The 2026 Leadership Summit is generously presented by
August 3-5, 2026
Mariott Marquis I Houston, TX
Where leaders in the Church gather.
The Leadership Summit is more than a conference — it is a renewal in the Catholic Church. It is about bringing together top church leaders, creating movement and stirring hearts into a deeper relationship with the Lord who called you and chose by name.
Be empowered, with the help of world-class training from experts in parish renewal. Connect with like-minded leaders who, together, will lead in unity. You will leave renewed, united with your team (or eager to run out and form one), and ready to lead with greater confidence.
Early registration for Amazing Parish coaching clients begins early September and public registration opens on October 4th.
Who is the
Leadership
Summit For?
Historically, this event has only been open to pastors and their leadership teams. For the first time ever, we are opening the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit to all apostolically-minded leaders in the Church.
You’ll be joined at the Leadership Summit by:
- Pastors and their leadership teams
- Priests serving in a variety of leadership roles
- Lay leaders (staff and volunteers) in dioceses and parishes
- School presidents/principals and their teams
- Leaders of apostolates and ministries
Schedule
Monday, 8/3
6:00 PM Opening Keynote
9:00 PM Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 8/4
8:00am Mass
9:00am Breakfast
10:00am Impact Sessions (Team and Individual)
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Breakout Session 1
3:30pm Breakout Session 2
5:30pm Dinner
7:00pm Keynote, Adoration & Confession
Wednesday, 8/5
8:00am Mass
9:00am Breakfast
10:30am Impact Session (Team and Individual)
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Impact Session (Team and Indidual)
2:45pm Closing Keynote
4:00pm Summit Concludes
What to Expect
For more than a decade, the Amazing Parish Leadership Summit has been the premier Catholic leadership gathering in the United States.
Since 2014, nearly 10,000 renewal-focused leaders—including 1,700 pastors and 40 bishops from 129 dioceses across 10 countries—have come together to be inspired, equipped, and renewed.
You will leave the 2026 Summit:
Challenged and inspired by some of the leading voices in leadership and renewal.
Renewed in your calling by re-encountering the God who invited you into ministry.
Surrounded with a new community of leaders hungry for transformation.
Fast. Practical. Actionable. Transformational.
This is where renewal begins.
Speakers
with more to be announced soon!
Jonathan Boulos
CEO, St. Joseph Financial Services
Dr. Tim Gray
President, The Augustine Institute
Tim Glemkowski
Executive Director, Amazing Parish
Pat Lencioni
Co-founder, The Table Group & Amazing Parish
Sarah Kroger
Internationally-recognized worship leader
Dr. Jonathan Reyes
Senior Vice President for Communications, Knights of Columbus.
Julianne Stanz
Storyteller & Bestselling Author
Bishop David L. Toups
Bishop, Diocese of Beaumont, TX
Jonathan Boulos
CEO, St. Joseph Financial Services
Jonathan Boulos is an accounting professional who combines experience as a CPA and a controller at organizations from diverse industries with a strong passion to contribute to the mission of the Church. Before joining StJFS, Jonathan helped usher Central Catholic High School through a reform of back-office operations to better utilize technology and invest more of peoples time doing the primary ministry of the school. He brings experience in communication with finance councils and boards, and he enjoys making financial statements and situations relatable to everyone. Jonathan calls Indiana home, and is active in his local community through various nonprofits, activities of his local parish, local government, and his six children’s activities.
Tim Gray, Ph.D.
President, The Augustine Institute
Tim Gray is President of the Augustine Institute and a well-known Catholic speaker and author. Under Dr. Gray’s leadership, the Augustine Institute has established the largest Catholic graduate school of theology in the country and has created best-selling programs, including Symbolon, a comprehensive program of faith formation for adults; The Search, a celebrated evangelization series; Formed, a digital platform with a vast array of Catholic films, eBooks, and audio talks; and Word of Life, a robust K-8 curriculum. Dr. Gray has a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Catholic University of America, and is the author of several books, including Peter: Keys to Following Jesus and Praying Scripture for a Change: An Introduction to Lectio Divina. He and his wife, Kris, live in Florissant, Missouri. They have one son, a daughter-in-law, and three granddaughters.
Tim Glemkowski
Executive Director, Amazing Parish
Tim Glemkowski is a global leader for the Catholic Church in evangelization, leadership, and missionary renewal. From 2022-2024, he served as the founding CEO of the National Eucharistic Congress, leading the first ever National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, the United States’ first in eighty-three years.
He currently serves as the executive director of Amazing Parish, which serves pastors in changing the culture of their parish. He is the former founder and president of L’Alto Catholic Institute and Revive Parishes and led strategy in renewal initiatives for the Archdiocese of Denver. Tim has authored two books, the award-winning Made for Mission: Renewing Your Parish Culture, and For the Life of the World: An Invitation to Eucharistic Mission, with Bishop Andrew Cozzens.
In 2024, he was awarded the Benemerenti Medal by Pope Francis for service to the Church. Tim and his wife, Maggie, live in Colorado with their four young children.
Pat Lencioni
Co-Founder, The Table Group & Amazing Parish
Pat is is the co-founder of Amazing Parish, and one of the founders of The Table Group and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 13 books, which have sold over 8 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages.
As President of the Table Group, Pat spends his time speaking and writing about leadership, teamwork, and organizational health and consulting with executives and their teams.
Prior to founding the firm in 1997, Pat worked at Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation and Sybase. Pat lives in Tennessee with his wife and four boys.
Sarah Kroger
Internationally-recognized worship leader
Sarah is a GMA DOVE Award®-Nominated artist, songwriter, and worship leader. With her previously released albums Your Time(ff2011), Hallelujah Is Our Song (2013), Bloom(2019), Light(2020), and London Sessions(2023), her latest project, A New Reality, Released on May 17, 2024 (Integrity Music).
With parents involved in worship ministry, Kroger’s love for music was sparked at a young age, but the impact of bullying coupled with her struggle with anxiety and shyness hid her musical talents for year. Everything changed when she met Jesus in an intimate encounter through worship at a youth conference; “Worship became my language with God,” she explains. “It allowed me to communicate with the Lord in a way I hadn’t experienced before…it opened my heart.”
Dr. Jonathan Reyes
Senior Vice President for Communications, Knights of Columbus
Dr. Jonathan Reyes has previously served as the assistant general secretary for Integral Human Development for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the executive director for Justice, Peace, and Human Development. Before going to Washington, D.C., he helped co-found Christ in the City, served as president and CEO of Catholic Charities in Denver, served as vice president for FOCUS and was a professor and the academic vice president for Christendom College. He was a Rackham Graduate Fellow at the University of Michigan and completed his doctoral studies in intellectual history from the University of Notre Dame.
He is the founding president of the Augustine Institute (2006-2008). Besides teaching courses in Church history at the Institute, Reyes speaks on college campuses, at parishes and at conferences across the country. Reyes and his wife Stephanie live in Colorado, with their seven children.
Julianne Stanz
Storyteller & Bestselling Author
Julianne Stanz is a storyteller, bestselling author, and encourager whose heart for ministry has inspired and equipped audiences across the globe. With more than two decades of distinguished service in church leadership, both nationally and internationally, she has partnered with dioceses, bishops, clergy, and lay leaders to advance the mission of the Church. She currently serves as the Director of Outreach for Evangelization and Discipleship at Loyola Press and as a consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), providing strategic guidance on evangelization, missionary discipleship, and pastoral leadership.
Originally from Ireland, Julianne brings the warmth and richness of her heritage to her ministry, weaving together faith, Scripture, and story with a deep sense of hope and joy. Known for her practical wisdom, dynamic speaking, and pastoral approach, Julianne has become a trusted voice in forming everyday disciples and revitalizing parish communities.
She is the author of several acclaimed books, including Braving the Thin Places: Celtic Wisdom to Create a Space for Grace, Start with Jesus: How Everyday Disciples Will Renew the Church, and her newest work, The Catholic Parent’s Survival Guide: How to Answer Your Children’s Toughest Questions about Faith (all published by Loyola Press).
Julianne is married to Wayne, a Catholic school teacher, and together they are raising three children.
Bishop Most Rev. David L. Toups, S.Th.D.
Bishop, Diocese of Beaumont, TX
Bishop David Toups was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Saint Petersburg, FL, in 1997. Assigned for the next four years as parochial vicar to St. Frances Cabrini in Spring Hill, FL, he also participated in the diocesan Presbyteral Council and the National Federation of Priests’ Councils. Subsequently he served at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, FL, as a professor, assistant dean, and then dean of students. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the associate director of the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations at the USCCB; from 2010 to 2012, as pastor of Christ the King Parish; for the next eight years, as rector of the St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary. On June 9, 2020, Pope Francis appointed him as bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont, TX. Bishop Toups holds an STL from the Pontifical Gregorian University and an STD from the Angelicum.
Registration
Historically, the Amazing Parish Summit has been primarily for pastors and their leadership teams. In 2026, we are opening the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit to all apostolically-minded leaders in the Church – and we want registration to be as assessible as possible for all attendees.
Leadership summit passes are sold per person. Discounted pricing is available for multiple tickets, so bring along the whole team! At registration, you’ll indicate whether you are attending as a team (in the team track), or as a group of individuals.
Single Summit Pass
$675
$450
3 Day pass, includes summit meals
2-6 Summit Passes
$675
$425 each
3 Day pass, includes summit meals
7+ Summit Passes
$675
$400 each
3 Day pass, includes summit meals
Your pass to the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit includes access to all of the General, Track, and Breakout sessions. Beautifully catered meals (not your average hotel fare!) from Monday dinner through Wednesday lunch are included in your pass.
“What happened at the summit for my team is that each one of us, myself included, had a real encounter with Jesus Christ—not only healing us individually, but also as a team. What we wanted more than anything was to bring this experience to our parish.”
—Fr. Andrew Rudmann, Louisiana
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some of our most frequently asked questions. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, please don’t hesitate to contact us at team@amazingparish.org
Do I need to be on a Parish Leadership Team to attend?
No! Historically, this event has only been open to pastors and their leadership teams. For the first time, we are opening the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit to all apostolically-minded leaders in the Church. Whether you are on a team or not, we know you’ll leave inspired and equipped to lead boldly in your areas of influence.
Why the change to individual pricing?
The reason for this change is twofold:
- Not all Parish Leadership Teams look alike! Even if you’re attending as a team, we hope this makes just a bit simpler for you and your unique team size.
- Historically, the Amazing Parish Summit has only been open to pastors and their leadership teams. For the first time, we are opening the 2026 Amazing Parish Leadership Summit to all apostolically-minded leaders in the Church – and we want registration to be as assessible as possible for all attendees.
Do you have a discounted hotel room rate?
Yes! We have secured a discounted room rate of $195+tax for standard rooms. Hotel reservations can be made online, here. Book early before the block sells out!
What meals are included in our ticket price?
Your Summit registration includes all meals during event programming. Specifically, this includes:
Tuesday: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Wedesnday: Breakfast & Lunch
What is the cancellation policy?
A full refund will be given to those attendees who notify us by 03/31/26, a 50% refund will be given for notifications given 04/01/26 – 05/31/26. Unfortunately, we are unable to refund registrations after 06/1/26 due to our commitment deadlines.
What is the physical layout of the event?
All event sessions take place within the Marriott Marquis ballrooms, which are accesible via multiple elevators. All seating is single-level. If you have any specific concerns in this area, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at team@amazingparish.org and we’ll find the details you need!
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