The value of strategic pastoral planning is as much the process as the plan. Effective strategic pastoral planning aligns stakeholders, builds trust, and creates shared ownership of the future. It clarifies long-term goals and sets realistic near-term priorities. Our latest

Strategic pastoral planning sits at the intersection of corporate #discipline and #pastoral discernment. It helps leaders step back from daily urgency to ask: • Where should we invest limited resources? • What are we being called to prioritize—or let go? • How do we measure

ICYMI: Our latest Roundtable Resource is out now! Leading a faith-based organization isn’t just about managing programs or hitting goals. It’s about stewarding a #mission toward impact. In a time of rapid change and growing complexity, that responsibility calls for more than good

#synodalwords How are you living out synodality? In his closing address at the Extraordinary Consistory on January 8 #popeLeoXIV reiterated that ‘The path of synodality is a path of communion for mission, in which we are all called to participate.’ 🔥 https://t.co/VAthWMCbBQ

There are five essential steps to strategic pastoral planning. This new Roundtable Resource breaks them down to help faith-based leaders plan with clarity.  https://t.co/BDXH9um2zv

Kneeling like the Magi before the Infant of Bethlehem means, also for us, to profess having found that true humanity in which the glory of God shines forth.

The Jubilee has ended, but the spirit of hope and joy lives on in the Church!

A blessed Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord! Prayer for the Solemnity: O God, who on this day revealed your Only Begotten Son to the nations by the guidance of a star, grant in your mercy that we, who know you already by faith, may be brought to behold the beauty of your

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Leaders today face similar moments: Do we cling to what we know, or step forward in faith? The Holy Family shows us that faithful leadership means trusting God—and moving anyway. #Catholicism #Epiphany #Trust #FaithInAction

Joseph, too, had a choice. Protect his reputation—or trust the message he received in a dream. He chose obedience over certainty, and quiet faith over control. #CatholicTwitter #Epiphany #LeadershipDevelopment

Mary’s yes at the Annunciation wasn’t safe or symbolic. Unwed pregnancy meant shame, danger, even death. Still, she chose trust: “May it be done to me according to your word.” #CatholicX #Epiphany #Mary

Leadership often begins where certainty ends. This Epiphany, the Holy Family reminds us that trust—real trust—can be the most courageous act of leadership. #Catholic #leadershipmatters #Epiphany

Mary’s yes at the Annunciation wasn’t safe or symbolic. Unwed pregnancy meant shame, danger, even death. Still, she chose trust: “May it be done to me according to your word.”#CatholicX #trust #Epiphany

Most Rev. Ronald Hicks, Archbishop-designate of New York and Bishop of Joliet, reflects on the Feast of the Epiphany and what it means to encounter Christ and “go home by another way.” Drawing from his years of priestly ministry in El Salvador, he shares how meeting Christ in the

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Used well, "yes, and" creates space for real exploration and mutual discovery. Used poorly, it silences voices. Leadership demands we know the difference.

But “yes, and” has edges. It’s not a polite way of saying no, nor a commitment to everything. When used to mask decisions or avoid clarity, trust erodes and burnout follows.

When practiced properly, "yes, and" reflects genuine openness to ideas and attentiveness to how the Spirit moves through others. It mirrors the dialogue, listening and discernment of synodality.

New blog out today! Synodality invites us to journey together through listening, dialogue, and shared discernment. Yet many leaders still ask what this looks like in practice. "Yes, and" is one example. (A thread...)