Best Practices : Outreach

Teaching Married Couples to Pray Together

Six-week program builds intimacy through praying together.

Increase Efficiency without Losing Personal Touch

Progressive dinner allows priest to reach out in a personal way to multiple families in just one night.

Bolstering Eucharistic Adoration

Parish team finds creative ways to boost perpetual adoration.

Prayer-Blanket Ministry Unites Parishioners with the Sick

Parishioners find joy in giving prayers and comfort to those in need.

Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles

This exhibition presents 126 Eucharistic Miracles through photographs and historical descriptions. Throughout the ages, the Church has recognized these miracles from various countries as testimony to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

Coffee, Cocoa and Questions

Informal Q&A with the pastor draws a crowd three weeks in a row.

A Volunteer Group for Every Parishioner

A time-tested way to ensure volunteers and to involve otherwise passive parishioners in parish life.

Reinvigorated Catholic Women Invigorate Their Parish

Do-it-yourself ENDOW small-group study program is inspiring hundreds of Catholic women by teaching their true dignity and vocation in the Church and the world.

Insight into Theology of the Body Gives Teens Hope

Theology of the Body for Teens is a life-changing chastity program winning rave reviews from teens and teachers.

Managing Money Responsibly in Light of Catholic Teachings

Participation in financial ministry program grows close to 500% in one and one half years.