Evangelist Jr-Syung Hsu

Evangelist Jr-Syung Hsu’s father was a lay evangelist, whose ministry ended because of inadequate salary to meet a family’s bare necessity needs. However, he is consoled in having a full-time evangelist son.

Without any special preparation, Jr-Syung entered the restaurant business, and experienced many ups and downs, successes and failures for ten plus years. In 2003, he had a mystical experience which made him start searching for God’s will for him. Finally he joined the Evangelism Formation Program at the Fu Jen Theologate, became one of our first graduates. He then joined our first group of lay evangelists. Since 2009, over 100 people have been baptized because of his ministry.

Recently he handed over three well established catechumen classes to parishioners/new evangelists at Kuting Sacred Heart of Jesus and Banchio St. Joseph parishes. He started two catechumen classes and collaboration programs at Sulin Sacred Heart of Jesus and Banchio Sacred Heart of Mary parish:
1. Kuting Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. Parishioners in the Evangelism Prayer (Formation) Group started their personal and group evangelism ministries in 2010.
2. Banchio St. Joseph Parish. Among the newly baptized in the past two years, three are discerning their priesthood callings and four members of the Evangelism Prayer (Formation) Group are discerning attendance in our Formation Center program at Fu Jen Theologate.
3. Lohsun St. William Parish. Between January 2006 and 2010 Mass attendance increased from about 20 people to 70 people, with significant increase among children and youth.
4. Sulin Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. Initiated contact with parish and started a catechumen program there this last March.

While Jr-syung is leading the parish evangelism ministry, he has also been developing teaching materials:
1. Wrote an adult catechumen book in 2008 – A Little Donkey’s Journey of True Love.
2. Completed material for Evangelism Prayer Group, and edited material for evangelism formation program in 2009.
3. Started to teach “Evangelism Theory and Practice” and “Parish Collaboration Experience and Development” courses at the Evangelism Formation Center in 2010.
Jr-syung is now supported by a Mission Circle of benefactors, which consists of six "cells" totaling 32 individuals who support him financially and spiritually.