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For almost 30 years, ChristLife has been on the front lines of evangelization.

The Backstory

Dave Nodar was inspired in the 1990s by Pope John Paul II’s writings about the New Evangelization. However, there was little available to teach Catholics how to do it.

Dave and Leo Rudegeair met with the Archbishop of Baltimore, Cardinal William Keeler, about establishing a lay ministry to equip Catholics to evangelize. The Cardinal responded with enthusiasm and established ChristLife as an apostolate of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 1995.

In 2009, after helping parishes to evangelize for over a decade, the ministry began developing the ChristLife Evangelization Process.

Since then, we’ve partnered with parishes in the United States and internationally to offer the ChristLife Evangelization Process to help anyone to discover, follow and learn to share the Lord Jesus with others.

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THE CHRISTLIFE EFFECT

The Last 15 Years

1400

PARISHES

12

COUNTRIES

47

STATES

230K

PARTICIPANTS
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Parish Stories

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ST. LOUIS

In It For The Long Haul

“How do we reach the Christmas and Easter Catholics?” Msgr. Joseph Luca thought to himself. The answer came with ChristLife. Then the parish got creative!

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SACRED HEART

Bilingual Blessings

ChristLife unites communities! People at Sacred Heart parish who had seen each other for years were finally able to greet each other and establish a friendship.

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HOLY TRINITY

A Vibrant New Community

The pilot team took ChristLife for a “test drive” to critique it. They were transformed instead! The graces continued when they ran it for participants.

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Endorsements

HIS EMINENCE TIMOTHY CARDINAL DOLAN

"Over 50 parishes have been introduced to ChristLife here in the Archdiocese of New York. I'm very encouraged by what I'm hearing. Both life-long Catholics and those on the margins of the Church's life are falling in love with Jesus Christ. That's what the new evangelization is all about! I'm very happy to endorse this essential work in our parishes."
HIS EMINENCE TIMOTHY CARDINAL DOLAN
Archbishop of New York, NY

BERT GHEZZI

"ChristLife is the Lord’s gift to everyone whose heart is open to grace. I have watched the program’s courses gently move hundreds of people to give their lives to Christ, receive the Holy Spirit and his gifts, and decide to follow him. ChristLife is a leader among Catholic ministries dedicated to renewing the Church."
DR. BERT GHEZZI
Catholic Author

DAN BURKE

"There is no better evangelization program in the Church than ChristLife, nothing is even close."
DAN BURKE
Founder and President, Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation

DR. MARY HEALY

"ChristLife is actually helping ordinary Catholic parishioners encounter Jesus in a real and personal way. It's helping people take new steps on their journey with the Lord and ... equipping them to be evangelists; to go out and bring the Good News to others. ChristLife is one of the crucial things the Lord is doing today."
DR. MARY HEALY
Member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

DR. RALPH MARTIN

"There is much talk about evangelization in the Church today, but ChristLife is actually doing something about it… I wholeheartedly recommend ChristLife and all the wonderful resources they have developed. "
DR. RALPH MARTIN
President, Renewal Ministries

MOST REV. WILLIAM E. LORI

"ChristLife is helping us here in Baltimore to discover once again the depth of the Lord’s love, the beauty of that love, and the urgency of this mission… We have a long way to go, but I can’t imagine getting there without ChristLife."
MOST REV. WILLIAM E. LORI
Archbishop of Baltimore, MD
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Participant Stories

The Power of an Invitation

Five years ago, I was sitting in Mass listening to someone give an invitation to Discovering Christ. I thought: “I’m a cradle Catholic, I go to church every week, put […]
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God Saved Me with a Wink

This course started me down a path that has changed my life in every way. A path that brought me to the greatest blessing in my life: a personal relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Atheist professor returns to the Church after 52 years

Dr. Gloria Sampson, a linguistic professor who taught in Communist China, spent over half a century living as an atheist. She was raised Catholic, but left the faith in college and never looked back. Find out how a series of events culminating in a personal invitation to Discovering Christ changed everything.
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