Go and Make Disciples - Dedication
Fr. Alvin Illig, CSP, devoted his life to the task that Pope Paul VI called "the essential mission of the Church." Touched by the Holy Spirit, he labored to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the truth of the Catholic faith before the duty to evangelize was widely accepted. He led the way for the rest of us.
Fr. Illig is best known as founding director of the Paulist National Catholic Evan-gelization Association. However, he also served as first executive director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Evangelization from 1977 to 1982, doing everything in his power to ensure that the whole Church in the United States lived and preached the Good News.
It was Fr. Illig's generous support that enabled the committee to write this National Plan and Strategy. In recognition of his service to the Church and to the cause of Catholic evangelization, we hereby dedicate it to him. May it serve as a fitting memorial to one ever faithful to the Lord.