April 2, 2026
Follow this guide to make sure you are aware and prepared to make your upcoming parish merger the best experience it could possibly be!
A person kneels in prayer in a dimly lit, wooden-pew church with stained glass windows in the background.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman April 2, 2026
I meet many who identify as spiritual but not religious. Those more comfortable splashing in a shallow end of belief than wading into depths of doctrine.
A crown of sharp, dark thorns set against a stark white background.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman March 26, 2026
We have all sold Jesus out, at one point or another. Some of us have done it more than once, and we’ve done it for a lot less than 30 pieces of silver.
Blue ocean meeting a pale blue sky.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman March 19, 2026
“It must be so crazy, being God,” one of my friends said. “Does it feel like playing The Sims? Just making people do stuff because you want to see what happens?”
Collage of images of the Virgin Mary
March 12, 2026
How and where to find the BEST graphics of Mary to use for your church without worrying about copyright!
Water pouring into cupped hands outdoors, splashing in sunlight.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman March 12, 2026
Nowhere in the Gospel story does it say that Jesus promised the man sight if he washed in the pool. I wonder what it was that made him feel he could trust Jesus.
Catholic priest typing on a laptop in an office
March 5, 2026
Thousands of churches have leveled-up the design part of their communications thanks to Canva. Learn how your parish can, too!
Woman and child laughing outdoors, embracing in a sunny field.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman March 5, 2026
This was when I learned that it feels good to help people, and this memory is a perpetually replenished well of living water for me.
Woman with backpack raises arms to sky atop mountain.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman February 26, 2026
When I went to Indianapolis in the summer of 2024 to cover the NEC for our archdiocesan newspaper, I knew it would be a fun and spiritually rich experience.
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