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EquipCast
Find Your Spiritual Compass: Navigating Change Using Discernment - Featuring Tod Bolsinger
Are you completely satisfied with every aspect of your life? Most people dream about changing some aspect of their life, but we’re often held back by the fear and anxiety… Read More
EquipCast
Workable Vision (Statements)
Do you know your parish’s vision statement? If you are like me, your answer might be, “Uh…it’s in the bulletin?” And if you’ve been around the Church long enough and… Read More
Family
Abortion and Empathy
Modified from a bulletin article by Fr. Jeff Lorig, Pastor at Midtown Catholic As we enter the holiday season, a time where we interact with family members more frequently, I… Read More
Collaborative Leadership
How to Discern God’s Will as a Group
I sometimes find the idea of discerning God’s will within my own life daunting. Sifting through the emotions, desires, and the high and low points of each day, and then… Read More
Collaborative Leadership
Equip the Saints for Ministry
I talk a lot on the EquipCast about the need for church leaders to equip the lay faithful for ministry. This view isn’t something that I came up with on… Read More
Leadership
The Lay Vocations Crisis
By Jen Moser – Associate Director & Leadership Formation Specialist, Parish Support Team We often hear that there is a “vocations crisis” in the Church, and it’s hard to deny given recent… Read More
Leadership
Five Ideas to Engage Your Parishioners
By Fr. Jeff Lorig I have been working with the St. Philip Neri/Blessed Sacrament Parish Council since December 2019. After countless hours of discussion, they identified two objectives that they… Read More
Leadership
A Shepherd's Job Description
By Fr. Jeff Lorig – Recently assigned as pastor to St. Thomas More and St. Joan of Arc parishes. As a Pastor, one of my first jobs as a leader… Read More
Leadership
Been to any good budget meetings lately?
By Fr. Jeff Lorig, Director of Pastoral Services Budgets are on the minds of many of our pastors and parish and school leaders. We’ve certainly had our share of budget… Read More
Leadership
“Good Grief!” Loss and Grief in Northeast Nebraska
By Dr. Michael Ashton, Superintendent of Catholic Schools The title of this article honors a beloved spiritual writer, Charles Schulz, the author of the comic strip Peanuts. I grew up… Read More
EquipCast
EquipCast 8: What's On Your Heart
On the Wednesday after schools shut down due to the Coronavirus, Christine French was in a continuous stream of webinars and on-line meetings. She felt anxious and busy, and she… Read More