Dunkirk or Omaha Beach
I had the opportunity to watch a recent WWII movie about the British army’s evacuation from the French town called Dunkirk, during the Battle for France. The Germans had pushed […]
All things Parish
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On a Need-to-Know Basis
Imagine you’re working in your parish and it’s time to go home. While on your way, you get into a horrific car accident that takes your life. Moving through your […]
Refocusing Your Parish Core to Evangelize
While reflecting on the state of the Church and where we are going, it is exciting to see that the local parishes are starting to focus in on Evangelization and […]
Transforming Initial Sacrament Conversations
One of the greatest challenges about transitioning from our old paradigms of religious education to a true Discipleship Formation Process is getting the regular parishioner to accept the change. People […]
Pain in a Parish
No pain, no gain is a persistent maxim not only in personal exercise, but also in life. The good things we want in life seem to only come through some […]
The Secret Sauce for True Community
There’s a huge emphasis for our parishes to be welcoming communities, and this emphasis is good! Yet, do we recognize the missing piece to community? It is the one critical element […]
Too Big to be Effective
I have had the pleasure of visiting several parishes that are not only large in size and membership, but also in the number of ministries. There is an amazing fruit […]
Is Jesus the Lord of our time?
In my travels around the country, it has become clear that the current church is going to require great movement before it can succeed in implementing the New Evangelization. God […]
Everyone knows we need to do this, But…
Almost nine years ago, I purchased this old house in Steubenville, OH. It is an amazing house and we are so blessed (by the Blessed Mother who got it for […]
The Importance of Listening in Prayer
Prayer, the number two answer to every question given in a faith formation class behind Jesus. We know prayer is the answer, yet we struggle to make time for it. […]