Program areas at Catholic Leadership Institute
Next generation parish: additional $2,521,650 of donor directed support for next generation parish. This four year experience provides the pastor and his community with the opportunity to assess its greatest opportunities and strengths, develop a plan to move into the future, and most importantly cultivate a deeper missionary spirit throughout the community.
Custom training: additional $600,000 of training provided through donor directed support. Customized training solutions to meet diocesan and parish Leadership objectives. This includes the administration of the disciple maker index survey which is a tool that gathers comprehensive feedback about parishioners' spiritual growth through 75 questions. The resulting insight is invaluable: it enables parish Leadership to make data-driven decisions regarding priorities that will ultimately help parishioners grow in faith. As of december 31, 2023, 641,976 parishioner responses have been recorded in the dmi survey.
Consulting: additional $1,110,000 of donor directed support for called for more. Consulting services are unique and varied from a mutually shared vision serving 132 clients to date. Since 2019, 3,650 priests have participated in the called for more training offered. Called for more offers the diocese an opportunity to transform the process by which pastors are assigned to parishes, and supported through critical ministry transitions.
Training: priest and seminarian Leadership formation and skill building. Priests and seminarians receive world class Leadership development training that will equip them to be better leaders/pastors/priests. As of december 31, 2023, 3,925 priests and seminarians have participated.