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Catholic Leadership Foundation

Inspired by Luke 5:1-11, the Catholic Leadership Foundation empowers lay Catholic leaders to embrace their baptismal call as missionary disciples.

We provide high-quality formation programs, resources, and Scripture initiatives, fostering a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. Our strategic priorities focus on intensive lay leader formation, scriptural engagement, professional networking and partnerships.

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Our Strategic Priorities

Forming lay leaders

The Into the Deep Program is an extended leadership formation program designed to deepen and strengthen participants’ relationship with Jesus and be renewed as a missionary disciple …. More

Living the Scriptures

With Burning Hearts develops and promotes initiatives to assist Catholics in reading and praying the Scriptures as an encounter with Jesus …. More

Networking leaders

So I Send You uses social media, a public website and a professional networking platform for the ongoing communication, information and formation of lay Catholic leaders …. More


Working in Partnership

With Others For Others involves partnering with dioceses and religious institutes to promote and enable other formation programs and initiatives for Catholics, especially lay leaders …. More

A leader is a good leader if he or she is able to generate other leaders among the young.
— Sr Philippa Murphy FDNSC
Lay leadership formation should empower people to take initiative, propose ideas, and act for the good of the Church.
— Pat Mullins, Brisbane SYNOD24