What Are We Assuming? I love a saying that I heard recently. “What is assumed is often what is most important.” The idea is that in so many situations in life, we erringly assume that something is understood or true, and we are left wondering why our plans...
Have you ever felt like you had too many things going on in your life but you were afraid to cut anything out because...
It was the year 2019. Fr. Andrew Chung was the new administrator at St. Pancratius in Lakewood, CA. Fr. Chung was...
If you look around your parish and already see staff who are: highly engaged and motivated to do their jobs, keenly...
The War on Mediocrity Mediocrity is one of those words that seems relatively innocuous but gets people’s attention. I...
This webinar features New York Times best-selling author Pat Lencioni and Catholic speaker and author Jeff Cavins. In this webinar, you’ll learn 4 best practices that help a parish leadership team build a thriving parish. In working with parishes across the country,...
A friend of mine who works in a parish recently asked me to help him assess how well his parish was doing in regard to what it learned during the Amazing Parish Conference. I responded by asking him a series of questions which provides something of a self-assessment...
Check out the recording of our latest webinar featuring Pat Lencioni! We partnered with Our Sunday Visitor this time, so you'll notice a new webinar interface. Listen as Pat shares about his inspiration for his new book, The Better Pastor, which was sent to over...
Bishop-Elect, Fr. Jorge Rodriguez of the Archdiocese of Denver, talks about how the Amazing Parish Program is revitalizing our parishes and bringing Catholics back to the pews.
By Karla Dorweiler | The Michigan Catholic | August 18, 2016 FARMINGTON HILLS — Fr. Jeffrey Day, pastor of St. Fabian Parish in Farmington Hills, likes to think of the recent change at his church as more than just a new direction — it’s a complete “relaunch.” After he...
By Caitlin Bootsma | August 22, 2016 Business guru Patrick Lencioni is well-known for his expertise on organizational health. In fact, he is a New York Times best-selling author of books like The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team and Death by Meeting. But Lencioni is also a...