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Catholic Leadership Institute

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Catholic Leadership Institute Overview

Our Vision

We see a world where all individuals understand their God-given mission in life and is doing their best to fulfill it; a world where Catholic leaders are influential voices in society; a world where Jesus' example of loving, servant leadership is modeled in every family, workplace, parish, and community.

Our Purpose

Catholic Leadership Institute provides bishops, priests, religious, deacons, and lay persons in the Roman Catholic Church with world-class, pastoral leadership formation and consulting services that strengthen their confidence and competence in ministry, enabling them to articulate a vision for their local church, to call forth the gifts of those they lead, and to create more vibrant faith communities rooted in Jesus Christ.

Our Values
- Love of Christ and the Church
- Highest Standards of Excellence
- Care for the Individual
Our Story

Although we began as the simple idea of a faithful businessman, today we’re a unique and thriving organization that serves all levels of Church ministry.

Who We Serve

Catholic Leadership Institute is blessed to partner with many dioceses, parishes, and lay organizations nationally across the United States.

Catholic Leadership Institute was founded in 1991 by a successful Catholic businessman, Tim Flanagan, on the simple vision that God’s gift to us is our potential, and what we do with it is our gift back to God.

Tim saw all of the money and resources being invested into leaders in the corporate world, academia, and the military, and asked the question: why not for the Catholic Church? Nothing is more important or deserving of our support that deserves the best in leadership development and training than our Church.

Tim felt a profound sense of calling to bring to the Catholic Church the very best in leadership development programs. Partnering with Father Charles Pfeffer, they began by impacting young adults in the Church, inspiring them with courage, confidence, faith, and leadership skills. One of those young adults, Dan Cellucci, is now Catholic Leadership Institute’s CEO.

Almost ten years later, Catholic Leadership Institute felt the call to expand our leadership curriculum. This was the beginning of our nationally prominent priestly leadership training program, Good Leaders, Good Shepherds.

Good Leaders, Good Shepherds, combines the science of leadership with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church. Through this process, priests are taught more efficient and effective ways to lead, inspire, and motivate their flocks.

Good Leaders, Good Shepherds became the catalyst and foundation for the services Catholic Leadership Institute offers today:
- Supporting leadership through programs for bishops, lay leaders, seminarians, and a variety of Church leaders, diocesan consulting services, vision planning, goal setting, and evangelization and discipleship training
- Bringing technology and data to the Church, specifically through the use of the Disciple Maker Index survey tool, one of the largest research projects in the Catholic Church
- Paving the way for parishes of tomorrow through our Next Generation Parish programs and sharing of best practices
An organization of prominence extending from our home in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, across the country, and around the world, Catholic Leadership Institute is privileged to walk alongside Church leaders today and into tomorrow. This organization has transformed lives of so many bishops, priests, lay leaders, seminarians, and parishes, and we are blessed to walk alongside Church leaders into the Next Generation of our Church.