Expanding Access · Multiplying Impact · Strengthening the Church
Across the Church, countless parishes long for renewal but lack the resources to bring in presenters, host retreats, train leaders, or access high-quality formation. The Discipleship Catalyst Fund exists to remove those barriers.
Your support ensures that every parish — regardless of size or budget — can offer transformative encounters with Christ.
The Catalyst Fund is not simply a grant program. It is a movement of generosity that makes discipleship possible where it otherwise could not happen — and it is already bearing fruit.
In collaboration with Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St. Louis
In 2026, the Discipleship Catalyst Fund is proud to sponsor the Diaconate Identity Symposium — a landmark gathering convened in partnership with Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, one of the Church's most respected centers of priestly and diaconal formation.
This collaboration is more than an event. It is a demonstration of what the Catalyst Fund makes possible: bringing together serious Catholic leaders around a critical question of ecclesial identity, at a level of institutional credibility and pastoral weight that most parishes and ministries could never access on their own.
Directing donor resources toward the parishes, presenters, and ministries that need them most.
Stipends and travel support bring gifted Catholic speakers and evangelists to parishes that could never otherwise afford them.
Full or partial subsidies make parish missions, teen retreats, and family formation events financially accessible — not just aspirational.
Micro-grants and capacity-building support reach small ministries doing important work — without the infrastructure to fund it themselves.
Not every parish has a development office or a major donor. The Catalyst Fund ensures that financial capacity never determines whether a community can encounter Christ.
By connecting parishes to presenters, ministries, and formation networks, the Fund creates ongoing capacity — not just a single memorable retreat.
The Catalyst Fund and the Youth Ministry Incubator are two arms of one movement — the Fund opens doors, and the Incubator walks through them alongside parishes.
Every partnership forged and every parish served builds a scalable, proven model that can be brought to new communities across the country.
