Example of advertisements on the back of a church bulletin.
By Chelsea Wilde December 18, 2025
A practical local advertising guide for businesses. Find budget tips, ad design basics, and cost-effective ways to reach customers in your community.
Cross image made out of social media icons.
December 18, 2025
Discover what to include in a parish social media policy and how it strengthens safe, Christ-centered communication. Free template included!
Three lit white candles with soft, warm flames against a blurred blue background.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman December 18, 2025
Advent is drawing quickly to a close, and Christmas is coming soon. The change is upon us. Do we rise to accept it, or do we fall on our faces in fear?
Collage of parish bulletins with beautifully designed covers.
December 11, 2025
We explain why Canva is a top design tool for nonprofits and how Canva Pro’s features help teams create professional communications. No graphic design degree needed!
Vast desert landscape with sand dunes, distant mountains, and a clear blue sky.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman December 11, 2025
We go to Mass. We go to Confession. We pray. We read Scripture. In doing all these things, again and again, we go out to the desert. What are we expecting to see?
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman December 4, 2025
It is so beautiful to be culturally Catholic. But actions, rituals, traditions, sentiments — none of it matters unless it bears the fruit of a transformed heart.
Water droplets falling into a body of water, creating concentric ripples.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman November 26, 2025
Look to the watershed moments, these little (and big) apocalypses. In these moments that change us, for better or worse, God is there, working, waiting.
Silhouette of Jesus on a cross, with two other crosses in the background, against a sunset.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman November 20, 2025
It’s taken me a few hundred read-throughs of this Gospel passage to finally understand a painful truth: I am Gestas, “the bad thief.”
Newborn baby sleeping on a person's shoulder, wearing a white onesie.
By Colleen Jurkiewicz Dorman November 13, 2025
As my husband and I drove our firstborn child home from the hospital, I sat alongside my daughter in the backseat. Terrified, exhausted, exhilarated and confused.
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