Although the Eucharist and the other sacraments that flow from it are the primary channels of grace, the Church recognizes other ways by which people reach out to God and partake of his blessings. James H. Kroeger, M.M. (“Discovering the Rich Treasures of Popular Piety: Theological-Pastoral-Missiological Insights”) bears testimony to the invaluable contribution of traditional Catholic religious practices such as processions, novenas, litanies, via crucis, passion plays, and others in propagating, nourishing, and preserving the Christian faith. He said: “popular forms of piety should be welcomed as tools of evangelization because dramatics, pageantry, socio-religious rituals, and festivity can often constitute, in themselves, an actual proclamation of biblical faith!” (33). Kroeger’s article answers questions often asked regarding such folk religious practices, and he concludes that, indeed, “popular piety remains a potent resource that necessarily must be at the service of a renewed evangelization for future generations of believers …. [It] should thus figure prominently in all effective programs of the ‘new evangelization,’ especially for the youth” (49). – from the Editor’s Preface