Looking for solutions to the challenges we face

Three years of preparation for our regional efforts on developing a culture of discipleship and equipping our people as evangelists have enhanced my preoccupation with how we can address the contemporary situation effectively.  This morning, as I tried to fall back asleep, I was musing on the challenge of formation for the teachers of our schools, who are increasingly products of the secular society.  If we are lucky they "practice" but the question arises even then whether or not they are equipped to propose Christ to the students in an effective manner.

In the background of my thoughts, was the conversations with my sons, mentioned in the previous post.  We have (our team) recognized that not every "Catholic" teacher actually BELIEVES or thinks like a Catholic, and that many are not in fact clear in their own minds about what a life of discipleship implies.
And we recognize that evangelization is always the first step -  initial evangelization or re-evangelization (i.e. effective proclamation of the gospel),  But thinking about #83's comments about dualism and my understanding of his experience - it occurs to me that what we need to start with for our teachers (i.e. the teachers at my parish, my school) is a proposal of friendship.  This is where Giussani starts.  With an invitation for dinner, an invitation to conversation....
(What has made such a difference for my son is the incredible INTEREST the folks he has met at CL have had in HIM as a person.  He is not an object for their evangelization project or for recruitment to their organization.  He was invited into friendships - and they have had a profound effect in his life (especially in the past few difficult years).  It is not that he didn't have a deep faith when he met them - but his understanding of the lived out reality has expanded.)
We run the risk (always) of alienating our teachers as we attempt to form them in the faith - the formation "process" becomes just "one more thing" they are required to do for their professional life.  But their professional life is not, in fact, what we are concerned with.  It is in fact their WHOLE life that affects their ability to fulfill their vocation as a Catholic school teacher. Only a disciple can call forth disciples.  And disciples are what we need.