We lead the way in imagining a better future for our Church.

what if the same few people didn’t have to do… everything?

In most parishes, the same handful of people run everything. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? What if we could build a better parish or diocesan culture where, instead of living on desperation-coded ambo announcements, we began empowering our people to understand what gifts the Holy Spirit has given them and giving them a supportive framework to map those gifts to service in the Church?

Enter: Charisms

Charisms are gifts the Holy Spirit gives a person for the building up of the Church. They are uniquely chosen and gifted to each individual with God’s complete knowledge of their natural inclinations and tendencies, their weaknesses and their strengths. These gifts are how the Holy Spirit moves in people to form, provide for, and organize the Church on every front.

This theology of charisms is present from the very beginning — observed in the aftermath of Pentecost and alive in the faithful throughout the ages. In it we witness the very real way in which we are the many parts of the One Body of Christ.

But though this has always been present and true, we’ve been missing an accessible, practical way for regular Mass attendees to begin discerning their gifts, or a way for leaders to understand the gifts the Holy Spirit has given the people they lead.

That’s what we build as a charism discernment apostolate. We create the assessments, the training, and the software that let a parish or a diocese provide this at scale in the most accessible, flexible, and affordable way possible — so that everyone can say yes to the right things, instead of just a few people saying yes to everything.

Start where we ask everyone to start: with your own charisms.

Your charism assessment is our gift to every ICSC attendee, free through October 15.

Take my free charism assessment

Your code ICSC26 is applied automatically. You’ll see $0 at checkout.

You’ll create a free account, so your results stay saved to you.
It takes about 20–25 minutes, and you can stop partway and pick it up later.
Results come up on screen right away, and a full PDF report arrives by email.
It names the charisms you most likely have. That’s a starting point for discernment, not a verdict.

One more thing you should know. At the end you’ll see a short sample of our parish questionnaire — a customizable piece of our process that connects a person’s gifts to actual ministries during a stewardship renewal. It’s a sample, so you’re seeing an example of what parishioners would see during a renewal.

We’d love to help you imagine bringing this to your whole community

For your parish

What it looks like to run this parish-wide — during a stewardship renewal, or as a lifetime program your staff and ministry leaders run all year.

See the parish paths

For your diocese

Formation days, training your own diocesan team, getting resources to every parish, and what per-assessment pricing looks like at diocesan scale.

See the diocesan paths

For youth ministry and schools

High school, middle school, and the curriculum that goes with them — plus faculty formation days for Catholic schools.

See the youth and school paths

Find us this week

Session 52 — What if the Same Few People Didn’t Have to Do Everything?
Tuesday, September 22, 1:00 pm. Charism discernment and solving the talent half of stewardship.

Booth 604 in the exhibit hall. Come tell us about your parish or diocese — it would be our pleasure to learn about your unique situation.