Many parishes and schools are trapped in a maintenance cycle, spending most of their time and resources struggling to simply maintain what they have. Learn how to break free of the maintenance model and focus more of your time, energy, and resources on advancing the mission of your Church community.
Service is not something we do but someone we give: our very selves. It is an act of love rooted in a divine love already poured out for us. This book provides a radical but thoroughly consistent rethinking of the Christian life that takes up the tradition and builds upon it in a way that […]
“Pushing the Envelope” - New Trends in Diocesan Appeals To register, contact Rena Claus at rclaus@osv.com Attend this webinar series to hear best practices for administering an appeal and ways to increase appeal participation from well-known and respected speakers from across the country and our OSV staff.
Along with a once in a generation pandemic, 2020 ushered in new or exacerbated challenges for our Church. But we are Easter people who abound in Hope, and our parishes need to be places of Eucharistic celebration, bringing joy and faith to all. So, dormancy or decline cannot be in our lexicon or practice. Every […]
With summer coming to an end, back-to-school organizing and tidying up may be at the top of your mind. So starts the endless quest for the perfect containers, boxes, totes, bags, bins, shelves, files, folders, and labels to tame our closets, corral our clutter, and eliminate chaos. Books and television shows promise the magical secrets […]
Taking Parish Offertory By The Horns To register, contact Rena Claus at rclaus@osv.com Attend this webinar series to hear best practices for administering an appeal and ways to increase appeal […]
With her accessible, everyday approach to life, writer, mom, and volunteer Lara C. Patangan helps us realize that our everyday compassion makes a difference in exponential ways and that mercy […]
Make a life-changing pilgrimage, beginning this Advent. Oriens is a Latin word meaning “rising” and “dawn.” Your Oriens journey begins on the First Sunday of Advent and continues until the feast of the […]
Good luck getting through an entire day without experiencing the impact of Catholicism. Woken up by an alarm or checked the time? The mechanical clock was invented in the tenth […]
Why having a Parish Census is Crucial for Diocesan Development? To register, contact Rena Claus at rclaus@osv.com Attend this webinar series to hear best practices for administering an appeal and […]
We continue to hear how difficult it is for parishes across the country to strengthen parish community, especially when budgets are tight, and parishioners are concerned about economic stresses and […]
Catholic parishes are staffed by dedicated, passionate members of the laity who are often underpaid and overworked but nevertheless continue to labor in the vineyard of the Lord. Whether you […]
You don't have to travel overseas to discover our Blessed Mother’s miraculous love for her children. Mary’s Miracles: A Traveler's Guide to Catholic America takes you to more than 50 Marian shrines, […]
Filled with reflections and brief imaginative sequences, Come to Mary’s House invites you to imagine you are with the Blessed Virgin – visiting in her living room, working in her garden, or […]
As catechists, we witness new life in Christ. Dr. Joseph White recently gathered with catechetical leaders from 82 countries at the International Congress on Catechesis in Rome. Join us for […]
A catechism is a way of teaching the Faith that strengthens the bonds of unity in our Church and, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “enlivens the faith […]
Totally Catholic VBS is back for 2023! Launch kids on a cosmic quest where they’ll have a blast shining Jesus’ light to the world. Stellar rockets kids on an out-of-this-world adventure […]
Where tradition meets innovation. Join us to learn best practices for Envelopes, Online Giving, and Websites. OSV is honored to be working with the Diocese of Corpus Christi to assist parishes […]
When #GivingTuesday was launched in 2012, it shifted the focus of the holiday season from spending to giving, offering an alternative to consumerism. As more Catholic institutions join the #GivingTuesday […]
Increase Engagement through One-on-One Donor Communication and Outreach To register, contact Rena Claus at rclaus@osv.com Attend this webinar series to hear best practices for administering an appeal and ways to […]
