Our weeklong series “What Do You Want from Your Parish?” continues. Today the focus is on “Miscellaneous” but very vital areas of social life, communications, and parish administration. How can your parish best aid you in your mission within your Domestic Church in these areas of parish life that make Church feel like home? How can your parish best communicate with you? What types of social programs would you like to see happening at Church? What great experiences can you share... Read more
I’m so blessed by my good friends Deacon Tom and Dee Fox. Their wonderful podcast Catholic Vitamins is a “must-listen” gift which features not only the holy deacon and his wife, but also a full cast of other spirit-filled voices. I was very honored to be a recent guest on their Catholic Vitamins Q Quench episode to discuss my Rwanda journey. Tune in here to listen and please join me in thanking Deacon Tom and Dee for this wonderful opportunity... Read more
Our weeklong series “What Do You Want from Your Parish?” continues. Today the focus is on Ministries. How can your parish best aid you in your mission within your Domestic Church in the arena of providing great ministry experiences, both within your parish and outside it, in the community? What great experiences can you share from your own parish, or other good ones you’ve heard of? If you were able to make a request of your pastor in this area,... Read more
What would you say if someone asked you to name your all-time favorite movie? You can find out how I answered that question — along with Fr. James Martin S.J., Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Sr. Rose Pacatte, Camille D’Arienzo, RSM, and even Pope Francis(!) — by taking a little visit to Loyola Press’ Arts and Faith blog. Share your answer here! I’d love to get your movie recommendations! Read more
You might recognize the adorable face on the young lady in this picture if you paid attention to any of my photos from last Fall’s trip to Rwanda. Kerry Weber, author of the fantastic new book Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job, became not only a good friend on that trip, but also someone I look to as a spiritual mentor. There is a genuineness... Read more
Our weeklong series “What Do You Want from Your Parish?” continues. Today the focus is on Religious Education. How can your parish best aid you in your mission within your Domestic Church by educating all members of your family in the faith. What great experiences can you share from your own parish, or other good ones you’ve heard of? If you were able to make a request of your pastor in this area, what would you ask for? Please include... Read more
As an alumna of the University of Notre Dame, I always love following the good fruit being born by various programs of the University. One of these is the amazing Alliance for Catholic Education program which continues to find new and dynamic ways of supporting and promoting Catholic education. I loved reading this week’s story about one of ACE’s tour stops on the 50-city campaign it is making around the country: Nearly two decades ago, Sacred Heart Catholic School in Pinellas Park,... Read more
Our weeklong series “What Do You Want from Your Parish?” continues. Today the focus is on Sacramental Preparation. How can your parish best aid you in your mission within your Domestic Church in the arena of preparing your family to receive the sacraments? What great experiences can you share from your own parish, or other good ones you’ve heard of? If you were able to make a request of your pastor in this area, what would you ask for? Please... Read more
Friends, as some of you know, my partner-in-geekdom Sarah Reinhard and I will be speaking at the upcoming Religious Education Congress for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. For one of our two talks, we need your input. I thought I would break our “needs” down into a weeklong series of blog posts and invite your conversation on each of the five topics. One of the goals of this talk is to share with the participants specific feedback from the faithful... Read more
So much world news can change, shift and evolve during the course of a week. Just last week, I woke up to a tweet from Pope Francis exhorting us to #Prayforpeace in South Sudan and Central African Republic. Then throughout this week we’ve watched as conflict brewed in Ukraine and Venezuela. It seems for now that #Prayforpeace needs to stay at the top of our intention lists. Who knows what the next week will hold in store… Thank you to... Read more
Lisa Hendey
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