How do we keep people in the Church, not just in the pews, but truly engaged in faith?
This reflection is the second in a two-part series exploring the future of evangelisation. While the first instalment looked outward, toward attracting new seekers and responding to the challenges of digital culture, this piece turns inward. It asks a quieter, yet equally urgent question: What does it take to help people stay?
Across parishes, many believers are quietly drifting, not in protest, but in fatigue. Some feel unseen. Others feel judged. Many long for a Church that not only teaches truth but lives it, not only celebrates sacraments but makes space for honest questions, compassion, and growth.
This reflection explores what it means to truly retain the heart of the Church: her people. It offers no silver bullets, but instead a sincere invitation to rebuild community, restore trust, and recentre everything around Christ. If we want the Church to flourish, not just attract but nourish, we must first learn to make it home again.
