Have you ever felt like you had too many things going on in your life but you were afraid to cut anything out because they all felt important? Fr. Nathan Dail, chaplain of St. Paul’s Catholic Student Center on the Boise State University campus, certainly felt this...
An Interview with Fr. Andrew Chung
It was the year 2019. Fr. Andrew Chung was the new administrator at St. Pancratius in Lakewood, CA. Fr. Chung was feeling very alone and confused as a leader before he encountered the Amazing Parish movement. He knew something needed to change but was not familiar...
An Interview with Fr. Austin Gilstrap
The parish leadership team (PLT) at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Hendersonville, TN had a hunger to make their parish excellent leading up to the Amazing Parish Summit in Phoenix, AZ. During their three days in the desert, the team realized that unceasing prayer is...
An Interview with Dara Stephens
Dara Stephens felt a sense of meaninglessness and misery working in a money-driven insurance sales job prior to accepting the business manager role at the City of St. Jude Parish in Montgomery, Alabama. Her new position working with the parish leadership team at City...
An Interview with Annie Deters
Annie Deters is a member of the PLT at Sacred Heart Parish in a small town called Sabetha in Kansas. Prior to attending the Amazing Parish Summit in Phoenix, Annie felt pressure to be a perfectionist at work. "I was driven by perfection and the need for affirmation at...
Parish Spotlight: Sharing the Struggle
Parish Spotlight: Sharing the Struggle Petersburg Pastoral Region, Wapakoneta, OH Fr. Sean Wilson first attended the Amazing Parish conference as one of the youngest pastors in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. His first assignment (Petersburg Pastoral Region) was a...
Parish Spotlight: Build a Healthy Team
Parish Spotlight: Build a Healthy Team Catholic Parishes of Sandusky, Sandusky, OH “Confidence—that’s how having a parish leadership team has impacted me most as a pastor.” Fr. Monte Hoyles came to the Amazing Parish Cincinnati Conference in May 2019 with a brand new...
Parish Spotlight: Anchor your staff in prayer
Parish Spotlight: Anchor your staff in prayer St. Albert the Great, Austin, TX Fr. Charlie Garza first encountered Amazing Parish back in 2015 as a new pastor. He saw incredible fruits within his parish community and developed confidence in his leadership abilities by...
Parish Spotlight: Parish Block Party
St. John the Evangelist's parish leadership team at The Amazing Parish conference in April 2017. Pictured from left to right: Fr. Chas Canoy, Andy Bihl, Angel Koerkel, Todd Gale, Fr. Brian Lenz. Parish Spotlight: Parish Block Party St. John the Evangelist, Jackson, MI...
Parish Spotlight: Intentional Prayer
St. Dominic's leadership team at the Amazing Parish conference in April 2017. Pictured from left to right: Fr. Michael Nixon, Lori Ubowski, Mark Gutcher, Sr. Jean O'Connor, Theresa Prejean, Fr. Steve Olson, and Ken Schaefer. Parish Spotlight: Intentional Prayer St....