The Center for Parish Leadership
Parish Leadership Development Teams
Equipping Catholic Leaders ~
Believing in Strong Parishes
Vibrant parishes require gifted leaders who are trained,
informed, and committed to the Mission of the parish.
This page is dedicated to sharing best-practice
information relevant to members of parish leadership
development teams.
  • Accurate volunteer  leader position descriptions
  • Transparent invitation process - open, welcoming, personal
  • Creative, highly visible communication of open leadership positions
  • Current leaders publicity expresses positive impact of their roles
Critical success Factors - Phase I:
Leader Recruitment & Selection
  • Gift discovery program for future parish leaders and other volunteers
  • No voting (creates winners & losers)
  • Multi-stage discernment process - match gifts to leader roles & accountabilities including:
  • General information night
  • Candidate contact by current leaders
  • Prayer discernment evening
  • Process characteristics - prayerful, transparent, guided by the Spirit
"The test of
leadership is not
to put greatness
into humanity,
but to elicit it,
for the greatness is
already there."
    James
    Buchanan
Leader Recruitment
Leader Selection
Additonal information will be added in the coming weeks. If
you would like to discuss how to form your own parish
Leadership Development Team,

please
Contact Us at

The Center for Parish Leadership