A successful preventive maintenance program depends on the collaboration of the pastor, business manager, facilities manager, and maintenance staff. The team agrees upon a systematic approach to building operations that aims to predict and prevent catastrophic equipment failure. This means that planned maintenance is performed while the equipment still works so that it does [...]
In line with our mission, we provide parishes property management advisory services in the areas of preventive maintenance, capital planning and budgeting, property condition assessment, and project management. Property management is defined as the operation, control, maintenance, and oversight of real estate and physical property. This key activity harnesses the processes, systems, and manpower [...]
The Department of Property and Assets moves at the pace and direction of the Archdiocese. For our real estate advisory services, this means collaborating with a variety of stakeholders to drive towards the end goal of closing sales. From 2017 – 2020, the DPA facilitated the sale of 60+ buildings. Vibrant parishes do not [...]
ARCHBISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR Once again I find myself writing early on, in preparation for the July-August edition of the Catholic Transcript. And yes, as I write, the pandemic is still with us, though hopefully mitigated in some significant way by the time you read this. Some months ago, I told the [...]
ARCHBISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR Una vez más, me encuentro escribiendo temprano, en preparación para la edición de julio-agosto de Catholic Transcript. Y aunque, mientras escribo, la pandemia todavía está con nosotros, esperamos que se mitigue de alguna manera significativa para cuando lean esto. Hace unos meses, les dije a los sacerdotes de [...]
By Sheri Wohlfert “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” (1 Sm 3:10) My mom used to say, “God gave us two ears and one mouth so we could listen twice as much as we talk.” The older I get, the more I realize I need to put her wise words into practice. I’m often guilty [...]
St. Alphonsus’ Act of Spiritual Communion might be comforting during these days when we are separated from one another, but connected as the body of Christ: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I [...]
By Pete Burak Our family loves Miss Bobbi. For the past six years, when we’re outside, inevitably, Miss Bobbi ventures across the street for three huge kid hugs and the latest neighborhood news. She’s a gift to our family, and I believe we are a blessing to her too. Recently, these exchanges have looked and [...]
Mission doctors count their blessings for safely returning home. By Shelley Wolf Two Connecticut doctors were just beginning a medical mission in Ghana, West Africa, when the first cases of the coronavirus hit and the country went into lockdown. Worried about getting access to food and the newfound feeling that foreigners were no longer welcome, [...]
By Michelle DiFranco A couple of months ago, it all began. Cancellations of large events, followed by cancellations of schools and then … the cancellation of Mass. News of the pandemic was changing every minute for the worst … it was something that, for most of us, felt unreal. I vividly remember one day needing [...]