The Generous Heart is a unique site. We offer the strength of nationally-recognized pastoral leaders connected through effective ministerial collaboration, all at your fingertips! Contact Leisa through this website to explore possible connections to a network of pastoral leaders in the areas of lifelong faith formation, planning, youth ministry, collaboration, stewardship, and leadership development.

The Generous Heart

Dedicated to supporting you and your ministry, this site  represents a network of resources and consultants who share a vision of the parish as a community of believers who are growing as disciples and stewards.

Who We Are

Leisa Anslinger:

Leisa Anslinger brings extensive experience in parishes and schools to her ministry as an author, speaker and consultant.  Leisa recently completed twelve years as the Pastoral Associate for Evangelization, Catechesis and Stewardship at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the author of a regular column in Ministry and Liturgy Magazine; acts as a stewardship consultant for  Our Sunday Visitor and is an associate of CatholicStrengths,  a consortium that provides training, materials, and consultation on Stewardship, Strengths, and Engagement to Catholic dioceses, parishes, schools, religious orders, and organizations. In the coming months, Leisa will contribute to Celebrating the Lectionary (2009-2010), the University of Dayton's Virtual Learning Community for Lifelong Faith Formation, and GrowingUpCatholic.com. Leisa is a frequent presenter at national and diocesan gatherings on topics ranging from lifelong faith formation and pastoral leadership to collaborative ministry and stewardship. Leisa holds degrees from St. Mary-of-the-Woods college, Purdue University, and the Athenaeum of Ohio and has been an adjunct faculty member at the Athenaeum. She is the author of Here Comes Everybody! and co-author of Desires of the Heart and Forming Generous Hearts, all published by Twenty-Third Publications.