Study Program
  • CATHOLICISM: The New Evangelization Leader’s Kit
  • David the King
• Articles
  • “A Strategy for the New Evangelization” (Bishop Barron)
  • “The New Evangelization and Seminaries” (Bishop Barron)
  • “Effective Evangelization Commences with Joy” (Bishop Barron)
  • “Practical Strategies of the New Evangelization” (Bishop Barron)
• Videos
  • New Media and Evangelization
  • Effective Evangelization
  • Confirmation and Evangelization
  • Evangelizing with the Heart of a Shepherd
  • Theology and the New Media
• Books 
  • The Priority of Christ: Toward a Postliberal Catholicism by Bishop Robert Barron
  • Word on Fire: Proclaiming the Power of Christ by Bishop Robert Barron
  • Seeds of the Word: Finding God in the Culture by Bishop Robert Barron
  • Bridging the Great Divide by Bishop Robert Barron
  • Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

• Websites
  • Word On Fire
  • DavidTheKing.com