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Are you using the right fundraising tools? What kind of tool is THAT? Look at that picture. Do you know what that is? I didn’t either until about...

Disciples & Stewards – Look at the Saints Saints are living Gospels The saints help us know the will of God by showing us what it looks...

What’s your mission? What is a mission statement? It’s one of those things that seems very important to get right, but is terribly...

Disciples & Stewards – Ask His Church One way to discover God’s will is to study the official teachings of the Catholic Church...

Disciples and Stewards – Meditations for spiritual growth This week, I’m happy to introduce something a little different. For the past...

Fundraising First Steps I went to a Knights of Columbus meeting over the weekend. I’m new to the Knights, but I know a lot of outstanding...

Prayer and the Empty Page I’ve been a professional writer for over a decade, and a professional fundraiser for nearly eight years. From time...

Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Do Bake Sales. Or, Why the Church is Losing the Culture War. As a fundraiser, I constantly try to educate myself...

I see a lot of articles about mindfulness and meditation, even in the fundraising blogs I read. They have headlines like, “De-stress your...

Dear Sr. Veronica, I was thinking about finding volunteer leaders for the campaign, and do you know what came to mind? Jesus choosing his 12...

Dear Sister Veronica, Looking at this giant number… $8,000,000… is kind of like staring at Mount Fuji before you start to climb. A little bit...

Dear Sr. Veronica, Yes, I ate so much turkey that I just about sprouted feathers. It was fantastic. I think my favorite part of Thanksgiving is...