Alpha: Where Everyone Belongs

Alpha creates a space for all – the hopeful, the doubtful, the committed, and the questioning.

Voices of Experience

Fr. Michael Schmitz
Dr. Mary Healy
Sr. Nathalie Becquart
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa
Fr. James Mallon
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

"One of the reasons that Alpha is phenomenal is because, as Catholics, there are not that many things you can invite a person to. You can invite them to events at church like bingo or theology on tap, but you don't know if it will lead them to Jesus. But when you take them to Alpha, you know it will propose Christ, and it will be fun."

- Fr. Michael Schmitz
Chaplain at University of Minnesota, USA and Presenter, The Bible in a Year Podcast

"Alpha is having an impact all over the world. The strength of Alpha is that it attracts people who are not yet close to the Church. There is something so friendly and winsome about it that people are drawn to. Alpha proclaims the core message of the gospel with a clarity and a sharpness that is really unique. The best tool I know to introduce people to a relationship with Jesus and to renew parish life."

- Dr. Mary Healy
Professor of Scripture, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, USA

"Alpha plants fruitful seeds of missionary renewal around the world. As we journey towards a more synodal Church calling to foster communion, participation and mission, Alpha's proposal is more vital than ever, bringing people together in a spirit of Synodality and opening spaces for listening and dialogue, with God and with one another."

- Sr. Nathalie Becquart
Undersecretary, Synod of Bishops

"One of the advantages of Alpha is that it focuses on the kerygma. In the ancient Church there was a clear distinction between the kerygma and the Didaché, the catechesis. The kerygma was the starting point of faith, and the catechesis had to form the faith, but faith in itself blossoms only by hearing the kerygma."

- Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa
Former Preacher to the Papal Household

"Alpha is not a silver bullet; it's a tool. When used as part of a larger pastoral strategy, it is the best tool that I've found for jump-starting and sustaining parish renewal."

- Fr. James Mallon
Founder, Divine Renovation and Priest, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Canada

"Alpha offers a very human, nonthreatening door for everyone to enter. Everyone eats and when we eat it is not just an exchange of food. The table becomes also an exchange of stories. Alpha is bringing the experience of the faith and even the episodes in the Bible in ordinary meals, ordinary conversations and ordinary encounters. And in their ordinariness, they are really extraordinary. I encourage people to try this model of evangelisation."

- Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle
Prefect, Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Every invite matters.

Fr. Michael Leclerc

In Canada, a Catholic parish experiences missionary renewal through Alpha.

Jayson Vergara 

In the Philippines, a missionary shares the gospel, seeing communities transformed.

Archbishop Bergan

In America, a Catholic school invites their students to explore faith through Alpha Youth.

Leandro

In Mexico, a young man rediscovers his Catholic faith in prison through Alpha.

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