Total Parish Development: Understanding, Organizing and Implementing Your Plan for an Engaged Catholic Community - Softcover

Frank Donaldson

 
9781627854832: Total Parish Development: Understanding, Organizing and Implementing Your Plan for an Engaged Catholic Community
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1627854835 ISBN 13: 9781627854832
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications, 2019

Synopsis

There are plenty of fund-raising companies that can teach you how to write letters and increase your offertory giving. But after thirty years of working hands-on with parishes and Catholic schools, Frank Donaldson has learned over and over that the greatest challenge we face in our parishes really isn t just raising money. The greatest challenge is setting up a successful Catholic Parish Development system, one that will invite and involve people and move your parish to total parish development money included.

In this enlightening book, Donaldson shows us the way build that system. He begins with the basics: understanding the difference between development, stewardship, and evangelization. With refreshing honesty and humor, he encourages us to rethink the way we welcome and engage people, and he offers a doable step-by-step organizational planning process grounded in real parish life and already tested and refined in parishes across the country.

Filled with practical ideas, lessons, tips, and tools, this book is an essential resource for everyone involved in building a vibrant Catholic parish today.

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About the Author

Frank Donaldson is the president of ISPD, a national Catholic Development consulting firm headquartered in the Greater New Orleans Area. He has consulted with hundreds of Catholic parishes and dioceses.

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Publisher
Twenty-Third Publications
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1627854835
ISBN 13 
9781627854832
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176