The Generous Heart

Faith meeting real life. A lifetime of conversion in Christ, leading to discipleship and stewardship. Welcome to The Generous Heart, a site devoted to supporting you and your parish as an engaged faith community. Here, we find inspiration in the witness of the early communities of believers: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. ... Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved." (Acts 2: 42, 46-47) This site will be a constantly renewing source of support for people of ministry: pastors, parishioner leaders, and pastoral staff members. Come here for new ideas and resources for pastoral planning, stewardship, lifelong fatih formation, parishioner engagement and collaboration in ministry. Visit The Generous Heart often to find the resources and information you need as you form generous hearts in the community you serve.

At The Generous Heart...

At The Generous Heart, we know that effective pastoral planning leads to faith communities that are both formative and transformative. Here you will find support through quality resources and interaction with pastoral leaders in a variety of areas of ministry. As you embrace the life of the disciple and steward, you will find here a place to turn to for new ideas, practical tools for ministry, and connections to experienced people of ministry throughout the United States, Canada and Australia.

Out with the blog, in with FAcebook!

After blogging less regularly than would be productive, Leisa has decided to move to Facebook for networking, discussion and sharing. We are now connected to two pages on Facebook:

www.Facebook.com/GrowingUpCatholic for those who attend Great Expectations workshops or who wish to connect with others who are embracing coaching parents as a means to help them, their families, and our communities grow in faith;

www.Facebook.com/BelongingChurch for those who are building engagement and/or strengths development in their parishes or dioceses.

Join us on Facebook! Tell others you "like" these pastoral approaches and become part of the on-going conversation with other pastoral leaders as we learn and grow together in Christ's love.