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A Case for Parish Consolidations

A Case for Parish Consolidations In many dioceses throughout the United States, parishes are being consolidated or combined in groups of two, three and even four.  The rationale for doing this seems...

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The Culture of an Amazing Parish

The Culture of an Amazing Parish When people use the word ‘culture’ as it pertains to organizations, it can mean a lot of things.  All too often, it is associated with cosmetic and surface-level...

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Taking a Team Approach to Christmas

Taking a Team Approach to Christmas As you prepare for Christmas liturgies at your parsh, it might be a good time to put your commitment to teamwork to the test. What I mean is that during...

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Evangelizing Over the Holidays

Evangelizing Over the Holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas are a time when so many of us are with family members whom we don’t see often.  This might be less prevalent in the Covid Era, but it will be...

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The True Meaning of Patience

The True Meaning of Patience The true definition of a word is important. That’s especially true when the word is a virtue, because using the improper definition can lead us to choose our actions, or...

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Pastors Need Teams

Pastors Need Teams It’s not debatable.  And yet, it’s not accepted by all pastors, which leads to unnecessary suffering for parishioners, Church employees, and pastors themselves.  So let’s take a...

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Parishes Are Not Jobs Programs

Parishes Are Not Jobs Programs A friend of mine, the pastor of a large Evangelical church, once said something that made a huge impression on me. “No one should work at a church because they need the...

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The War on Mediocrity

The War on Mediocrity Mediocrity is one of those words that seems relatively innocuous but gets people’s attention. I suppose there is something particularly stinging about the prospect of being...

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What are we Assuming?

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...

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Strategy Takes Courage

Strategy Takes Courage   One of the biggest differences between leading a parish during the age of Christendom vs. Apostolic Mission is strategy.  In the old days of Christendom, parishes were largely...

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