Leadership Roundtable

Technology is rapidly reshaping much of our world, so we are excited to share that Alex Jones, who co-founded the world’s #1 prayer app, Hallow, will be joining us at the 2026 Catholic Partnership Summit to help Catholic leaders understand ways to leverage emerging technology to support faith formation and renewal. Alex co-founded Hallow in 2018 after returning to his Catholic faith, building the app he himself needed in that moment. Hallow is grounded in the conviction that entrepreneurship aligned with Catholic Social Teaching can be a force for good. It has more than 30 million downloads and more than 1 billion prayers prayed.

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Blessed Fulton Sheen pray for us!

ICYMI: Watch the recording of his beatification in St. Louis today.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen Beatification From the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

"Before there can be a renewal of institutions, there must be a renewal of persons." Read more from Archbishop William Lori's address to the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious where he reminded the sisters of their vital role in renewal.

Baltimore archbishop urges women religious to model renewal of American political culture "The world needs women who have been seized by Christ. It needs women whose lives bear unmistakable witness to the truth that God is real."

Catholics across Louisiana are providing coordinated support for communities in need during emergencies through resilience hubs called "community lighthouses" that offer residents in need access to solar power to charge devices and access cooling as well as food.

Facing the threat of natural disasters, Catholics and other groups are creating resilience hubs that help people survive. Catholics are uniquely positioned to offer these hubs, because of Catholic social teaching, and because a parish is already a geographic entity wherein Catholic institutions are responsible for the well-being of every soul—not only sacramentally but also materially.

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We are excited to share that Matthew Harvey Sanders, the founder and CEO of Longbeard — creator of Magisterium AI — will be joining us to speak at the 2026 Catholic Partnership Summit! Matthew brings to the Summit a first-hand builder’s perspective on AI and its implications for the Church. Sanders envisioned an LLM faithful to Church teaching, so he built Magisterium AI using a specialized library of Catholic documents, and it has become the world’s no. 1 answer engine for the Catholic faith. For leaders in the room, Matthew offers a critical frame for building AI literacy while keeping Church teaching and institutional purpose in view as technology reshapes how we work.

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Our 2026 Catholic Partnership Summit kicks off on October 20 and we are excited to introduce you to the speakers who will guide our conversations and provide critical insights to the questions before us.

Meet Betsy Bohlen! Elizabeth (Betsy) Bohlen understands how to turn strategy into practice within a complex Catholic organization. A former McKinsey partner, Betsy is Chief Operating Officer of the Archdiocese of Chicago, where she has served since 2011, bringing organizational best practices and leadership to serve the mission of the Church. Betsy’s work sits at the intersection of governance, organizational strategy, and pastoral priorities, allowing her to offer leaders in the room both a practical perspective on navigating challenging situations and a clear understanding of why standards-based management provides a foundation of mission.

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We are thrilled that one of our original team members, Peter Denio, has taken on a new role as Director of Parish Mission Vitality at the Archdiocese of Newark, bringing his more than 30 years of expertise and service to the Church to this important new ministry!

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, CSsR and the Archdiocese of Newark have been a long-time friend and frequent partner of Leadership Roundtable, and we're delighted that Peter will now be working with them to help lead the implementation of the archdiocese's new “We Are His Witnesses” initiative to strengthen the vitality and missionary effectiveness of parishes across Newark.

Congratulations, Peter! The Archdiocese of Newark is lucky to have you, and we're excited for the work you will do!

Happy Birthday, Holy Father!

Today, we remember the 2,977 victims who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. As we mark 25 years since the attack that forever changed our nation, we continue to hold the survivors and the families of the victims in prayer.

Last week our team joined the Nuevo Momento annual partners meeting in Boston. The theme was “In Our Own Words.” Leaders from the partner organizations shared their accomplishments, challenges, and what they're building next to serve Hispanic Catholic communities across the country. 🌱

We are proud to walk alongside these leaders as they build the capacity to advance their mission, for the present and future of Hispanic ministry. Thanks to Boston College and the Nuevo Momento team for hosting an incredible meeting!