The La Salette Lay Ministry Summit is a gathering of Parish Staffs, Lay Associates, Lay Ministers, Volunteers and Parishioners and La Salette Fathers and Brothers who serve the Church together as partners. The Catholic Church is missionary by her very nature and exists in order to evangelize. Yet many studies reveal that most Catholics do not readily evangelize, but rather keep their faith to themselves. Furthermore, most parishes today can be described not as being missionary, but maintenance