New Ideas
December 7, 2017
Thanksgiving Dinner 2017 by the Numbers – St. Monica Catholic Community, Santa Monica, CA
Our holidays at St. Monica Catholic Community began Wednesday, Nov. 22, with the 38th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Once again, every corner of the parish, every grade level in our schools, every ministry, and many loving parishioners...
October 20, 2016
“Open the gates and they will come.” That was the idea when Historic Old St. Patrick’s Parish in Chicago’s previous pastor Father Jack Wall first attempted to host a big concert in 1984 to create a buzz as well as raise revenue for the chur...
June 24, 2016
Sustainability and a Parish Vegetable Garden
Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, is a trailblazer when it comes to the environment. In 2013, they were officially certified as a “green parish” by GreenFaith, an interreligious organization that works to improve the e...
June 24, 2016
Fostering Encounter with Christ: St. Dominic Parish and the Shroud of Turin
When Michael Cumpton, a lawyer and parishioner at St. Dominic Parish in Mobile, AL, considered the situation of the Catholic Church in contemporary American society, he felt discouraged. A longtime volunteer attorney for the American Center of Law an...
June 24, 2016
Anyone currently out of work or looking for a job can tell you that job-searching is tough. While unemployment levels are not as dire as they were during the depths of the recession, many people are still struggling to find work that is both satisfyi...
June 24, 2016
Welcoming New Movers into the Church
It is ideal for all parishes to reach out and welcome new people who just recently moved to the community. This gives the “new movers” a sense of belongingness to the parish community, and at the same time this helps the parish grow. The folks at...
March 14, 2016
Evangelization though Community: Why Catholic Beer Club is Different
Like many great ideas, Catholic Beer Club was discovered by accident. One evening, a couple of friends simply decided to grab a beer. As they sat together discussing higher things and the beauty of relationships, they ...
December 14, 2015
“Making Space for Millennials,” Not Just Making Room
At the 2013 Theology on Tap series at St. Denis Catholic Community, a small group of young adults decided they wanted to continue fellowshipping. Now here we are in 2015, and the group of young adults is still gatherin...
November 12, 2015
As a relatively “young” Catholic center for evangelization, you might say that St. Paul Inside the Walls is just growing out of its infancy and into its adolescent years. When the center was founded back in 2008, i...
September 9, 2015
At Church of the Presentation, we have been holding “listening dinners” with our Young Adults. This was one of our first steps in our parish’s action plan, and we have found them to be very successful (and fun!) ...
