With Catholic schools, Catholic children and families facing a rapidly changing culture, how can we pass on the Catholic faith to the next generation? And what does it really mean to evangelise children and help them encounter Jesus?

In this episode of Into the Truth, Pierpaolo Finaldi speaks to Greg Finn, former Catholic school teacher and founder of the Mark 10 Mission, about Catholic education, children's faith and the challenge of evangelising Generation Alpha.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:14 Teacher to Evangelist
3:48 Children Engaging with the Gospel
5:56 Catholic Schools in the UK
12:52 Parents, School & Parish?
17:08 Evangelising Gen Alpha
24:50 The Return of Adoration
28:45 Praying with Children
33:00 Social Media Addiction
37:30 The Mark10 Format
42:38 Catholic Teachers & Schools

Greg shares his own journey back to the Catholic faith and explains how his experience teaching in a Catholic school led to the creation of the Mark 10 Mission during lockdown. Inspired by Jesus' words in Mark 10:14, “Let the little children come to me”, the mission exists to help schools, parishes and families create opportunities for children to encounter Jesus through Scripture, prayer, worship and music.

They discuss:

• How Catholic schools can help children encounter Jesus
• The challenges of passing on the Catholic faith to children today
• How to evangelise Generation Alpha
• What makes today's children spiritually open
• Why Scripture and prayer are essential to children's evangelisation
• The role of Catholic parents, teachers, schools and parishes
• Why Catholic teachers can sometimes lack confidence in leading prayer and opening up Scripture
• The difference between teaching children about Jesus and helping them encounter Jesus
• How we can build a vibrant, faith-filled Catholic Church for the next generation

If you're a Catholic parent, teacher, catechist, school leader or simply concerned about the future of the Catholic Church, this conversation offers both a challenge and a message of hope.