The Catholic Leadership Puzzle
Building a Parish Community that Saves Souls, Makes Saints and Transforms the World
“Leaders see the future as a picture puzzle and figure out how all the pieces come together.”
—Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, The Leadership Challenge
It is from this understanding that The Catholic Leadership Puzzle addresses the challenge of creating a parish community that saves souls, makes saint and transforms the world.
This book is an overview of the twelve primary “puzzle pieces” any parish community needs in order to fulfill the Great Commission while helping individuals strive for holiness and collectively transforms the local community of which it is a part as well as a practial guidebook to identify and begin implementation of whichever puzzle piece is needed within your community.
Implementation is encouraged through both reflection and the taking of the next best step in light of the needs and challenges of your local community.
Throughout the book, lessons learned from more than three decades of parish ministry are shared to help inspire you on your own journey to implement both best practices and the wisdom of the Church in the service of building the Kingdom for the greater glory of God.
This book will be released in the fall of 2024.
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