It only takes two or three committed and prayerful people to start putting evangelisation ‘theory’ to work in a parish. A university chaplain explains how the Sycamore programme can be a launch pad The GAP between theory and practice is often a wide one. It is no different in Catholic parishes when it comes to the theory of evangelisation and its practice. Even when there is a sincere desire to live a Christian life and to reach out to others, people are often unsure about what to do – or they’re afraid to do it. There are deep cultural and spiritual roots to this pastoral inertia, but sometimes it just comes down to a lack of ideas and resources. At Newman House, the university chaplaincy in central London, we have run a number of evangelisation programmes over t