BY ARCHBISHOP SAMUEL AQUILA For two days last week 500 people from around the country gathered in Denver’s Tech Center for the inaugural Amazing Parish conference. I attended the summit to experience this new movement firsthand, and I came away struck by how...
Aiming to Form Amazing Parishes
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/aiming-to-form-amazing-parishes/The first-ever ‘Amazing Parish’ conference was held last week in Denver. BY MARY REZAC Some 500 Catholic leaders and their pastors from across the United States met recently at the first-ever Amazing Parish conference in Denver to brainstorm and swap ideas about...
Hundreds flock to conference looking to revive parish life
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/hundreds-flock-to-conference-looking-to-revive-parish-life-56443/BY MARY REZAC Some 500 Catholic leaders and their pastors from across the United States met recently at the first-ever Amazing Parish conference in Denver to brainstorm and swap ideas about improving parish life. The newly-founded Amazing Parish movement seeks to...
Amazing Parish Conference debut highlights parishioner experience BY NISSA LAPOINT Catholic heavyweights behind a Denver-launched parish revitalization movement shared with evangelizers across the country last week the keys to converting the unchurched into front-pew...
Amazing Parish Movement is Gaining Ground
http://rare.us/story/amazing-parish-movement-is-gaining-ground“A parish is probably the most important organization in society — it is where most people come to know Christ and his Church. That is why every parish must strive to be amazing.” That is the guiding principle behind the Amazing Parish movement. Started just over a...
‘Amazing Parish’ Movement Unites Clergy, Laity in Renewal
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/amazing-parish-movement-unites-clergy-laity-in-renewal/Movement provides resources for lay faithful help pastors create strong, vibrant parishes BY HILLARY MAST A new movement seeking to unite the faithful and their pastors in the formation of thriving parishes has seen a wide scope of interest throughout the U.S. in the...