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Try canceling the parish festival and watch what happens.
The reaction tells you everything about whether your parish still knows the difference between method and mission.
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Nearly 40% of American newspapers have closed in the last 20 years. The internet didn't kill them - they confused their method with their mission.
So has your parish.
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From the Vatican today: π
"For this very reason, the transmission of the faith today requires, in a particular way, the evangelization of adults & a move beyond pastoral ministry focused solely on the catechesis of children & adolescents"
-VAM, 41-42
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It is difficult, but possible, to have a parish which switches from merely getting people to receive Sacraments and becoming a parish which helps the Sacraments be transformative for people.
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Pray for the Pope's health and upcoming surgery!
Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized. The doctors believe that it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to remove it. The operation is already scheduled to take place in the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers.
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It is always an honor to be the only lay person in a room full of priests. Blessed to lead the priests of Dodge City at their priest convocation the last few days.
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The first mission of the Church is to help people be attentive to the profound questions of life: those concerning our origin and our destiny, as well as those concerning the meaning of love and suffering. The logic of profit at all costs and the manipulation of information risk exerting undue pressure on people to conform to a lifestyle centred on the consumption of material goods, but our hearts are made to look upwards. #GeneralAudience
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The real test is found in our behaviors, decisions, and the way we run our parishes. The question is not so much βdo you believe thisβ but βwould an outside observer to your parish conclude you believe it by what your parish is doing?β
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Many people are rediscovering the Gospel and embracing the faith against the backdrop of a society marked by a deeply secularized culture. With pastoral tenderness and fraternal charity, we must recognize, welcome, and protect the small flame that the Holy Spirit has kindled in the darkness of the night. #ApostolicJourney #France vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/eβ¦
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If you work in a parish, diocese, or apostolate - I BEG you to read this talk Pope Leo XIV made to leaders of the Diocese of Rome. It is a gold mine, & in line with what I have been trying to get parishes to do since we launched @CMDisciples
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If you work in a parish or diocese AND you want to start the process of personal and institutional renewal - check this out!π₯
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YES! YES! YES!
The Church does not exist for herself, but to lead every person to an encounter with the Lord. It is therefore not enough to ask whether an activity is well organized, well attended, or has been running for many years. We must ask whether it truly leads people to Christ and brings the Gospel into contact with the concrete realities of peopleβs lives.
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Applications for CMD Cohorts is now open for a limited time!
Reach out today to start a conversation.
Transformed leaders can transform parishes!
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Imagine your bishop shut down every program, class, and event in the diocese tomorrow. Sacraments stay. Everything else has to happen through relationships.
What would be left in your parish?
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What if your bishop sent a letter tomorrow that said all parishes have to shut down all programs, events, and classes.
What would your parish look like in the aftermath?
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Do not be afraid to sow without immediately seeing the fruits. The sowing belongs to you; the growth belongs to God. No gesture carried out in the name of Christ is useless.
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There is a sentence most of us in Catholic ministry cannot say out loud - "I don't know how."
Saying it costs you far less than you think, and pretending costs you far more.
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An agnostic gives you a year to convince him the Church is true. What do you actually do with him?
Most of us reach for a program, because nobody ever taught us anything else.
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Faith is not something given to us once and for all. Rather, we continually need to rediscover the face of Christ and his Gospel, to enter more deeply into his message and to renew the choices we make in our lives, so that they may be consistent with what we profess. In this way, we can overcome the temptation to think that we already know everything and to reduce faith to mere habit. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 16:13-20)