You want to limit your paragraph to less than 50 words. The paragraph can be a summary of a Catholic belief, a few scripture verses, a list of books or home pages that are of interest, a few paragraphs from the Catechism, or a profile of a Saint. Before you meet with the priest, prepare a list of about 20 subjects that you will be writing about. If needed, tell him you will write 4 weeks of the paragraph in advance and submit them to him for review. If you are confident about your understanding of the Catholic faith and you are comfortable speaking in front of groups, offer to speak at a parish organization meeting.
Most parishes have men s groups, married groups, mothers groups, senior groups, and singles groups.
These groups typically have monthly meetings where they welcome speakers. The front page of most bulletins has the names of the chair people for these organizations. Contact these people and ask them if they would like to have a speaker come to one of their meetings and speak on a certain aspect of the Catholic faith. Tell them that you can limit your speech to less than 20 minutes if need be. Try and allow 10 minutes for questions and answers.