Honest Conversations Reflect on Vision for the Future of Philadelphia’s Church Information and dialogue sessions about the Trust and Hope initiative, featuring planned missionary hubs and person-to-person evangelization, are generating frank feedback in the Church of Philadelphia.

The plan involves creating "missionary hubs" with their own dedicated staff who will work through and support existing parishes, schools, ministries, and religious communities.

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Honest Conversations Reflect on Vision for the Future of Philadelphia’s Church Information and dialogue sessions about the Trust and Hope initiative, featuring planned missionary hubs and person-to-person evangelization, are generating frank feedback in the Church of Philadelphia.

The plan involves creating "missionary hubs" with their own dedicated staff who will work through and support existing parishes, schools, ministries, and religious communities.

Read more from Catholic Philly: bit.ly/4lTZHVP

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A vibrant church cares for a person’s mind, body, and spirit What makes a vibrant church? Is it the people? The liturgy? U.S. Catholic readers reflect on what makes an ideal parish.

"A parish is where the universal church encounters a local community, expresses itself in its languages and cultures, attends to its needs, and is enriched by its gifts."

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Five years later: How some parishes are thriving after COVID lockdowns Five years ago this week, public health orders issued amid the uncertainty of the novel coronavirus turned Mass schedules across the country and the world upside down.

"For some thriving parishes in the U.S., the lockdowns — while challenging — presented an opportunity to continue sharing the faith in a creative manner and come out even stronger than they were before."

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