Pastoral Planning
A step-by-step guide:
Dreams & Visions:
Pastoral Planning
for Lifelong Faith Formation
A new book which includes a chapter
outlining those all-important Planning
Team Meetings.

Training
How to teach your parish
about lifelong formation
including excellent PowerPoint
presentations to download and use,
complete with presentation notes.

Implementation
How to state and sustain faith sharing
throughout the parish using the
Question of the Week
With free prayer sheets.

Prayer Services
to accompany faith sharing.
You can download and use these in 5
minutes!

Outlines for adult
Bible Studies
which are in plain English! Download
each session and get all you need in
one item.

Complete plans for
Parish Based Retreats
in several practical scheduling formats.

Background Material
All the current books
you need to better understand lifelong
formation, plus free articles you can
download, copy, and use.

Vatican II
Lots of strong resources
to help you teach about the Council.
We are approaching the 50th
Anniversary of the date on which John
XXIII called Vatican II: Jan 25, 1959.

Twenty-Third Publications
Serving the Church for more than 40 years!
Site Directory
Directory of Professional Conferences
Welcome to the Professional
Development Center
Becoming better Ministers of the Word!  
April 18 - 22, 2010
Bally's  
Las Vegas  
2010 Annual Conference

Join with your colleagues in parish, school and diocesan
ministry as we meet in the deserts of Nevada to explore how
faith formation in our parishes and schools can be an oasis in
this busy, demanding, and widely diverse world.  

Share ideas, rub shoulders, grow in your professional life...

                  Go here to register or get more information.
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Question of the Week

Find complete plans for
Parish Based Retreats

Find adult education & formation in our
Vatican II Center

Use the tons of resources in our
Lifelong Faith Formation Center
Growing Up Catholic
Sacramental Formation that lasts a lifetime!
Coaching Parents to form their own children
for First Eucharist, First Reconciliation,
& Confirmation in restored order
Es disponible en espanol, tambien.
Directory of Resources and Programs
The Conference on Pastoral Planning and Council Development.
This organization serves Catholic dioceses and parishes around the
nation by providing professional links and training,
and by offering a forum for discussion of ideas
related to these two ministries.

If you aren't a member yet, join today!
Click here for more information about our annual conference.
Directory of
Resources
April 25-28, 2010
Rensselaerville,
New York
New!
Click here.

Coaching
Center

Coach parents to help
form their own children
in faith.
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