Coaching with Divine Renovation
Accompaniment and tools to help you renew your parish — and your hope.
Coaching with Divine Renovation
Accompaniment and tools to help you renew your parish — and your hope.
Your parish is made for mission.
But the truth is, the missionary transformation of your parish is not a one-size-fits-all process.
Whether you’re just starting or already making new disciples, coaching with Divine Renovation meets you where you are and helps you take the next step.
Your parish is made for mission.
But the truth is, the missionary transformation of your parish is not a one-size-fits-all process.
Whether you’re just starting or already making new disciples, coaching with Divine Renovation meets you where you are and helps you take the next step.
Divine Renovation Coaching
A relationship, not a program...
When your parish begins coaching with Divine Renovation, you get more than just a plan — you get a guide.
We’ll walk with you and your team, helping you lead your parish from maintenance to mission using a proven model that’s bearing fruit in parishes around the world.
This isn’t a checklist or a series of coaching sessions. It’s a relationship rooted in trust, prayer, and the belief that your parish is made for more.
And thanks to our generous donors, there’s no cost to your parish.
- Coaching support: guidance tailored to your parish's unique context
- Practical tools: A proven framework to equip your leaders and grow your parish
- Community and inspiration: You're a part of a global movement of mission-focused parishes spanning over 100 countries
Divine Renovation Coaching
A relationship, not a program...
We’ll walk with you and your team to lead your parish from maintenance to mission using a proven model of renewal.
It’s not a checklist. It’s a relationship built on trust, prayer, and the belief that your parish is made for more.
And thanks to our generous donors, there’s no cost to your parish.
- Coaching support: guidance tailored to your parish's unique context
- Practical tools: A proven framework to equip your leaders and grow your parish
- Community and inspiration: You're a part of a global movement of mission-focused parishes spanning over 100 countries
Your coaching journey with Divine Renovation
Parish team discerns together
(Month 1)
Starting with Launch Point, a priest and his team of leaders explore: what is our parish being called to become? How can we get there? This begins the parish renewal journey.
Self-led group experience • Do it at your own time and pace
Coaching begins
(Months 2-12)
A coach walks with your parish and you will begin to see early fruits as we accompany you step by step.
1:1 sessions for priest + leadership team • Frequency varies from weekly to bi-weekly
Multiplication and sustainability
(Years 2+)
Continued accompaniment building on the foundations of initial coaching — ensuring your parish's long-term health and missional impact.
1:1 sessions • Frequency varies based on parish needs
Your coaching journey with Divine Renovation
Parish team discerns together
(Month 1)
Start with Launch Point, a self-led group experience where the priest and team explore: What is God calling our parish to become?
Do it at your own time and pace.
Coaching begins
(Months 2-12)
A coach walks with your parish, step by step. Early fruits start to grow as your team is accompanied on the journey.
1:1 coaching for priest and team • weekly or bi-weekly.
Multiplication and sustainability
(Years 2+)
Ongoing support to strengthen your parish’s foundation and help you grow a mission-driven culture that lasts.
1:1 sessions • Frequency varies based on parish needs
Begin your coaching journey today.
Join a global movement of vibrant, missionary parishes.
Take the assessment
Answer five quick questions to get a sense of how coaching can support you.
Begin coaching
If your priest has a leadership team, launch straight into coaching. If not, gather a few of your key leaders and start with Launch Point*.
See your parish come alive
See the fruit of renewal as your parish culture is being transformed.
*Priest’s attendance is required
Begin your coaching journey today.
Join a global movement of vibrant, missionary parishes.
Take the assessment
Answer five quick questions to get a sense of how coaching can support you.
Begin coaching
If your priest has a leadership team, launch straight into coaching. If not, gather a few of your key leaders and start with Launch Point*.
See your parish come alive
See the fruit of renewal as your parish culture is being transformed.
*Priest’s attendance is required
Does it really work?
Real parishes, real transformation.
"It was so incredible to see people's lives changed."
Hundreds of parishes worldwide are embracing mission and seeing new life. One of them is Our Mother of Sorrows in Johnstown, PA.
Watch Fr. Mark’s story.
Does it really work?
Real parishes, real transformation.
"It was so incredible to see people's lives changed."
Hundreds of parishes worldwide are embracing mission and seeing new life. One of them is Our Mother of Sorrows in Johnstown, PA.
Watch Fr. Mark’s story.
Coaching gives you a clear roadmap for renewal.
With a clear and proven framework for transforming parish culture, coaching will equip you to lead your parish from maintenance to mission.
Missional Prayer
Forming & Casting Vision
(Re)Planting an Evangelization Initiative
Building a Leadership Team
Enhancing the Sunday Experience
Becoming the Leader that You Are
Rest
Begin your coaching journey today.
Join a global movement of vibrant, missionary parishes.
1. Take the assessment
Answer five quick questions to get a sense of how coaching can support you.
2. Begin coaching
If your priest has a leadership team, launch straight into coaching. If not, gather a few of your key leaders and start with Launch Point*.
3. See your parish come alive
See the fruit of renewal as your parish culture is being transformed.
*Priest’s attendance is required
Begin your coaching journey today.
Join a global movement of vibrant, missionary parishes.
1. Take the assessment
Answer five quick questions to get a sense of how coaching can support you.
2. Begin coaching
If your priest has a leadership team, launch straight into coaching. If not, gather a few of your key leaders and start with Launch Point*.
3. See your parish come alive
See the fruit of renewal as your parish culture is being transformed.
*Priest’s attendance is required
Testimonials
Hear from other priests and bishops:
Testimonials
Hear from other priests and bishops:
But will this work for my parish?
And other common questions...
Every parish is unique. However, we have found that the principles of renewal are applicable across diverse parish settings. We coach into these principles and help parishes apply them in their own context.
We do not offer a one-size-fits-all-program. Rather, we seek to support each parish individually as they apply these principles of renewal. This journey includes online and in-person events, multimedia resources, coaching and connection to other missional parishes. Regional Guides will help you navigate your journey. Learn more and connect here.Â
Every parish is unique. However, we have found that the principles of renewal are applicable across diverse parish settings. We coach into these principles and help parishes apply them in their own context.
We do not offer a one-size-fits-all-program. Rather, we seek to support each parish individually as they apply these principles of renewal. This journey includes online and in-person events, multimedia resources, coaching and connection to other missional parishes. Regional Guides will help you navigate your journey. Learn more and connect here.Â
Each parish is in a unique financial situation, and we don’t want payment-for-service to be a barrier in helping you achieve renewal in your parish. Divine Renovation is a donor-funded ministry that relies on financial support to make our resources available at no fee.
Please prayerfully consider partnering with us through a monthly or special gift to make this kind of support possible for all parishes. Click here to find out more.
Divine Renovation supports the ministerial priesthood within the hierarchical structures of the Catholic Church. While the priest remains the ordained leader of the sacramental life of the parish, we promote sharing in their structural leadership without abdicating it. This is a shift we are helping both the priest and the laity embrace in a balanced and healthy way.
Though our coaching is directed through the pastor, it does include his leadership team members which may be lay leaders or other clergy. Each region hosts in-person and online events, as well as other opportunities targeted at supporting key parish leaders whether lay or clergy.
YES! Divine Renovation operates from the unique giftings of the Body of Christ and is not based on a certain personality type. No one has all the gifts (Fr. James very much included), so that only out of a team can we achieve the mission.
Just as Jesus relied on the apostles to carry out His great commission, you will require fellow disciples to lead change. Divine Renovation is here to help you unpack the many approaches to team formation and help you raise up leaders in your parish.
Click here to read stories of other priests and parishes around the globe implementing the Divine Renovation renewal principles.Â
Divine Renovation principles are applicable in many different contexts and through many different types of leaders.  We’ve seen God bear fruit in parishes around the world through priests and leaders of varied backgrounds, cultures, personal spirituality, leadership styles, and gifts.
Divine Renovation can be applied in other ministerial contexts, and we welcome you to explore that. As an example, our resources on Leadership could easily apply to any ministry.
However, our mission is to inspire, connect and equip priests and their teams to renew the church. Thus, our coaching and resources are focused on parishes.
Divine Renovation can be applied in other ministerial contexts, and we welcome you to explore that. As an example, our resources on Leadership could easily apply to any ministry.
However, our mission is to inspire, connect and equip priests and their teams to renew the church. Thus, our coaching and resources are focused on parishes.
It’s not about fitting something in, it’s about changing how you use your time, gradually shifting the time spent on maintenance activities into missional activities.
Coaching will help you figure out how to prioritize your activities so you can focus on what truly matters to your parish.
Our goal is to bring the very best research and coaching tools forward to empower and equip pastors and their teams for success, be it around leadership, evangelization or reliance on the Holy Spirit. In addition to our own experience and tools that have originated throughout the Church world, we also recognize that some of the tools from the business world can be applied as well. In fact, many of the principles applied in a business setting have roots in scripture.
The reality is that for sustainable change to happen in your parish, it must be led by the pastor. Continue to share opportunities with your pastor to learn more, such as reading the Divine Renovation book, attending an open house event, etc. In the meantime, praying for your pastor and the parish is the most important thing that you can do.
To learn more about some ways you can encourage and influence your pastor, watch this webinar: “My Parish Isn’t Missional!”: How to lead When You’re Not in Charge.
For any number of reasons, this is a reality many parish priests face. Ultimately, we stay committed to both the parish and the pastor if there is a desire to continue with the support that Divine Renovation offers.Â
We also encourage regular communication with your bishop around the parish renewal efforts taking place so the culture and leadership structures of the parish may be considered in future assignments.
