The whole community, not just the priest or those officially designated, has a responsibility to welcome newcomers to church. There are simple but important ways of including people so they feel they belong DURINg a Lenten discussion group, a young prisoner spoke passionately about how getting to know about Jesus (and getting to know Jesus) was changing his life. He said, “More people need to talk about Jesus; more people need to know who he is.” The young man said that, when he is released from prison, he aims to stay away from his usual crowd.He then asked if, as an ex-convict, he would be welcome in our parish. We assured him that we would be very happy for him to come. It was a rhetorical question; his hometown is some miles away from our parish. Pope Francis, in Evangeli