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October 5, 2018
Parish Catalyst Announces New Executive Director
Earlier this month, Parish Catalyst announced it's new Executive Director, Felipe "Flip" Sanchez. Following in the footsteps of Steve Picard and Co-Founder Claire Henning, Flip will continue the great work that the orga...
March 6, 2017
Millennials attend multi-parish brunch in Medford to discuss how to build ministry
Following through on a promise to bring together millennials from area parishes to get acquainted and encourage young adult ministry, St. Mary of the Lakes, Medford, hosted a brunch Feb. 25. “The brunch was an effort to bring area parish young a...
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June 24, 2016
Leadership Summits and Hospitality
Fr. Don Thimm, pastor of Holy Apostles Parish in New Berlin, Wisconsin, wanted his parish to be more deliberate in its approach to hospitality. While the community was dedicated to providing a sense of welcome and outreach, he believed that its membe...
June 24, 2016
Millennial Leadership in the Parish
After attending a Parish Catalyst session on millennial discipleship, Catzel Bumpus and the parish staff at Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, were convinced that they needed to include more millennials in positions of lead...
June 24, 2016
Succession Planning with Father Dan Swift
One of the measures of a great leader is what happens to an organization when they leave. A ministry or committee that crumbles as a result of a change in leadership or administration is not an impressive testimony to the extraordinary giftedness or ...
June 24, 2016
If there is one thing that I learned and could put into practice from the late St. John Paul II, it is to get out of the office. He was the frequent flyer pontiff. It is so easy to bury ourselves in our office. We have our impressive desk, our phone...
August 11, 2014
Leadership Levers – with Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo
Who is on your team? What is your strategy? How can you simultaneously foster both accountability and cohesion? Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, spoke with tremendous passion and insight on these crucial questions as...
August 4, 2014
Leadership Lessons from one of America’s top CEOs
When William C. Foote, the retired chairman of USG and current board member for both Kohler Co. and Walgreen Co., appeared at Parish Catalyst’s Dynamic Discipleship gathering in Dallas this July, he opened with the question, “What can a corporate...
