Welcome Those Living with Disabilities to Church…With More than a Parking Space
19% of people in the USA live with disabilities, and the vast majority of people living…
Mapping the Mission: Understanding Your Parish’s Given Mission Field
In today’s rapidly evolving religious landscape, our Catholic parishes face unique challenges in fulfilling their evangelical…
20 Ways for your Parish to Pre-Evangelize this Summer
A few hours before it is officially summer! While this is a time when parishes tend…
How is Your Parish Inviting People to Consider Becoming Catholic (OCIA)?
Recently I was able to offer a breakout session at a diocesan gathering on creating an…
Take Time Away to Measure by the Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Free Mini-Retreat)
We are a Church of the resurrection, and we get the joy to remember that every…
Mercy, Unity, and “the Frontier”: Pope Leo XIV on Evangelization in His First Days
Since his election to the papacy on May 8, 2025, Pope Leo XIV has been speaking…
The Last, Best Place to be Human: The Catholic Parish
I was talking to a friend about our new Mission Ignite Toolkit, and how every Catholic…
A Conclave Prayer: “…that they may all be one.”
“I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe…
Remembering Pope Francis’ Election: A Personal Reflection
Friends, we are in the Easter Octave, and the joy of the resurrection renews the whole…
Pope Francis: Key Quotations on Evangelization
Pope Francis was not the first contemporary Pope to speak on evangelization–but his contributions were beautiful…