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Count Your Blessings at the Parish
When's the last time you took a moment to count your blessings at the parish? We've all heard it before: an ...
Every Knee Shall Bow
We are all called to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. However, we are often at a loss as to how we can do ...
Taking Prayer Requests Online
Maybe you take prayer requests at your Catholic parish, but have you ever considered taking prayer requests ...
Using Intercessory Prayer Teams
Saint James writes in his epistle that "the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful" (Jsa 5:13). We ...
Responding to Church Scandals
A year after the clergy abuse crisis came to light again, news reports continue to come out that can disturb and ...
Using Personal Testimonials
As the church in North America continues to change, many parishes are moving from organizations focused on ...
Giving Frequent Blessings
The Book of Blessings, used in almost every Catholic church since the 1980s, is full of ritual blessings for ...
Equipping Parents to Equip Children
In 2018, St. Mary's Press shocked the Church in North America when it published its research project, Going, Going ...
Overcoming the Sunday to Monday Gap
Every Catholic has experienced the Sunday to Monday gap. You hear a soul-stirring homily on Sunday that edifies ...
Introduce Parishioners to the Saints
There are just so many saints. Everyone has their patrons, their favorites, and the ones they don't understand. ...
The School of Prayer
Many Christians - Catholics and Protestants alike - think they are bad at prayer and are embarrassed about it. And ...
The Church’s Response to Loneliness
Many clergy, theologians, and lay ministers have been thinking about the Church's response to loneliness. Study ...
Gather Digital Prayer Requests
There is an entire universe of priests who are active on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms. In ...
Start Your Meetings on Time
For years I sat on the finance committee of St. Leo’s parish in Omaha, Nebraska. And, unlike many parish meetings ...
The Power of Personal Invitation
You're getting bombarded with new programs every week - ministry programs that claim to lead hundreds into RCIA, ...
Pray for them now
How many times has a parishioner or visitor asked you to pray for them or someone they love? I bet you get prayer ...
Praying with the Universal Church
As a parish employee, you likely know about the Liturgy of the Hours and maybe pray this universal prayer of the ...
The Beginner’s Guide To…
I've written in this space before about how every Catholic thinks every other Catholic is an expert at prayer when ...
The Mark of Our Work is Prayer
In the face of global pandemic, the day-to-day work of a parish employee may seem pointless. After all, what can ...
Bonfires, Community, and Confession
I love fall – the foliage, football, and (bon)fires. By the first of October, I hope that I’ve already sat around ...
A Return to Normalcy?
Is a return to normalcy coming soon? Even while social distancing continues around the world, it's time to begin ...
Publishing Parish Reports
A few weeks ago, this parish report, delivered via YouTube from a pastor in Oklahoma, caught our team's attention. ...
Spiritual Directors Spiritual Friends
You've heard it time and time again from your parishioners: "Where can I find a good spiritual director so I can ...
The Creaster Opportunity
Christmas represents an incredible opportunity to minister to "Creasters," those nominal Catholics that only ...
Works of Mercy at the Parish
Each parish is called to be the People of God, enfleshed in a particular geographic location. And just as we are ...
Rest and Retreat
We've been living in a new era of ministry - the coronavirus epoch - since early March of this year. Maybe you're ...
The Discernment of Spirits
The phrase "discernment of spirits" refers to what St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, calls "the ...
Sunday Reclaimed
If there's one strange benefit to the coronavirus pandemic, it has caused us all to slow down a bit. Many ...

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