Marcel LeJeune built one of the world's largest Catholic campus ministries from scratch. Now he coaches parishes. On 18 July, he brings that hard-won wisdom to the Parish Renewal Conference.

When Marcel LeJeune arrived at St Mary's Catholic Centre at Texas A&M University in 2006, he inherited a ministry with two priests, a part-time deacon, a leaking roof, and no budget to speak of. By the time he left 11 years later, there were 63 staff, a $3.5 million budget, state-of-the-art facilities, 5,000 students at Sunday Mass, and fifteen students entering the priesthood or religious life each year.

Now the founder and president of Catholic Missionary Disciples, an international coaching organisation dedicated to forming disciple-makers who make disciple-makers, LeJeune has taken that playbook to parishes and dioceses across the United States and beyond. On 18 July, he brings it to Sydney as a guest speaker at the Parish Renewal Conference, hosted by the Parish Renewal Team within the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation.