Professional Development Webinar Recordings

Join Ave Maria Press online for a series of free, professional development workshops for parish ministers! Enjoy access to free presentations by experts in every area of parish ministry from the comfort of your home or office.

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What Are You Craving? 5 Ways to Restore Sanity and Serenity to Your Relationship with Food

Mary DeTurris Poust
It's the start of a new year, a time when most of us reflect on our lives and set some goals. But are we approaching our resolutions from the wrong perspective? Maybe dropping ten pounds has less to do with the food we eat and more to do with the messages we play in our heads and the holes waiting to be filled in our hearts.Based on her latest book from Ave Maria Press, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God, author Mary DeTurris Poust explores the undeniable connection between physical and spiritual nourishment. So often what feels like hunger for food is really a hunger for something much deeper, a craving for t...
It's the start of a new year, a time when most of us reflect on our lives and set some goals. But are we approaching our resolutions from the wrong perspective? Maybe dropping ten pounds has less to do with the food we eat and more to do with the messages we play in our heads and the holes waiting to be filled in our hearts.Based on her latest book from Ave Maria Press, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God, author Mary DeTurris Poust explores the undeniable connection between physical and spiritual nourishment. So often what feels like hunger for food is really a hunger for something much deeper, a craving for the kind of fullness that only God can provide. Food becomes a way to fill the voids, but it never truly satisfies. The result is an endless cycle of weight problems, eating issues, and untapped spiritual potential.Join Mary on a path toward wholeness, and discover a place of balance, peace, and self-acceptance. That's a resolution worth making!
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What is Reform in the Church?

Joseph T. Stuart|Barbara A. Stuart
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What Parish Leaders Should Know about Ministering to Couples Experiencing Infertility

Angelique Ruhi-López|Carmen Santamaría
Infertility affects approximately one in six couples in the United States. For many Catholic couples, the Church is the natural place to look for help and much-needed support. In order to offer healing and hope for the journey, it is important to first understand what infertility is and how it affects couples. In this webinar, Angelique Ruhi-Lopez and Carmen Santamaria, authors of The Infertility Companion for Catholics, will offer tips, advice, and resources in order to provide spiritual and practical support for couples facing infertility.
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What the Four Female Doctors of the Church Teach Us about Authentic Spirituality

Vinita Hampton Wright
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What’s New about the OCIA?

Fr. Daniel J. Mahan, director of the Institute on the Catechism for the USCCB
20% OFF Your Order of A Journey through the Catechism!Use promo code WEBINAR0820 when ordering at avemariapress.com. GET A DISCOUNT ON YOUR ORDER! *Use promo code WEBINAR0820 to receive 20% OFF A Journey through the Catechism. Cannot be combined with other coupons or offers, including any other promo code. Not valid for the purchase of textbooks, Together for Life, Adore, Restore, Return, Behold, Prepare Your Heart, Prepara tu corazón, Made for Heaven, Creados para el Cielo, Encountering Emmanuel, bulk-rate books, kits, or boxes. Offer not available for wholesale purchases. Previous purchases and the purchase of gift cards are excluded. S...
20% OFF Your Order of A Journey through the Catechism!Use promo code WEBINAR0820 when ordering at avemariapress.com. GET A DISCOUNT ON YOUR ORDER! *Use promo code WEBINAR0820 to receive 20% OFF A Journey through the Catechism. Cannot be combined with other coupons or offers, including any other promo code. Not valid for the purchase of textbooks, Together for Life, Adore, Restore, Return, Behold, Prepare Your Heart, Prepara tu corazón, Made for Heaven, Creados para el Cielo, Encountering Emmanuel, bulk-rate books, kits, or boxes. Offer not available for wholesale purchases. Previous purchases and the purchase of gift cards are excluded. Shipping to the contiguous US only. Offer expires at 11:59 p.m. EDT on 9.13.24
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The Way of the Listener: 10 Steps for Listening to Homilies (even bad ones!)

Joshua J. Whitfield
How can ministry leaders, laity, and clergy help the Church improve preaching? Believe it or not, it’s not just the preachers’ responsibility—it’s everyone’s. Spiritually speaking, the quality of preaching depends as much on listeners as it does on speakers. How we listen to homilies (and how we help others listen) is an important part of evangelism and parish ministry. Fr. Joshua Whitfield, author of The Crisis of Bad Preaching, offers The Way of the Listener: 10 Steps for Listening to Homilies (even bad ones!) to help those listening to homilies make the best of it! If you thought the homily was time to take a nap, think again! Learn how...
How can ministry leaders, laity, and clergy help the Church improve preaching? Believe it or not, it’s not just the preachers’ responsibility—it’s everyone’s. Spiritually speaking, the quality of preaching depends as much on listeners as it does on speakers. How we listen to homilies (and how we help others listen) is an important part of evangelism and parish ministry. Fr. Joshua Whitfield, author of The Crisis of Bad Preaching, offers The Way of the Listener: 10 Steps for Listening to Homilies (even bad ones!) to help those listening to homilies make the best of it! If you thought the homily was time to take a nap, think again! Learn how to listen to homilies the right way!
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Why Are You Afraid?

Gary Zimak
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Why Disability Ministry is a Pro-Life Issue

Christy Wilkens, author of Awakening at Lourdes: How an Unanswered Prayer Healed Our Family and Restored Our Faith
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