Location: International North

Go and Set the World On Fire: Using the Secular Sciences to Synergistically Turbocharge the Effectiveness of All Your Stewardship/Development & Ministry Efforts

In this session, Dr. Locey will discuss her recent doctoral research project and dissertation which was approved by The Catholic University of America. Inspired by Vatican II,“…sufficient use must be made not only of theological principles, but also of the findings of the secular sciences…”, the findings and implications of this study have the potential to revolutionize and transform the fields of development, stewardship and ministry in the Catholic Church – radically increasing their effectiveness.

Speaker: Dr. Lois Locey
Pastoral Associate for Administration and Stewardship
St. Mary Magdalen Parish
Altamonte Springs, Florida

Moderator: Melissa Findley
Steward for Time, Talent and Evangelization
St. Mary Magdalen Parish
Altamonte Springs, Florida

Dr. Lois Locey has over 25 years of full-time experience serving the Catholic Church as a ministry leader from both a parish and diocesan perspective and as a world-wide consultant. She is best known for her creative ideas on stewardship/development, evangelization and Church growth, balancing the theoretical with the practical. She currently serves as the pastoral associate for administration and stewardship at St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Altamonte Springs, Florida, where she is responsible for developing a holistic vision of year-round stewardship and serves as both COO and CFO. At each of the parishes where she has served, Dr. Locey has received an award from ICSC for having the most outstanding total stewardship effort and materials in a parish. ICSC also awarded St. Mary Magdalen Parish and St. Michael Parish in Olympia, Washington (her former employer), the Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Award, which is presented to the parish that best exemplifies stewardship-in-action. She was part of the inaugural ICSC Stewardship Institute in Australia, where she worked with over 17 dioceses and parishes. Dr. Locey is also a long-time member of the National Association of Catholic Personnel Administrators. She served as the project manager to author a book for ICSC of best practices collected from all over the world with a myriad of samples on a CD titled: Keeping Stewardship Alive: Proven Stewardship Ideas. She co-authored ICSC’s Children’s Stewardship Manual. Dr. Locey holds a doctorate of ministry focusing on pastoral leadership, stewardship/development and church growth from The Catholic University of America, a master’s degree in pastoral ministry from Gonzaga University, a master’s degree in public administration specializing in nonprofit management from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a CFRM in fundraising management from the Indiana University School of Philanthropy.

Location: Regency VII

After a few days of conference sessions, are you wondering what your next steps should be to begin (or continue) stewardship efforts in your parish? This panel of parish professionals will answer this and other questions from attendees on all areas of parish stewardship!

Panelists:
Larry Cadorniga
Pastoral Associate for Stewardship
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Vancouver, Washington

Melinda Gunn
Stewardship Coordinator
Blessed Trinity Catholic Church
Ocala, Florida

Pat Spivey
Pastoral Associate for Administration and Stewardship
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Greensboro, North Carolina

Facilitator: Mark Clark
Director of Stewardship and Development
Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii

Larry Cadorniga  is an alumnus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He spent ten years in telecommunications with Corning Cable Systems in Hickory, North Carolina. After several years in the corporate world, he became the youth director at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Hickory, where he led Life Teen, a high school youth ministry, and the young adult ministry. In August 2005, he moved with his wife, Amy, to Vancouver, Washington and took on the role of pastoral assistant for youth ministry at St. Joseph Catholic Church. In 2010, the pastor, Father Gary Lazzeroni, invited him to lead the efforts as pastoral assistant for stewardship in the areas of time, talent and treasure. Mr. Cadorniga facilitates Living Your Strengths classes in helping fellow parishioners discover their God-given talents and develop their top five Signature Themes. He and Amy have three children. One of his favorite quotes is“Seeking Christ in others; we find Christ in ourselves.” His top five Signature Themes are: Connectedness, Analytical,Arranger, Deliberative, and Individualization.

Melinda Gunn has been the director of stewardship at Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida for the last five years. Her responsibilities range from handling weekly and special collections to running the annual Day of Reflection and Parish Leadership Dinner. Blessed Trinity has been a stewardship parish for the last 29 years and during her time there she has traveled to many parishes in Florida as well as other states, speaking on the topic of stewardship and how to make it “a way of life” as they have done at Blessed Trinity. She lives in Ocala, Florida where she has three children and two grandchildren.

Pat Spivey is pastoral associate for administration at St. Pius the Tenth in Greensboro, North Carolina. St. Pius is a parish of almost 1,900 families which has seen much growth in the past ten years both in the number of parishioners and facilities. She and her husband of 49 years, Glenn, have three sons and one granddaughter. She has served in many parish ministries, commissions and councils, also participating on the Diocese of Charlotte stewardship committee and the Our Sunday Visitor customer advisory panel. The pastor of St. Pius the Tenth, Monsignor Anthony Marcaccio, hired her 17 years ago as a pastoral associate for administration which included coordinating the parish’s stewardship efforts. St. Pius the Tenth has won several ICSC awards including the Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Award for parish stewardship excellence in 2009. In addition to her administration and stewardship duties, she is also involved with several other parish ministries including StrengthsFinders, Newcomers, Socials and Hospitality, and Communications.

Location: Hanover FG

We will discuss how millennials communicate, socialize and how you can attract them to your cause, even though they are less likely to be active in parish life. We will cover what they value, how we can connect and engage with them, and how to incite them to give and cultivate loyalty so they bond for life. You’ll leave this session with a four-part plan for engagement, communication, cultivation, and solicitation.

Speaker: April Parker
Senior Account Executive, Faith-Focused Solutions
Blackbaud
Charleston, South Carolina

Moderator: Thomas Hinga
Director of Development and Stewardship
Diocese of Monterey, California

April Parker’s business card identifies her as a senior account executive for faithfocused solutions at Blackbaud. She loves pondering list segmentation, brainstorming subject lines, and tossing around ideas for email marketing and direct mail appeals. Prior to working in account management at Blackbaud, Ms. Parker was a published thought leader in fundraising and the lead marketing strategist for Blackbaud’s flagship product, The Raiser’s Edge. After almost a decade in marketing at Blackbaud, she traded in her stilettos for flats and hit the street working directly with nonprofit professionals on their strategic goals and how they can use technology to exceed them. She currently lives in Charleston, South Carolina, where she and her husband work tirelessly to instill a foundation of philanthropy in their two young sons.

Location: Hanover C

This session will explore the steps diocesan foundations need to take to establish and implement a planned giving program. Topics reviewed will be choosing the right individual to lead the effort, creating an advisory committee, marketing the program, telling compelling donor stories that demonstrate impact, and forming a planned giving society.

Speaker: John Sentovich
Associate
Savant Capital Management
Rockford, Illinois

Moderator: Daun Maier
Executive Director
Diocese of Madison Foundation
Madison, Wisconsin

Mr. Sentovich has been involved in the foundation and gift planning industries since 1992, working extensively during his career with nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining Savant, he was the director of gift planning at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. He also served as the executive director of the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Rockford in Illinois. Mr. Sentovich joined Team Savant in June 2017 and works in Savant’s Rockford office. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in international marketing from California State University, Fullerton, and a master of arts degree in theology and Christian ministry from Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio. Mr. Sentovich is the president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Holy Family conference. Past service includes chair of the planned giving committee for Carpenter’s Place, a resource center for the homeless, president of the Northern Illinois Planned Giving Council, and board member of the Suburban Chicago Planned Giving Council. John met his wife Paula, a Rockford native, in Steubenville and together they have raised four children.

Location: International North

Looking for fresh and proven ways to connect with your parishioners from Sunday to Sunday? Smartphone technology is an incredibly powerful and vibrant vehicle for prayer and faith formation. In this presentation, you will learn ways to harness this power to reach your full community — those who attend mass every week and even those who don’t.

Speaker: Peggy O’Flaherty
OneParish App Consultant
J.S. Paluch Company, Inc.
Franklin, Illinois

Moderator: Jennifer Clark
Director, Parish Life and Faith Formation
St. Hedwig Catholic Church
Los Alamitos, California

Peggy O’Flaherty is the founder and president of Creating Space, LLC, and OneParish App Consultant with the J.S. Paluch Company. She is a certified spiritual director from The Christos Center in Minnesota, a parish evangelization and strategic development expert, and a strong proponent of using technology to grow faith. Her credentials include 30 years of faith formation, a degree from DePaul University, Chicago, extensive experience in bible studies, project management, business development, and life experiences as a wife, mother, daughter and friend.

Location: Regency VII

How we can best use various communication methods to catechize the faithful about what stewardship is really all about. We will explore what works, what does not, and look at how Jesus’ example gives us clues as to effective communication.

Speaker: Tracy Earl Welliver
Director of Parish Community and Engagement
Liturgical Publications, Inc.
New Berlin, Wisconsin

Moderator: Teresa Keogh
Advisor for Stewardship
Archdiocese of Southwark
United Kingdom

Tracy Earl Welliver is an international Catholic speaker, author, and stewardship coach with over 25 years of experience in parish ministry. He is the director of parish community and engagement for Liturgical Publications Inc, previously serving 22 years as pastoral associate at Saint Pius X Catholic Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, a 2009 ICSC Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Award winning parish. He also sits on the ICSC board of directors. Mr. Welliver writes the weekly reflection, Everyday Stewardship, published in bulletins and digital media around the country, and is the author of the book, Everyday Stewardship: Reflections for the Journey. He has theology degrees from DeSales University and Duke Divinity School.