Research is foundational to the work of Parish Catalyst. In his book, Great Catholic Parishes, our founder Bill Simon identifies 4 essential practices of parishes that thrive.
Great Parishes: Share Leadership, Excel on Sundays, Foster Spiritual Maturity and Evangelize Effectively.
Through Learning Communities, On-Site Workshops and content publishing, we seek to help Catholic parishes become flourishing spiritual communities filled with Dynamic Disciples.
GREAT CATHOLIC PARISHES
A Learning Community is a group of ten to twelve pastors and their leadership teams. This group comes together four times over 18 months to learn, collaborate and strategically plan the future of their parishes. A Learning Community is not a program or a one-time conference, rather it is a unique process that promotes innovation and invites teams to grow with one another in making disciples.
How Four Essential Practices Make Them Thrive
“An insightful look at what is going right in those parishes that are successfully nourishing their spiritual families.”
-Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
Archbishop of New York
THE PARISH
is
the heart of the Church.