When asked to give parish evaluations, I often notice the amount of personal investment and security placed on different ministries. Most staff deeply desire the will of the Lord. However, […]

Most Catholic Churches today are program dependent. By that I mean that they only know how to do this method of ministry and find it very difficult to do any […]

If there is no common vision for where a parish is going, the likelihood of the approaches used by each leader will be different.  Granted, you wouldn’t use a kindergarden […]

As most dioceses are starting to make a push to implement the New Evangelization, parishes are starting to discuss this “new” term. This conversation has forced people to learn what […]

In St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Paul encourages us to learn to see with the “eyes of your heart.” He was referring to what happens when, after baptizing those […]

The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 51, “Create a clean heart within me” (vs. 10). This gives us a very practical view of what God seeks from us. He goes on […]

In Church, we often talk about making Jesus Lord and King of our lives. To accomplish this, requires our entire heart. For many of us, this is a struggle to […]