reCatholic
Institute for Church Renewal
rediscover, rekindle, renew
God constantly calls the Church to renewal. It is an invitation to rediscover the hidden treasure of our Catholic faith, rekindle a passionate love for it, and allow it to renew our lives.
We create resources to help Catholic organizations rediscover, rekindle, and renew the adventure of faith.
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Autumn Rain
A Novena With Mary
Autumn Rain is a novena steeped in Scripture, the saints, and the teaching of the Church, and is designed to rekindle an authentic relationship with Mary, who directs us to her Son.
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The faith is an inexhaustible treasure. We must allow ourselves to be struck again with awe as we experience its beauty, wonder, and richness.
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Moments of deep encounter with God spark the flame of a passionate love. We need to make a place in our hearts for His transforming presence.
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Living faith can radically transform us and change our lives. We embrace the challenge and adventure of a life with purpose and meaning.
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See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers … for I put water in the desert and rivers in the wasteland for my chosen people to drink.
Isaiah 43
Reflections on Renewal
Beyond Metrics: Parish Effectiveness
Why do traditional metrics like attendance, sacraments, and tithing fall short in measuring parish success? Explore how focusing a different focus can help your parish.
Formation as Mission
The mission of the Church flows from Christ’s mission as Prophet, Priest, and King. This creates a practical demand for how we live as individual Christians and as a Church.
Tradition’s Forgotten Elements
All ages are increasingly disconnected from the Church, but a growing number of young Catholics are turning back to traditional teaching and practices. Is this enough?
Busy is a Cancer
What seems like a practical problem is actually much more than that. Chronic busyness becomes a self-centered prison, where I don’t even have time to stop and see that I’ve become trapped.
Big and Little Discernment, Part 1
The goal of discernment is to be able to distinguish God’s will from our own desires or temptations. We do this in order to make choices and live in union with God’s will.
Catholic Culture
The personal conversion deeply influenced Western civilization’s moral and spiritual fabric. It is this transformation that comes through a personal encounter with Jesus Christ which we need to rediscover today.
The Gospel and a Theology of Kitsch
Few people have been presented with the fullness of the Gospel. All they know is a tame, domesticated version. The Jesus they know is not demanding or incompatible with their already established hierarchy of values.
The Grinch, Communists, and Baby Jesus
Every year I turn into the Grinch. “I must stop Christmas from coming…” till the 25th anyway. Advent has been entirely pushed out by holiday celebrations that start even before Thanksgiving leftovers can be put away.
Wandering & Intentional Holiness
Taking responsibility for our life and living intentionally is a tremendous challenge, but it’s the only thing that makes life worth living and embracing that responsibility is the necessary first step to holiness.
Finally Home – Parish Renewal
St. John Paul II describes the parish as “the family of God, a … welcoming home.” Do these words have any meaning today? Is the average parish an experience of home? What does it mean to be “home”?
Radical Holiness – Personal Renewal
It’s easy to interpret “radical holiness” as something strange and extreme, but nothing is further from the truth. Holiness is “radical” because it touches the deepest parts of who we are.
Hidden Treasures – Seeing Like Christ
Lessons from a priest who restores brass items from churches around town. “People look and only see the tarnished, but I see what they can be. To me, they are beautiful already.”