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Mission (What is this and for whom?): Facilitate collaboration across ministries, share resources, and reduce reinventing the wheel.
Purpose (Why does this matter?): Ministries across the world are solving the same problems in parallel, unaware of each other, or unaware of problems or blindspots that might exist. Work that is shared and discoverable goes further than work that is repeated in isolation.
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✦ Before you build anything
Who is already doing this, anywhere in the world?
Is there already a Catholic version of this?
Which ministries tried this and stopped — and why?
Which needs in my area are still nobody's job?
Ministries like ours we could learn from or join
What other parishes our size are actually doing
✦ Know your field
How many Catholics live in my city or diocese?
Which parishes near me are actually active?
Where is the Church unreachable online in my region?
Which dioceses have the biggest digital gap?
Which dioceses in my country are least online?
Where are young adult Catholics concentrated near me?
Church data I can put in a proposal or grant
✦ Fewer priests, more to do
How parishes share one priest without falling apart
Running a parish community with no resident priest
What deacons and lay leaders are allowed to lead
Where clergy are stretched thinnest in my country
Training lay leaders to carry parish life
✦ Youth and young adults
Starting a youth ministry with no budget
Why young adults leave, and what brings them back
Young adult ministries near me I could partner with
Keeping youth ministers from burning out
Confirmation programs that keep teens after the sacrament
Campus ministries near my parish to work with
✦ Volunteers and lay staff
Finding and keeping volunteers in a small parish
Formation pathways for lay ministers in my country
What other parishes pay lay staff, and for what
Handing off a ministry when its founder leaves
Catholics with professional skills who want to serve
✦ Getting online with no tech person
Making our parish findable on Google and maps
Free or cheap tools parishes actually use
Livestreaming Mass on a tiny budget
Which platforms Catholic groups run on today
Someone to build our parish website
✦ Money and partners
Grants and foundations funding work like ours
Dioceses open to piloting something new
Ministries I could partner with instead of compete
Fundraising that works for small parishes
Catholic media that would cover our launch
✦ People in need
Who serves migrants and refugees in my area?
Catholic mental health resources I can refer people to
Working with Catholic Charities where I am
Help for families in crisis that already exists here
Programs for the elderly and homebound near me
✦ Community that lasts
Building real community in a large, anonymous parish
Welcoming newcomers so they actually stay
Small groups that survive past the first year
Reaching Catholics here who speak another language
Bringing back Catholics who drifted away
✦ Formation and catechesis
Catechist training when we have no catechists
Adult faith formation that people finish
Catechesis resources in my language
Marriage preparation options for our couples
Adult initiation programs for a small parish
✦ Events and gatherings
Retreat centers we could book nearby
Speakers for our next event
Conferences where ministries like ours gather
Catholic events near me this month
A parish festival that pays for itself
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