Ministry Formation
Guides for lectors, EMHCs, catechists, and other ministry roles.
Articles
Avoiding Burnout in Ministry:
Lessons from the Desert Fathers
The Desert Fathers developed precise spiritual practices against acedia — the noonday demon of listlessness and spiritual dryness — that map with striking accuracy onto the burnout patterns of modern parish ministry.
Discerning Your Ministry:
The Ignatian Method Applied to Parish Life
How St. Ignatius's Rules for Discernment — consolation and desolation — can guide parishioners toward the ministry that genuinely calls them, rather than merely filling slots.
Servant Leadership Is Not Weakness:
The Catholic Theology of Authority
Contrasting the secular model of authority as power over others with the Catholic theological vision — grounded in John 13, John 10, and Vatican II's Lumen Gentium — of authority as power spent on behalf of others.