The Petrus Development Show

In this episode of the Petrus Development Show, Andrew turns the mic over to Sarah Rose and Tara Doyon for the first in a three part series, "Women in Philanthropy."

Today, 54% of adults who identify as Catholic are women. Historically, beginning when Jesus charged Peter with maintaining and building the Church, and for 2000 years following, leadership in the Church has been predominantly male. However, we see changes in today's arena, where more women are involved in church leadership than ever before.

The reality is that we live in a time when having diversity of thought and background in our society and our institution’s leadership is critical to being able to reach out and evangelize the world. The need to engage women and the need to understand what that engagement should and could look like is more important than ever.

And at Petrus, we want to be part of leading and fostering that conversation. This episode, and the next 2 episodes will focus the guests and conversations on the topic of Women in Philanthropy. Today's episode welcomes Kerry Robinson, Partner of Leadership Roundtable.

We are pleased to jump into this first of the three-part Women in Philanthropy series.

In this episode, Andrew visits with Tom Pagano, co-founder and director of Mission Advantage Recruiting, a search firm dedicated to recruiting great talent for the Church. They discuss what it takes to source and hire good talent, what makes a good development officer, what COVID has done to hiring and moving jobs.  Andrew and Tom also share insights into how ministry leaders can find good development officers for the future. If you’ve never given much thought to what it takes to hire, or if you are thinking about your next couple of career moves, this is a great episode for you.

In this episode, Andrew visits with JM Boyd, president of Glass Canvas and co-founder of a brand new parish resource, Tilma. Glass Canvas started a few years ago as a full-service marketing firm dedicated to serving the faith-based nonprofit community. Last year, they launched Tilma, a product with the goal of connecting you with your parish and your Catholic community in new ways through the use of technology. Andrew and JM discuss Catholic organizations taking the tools, resources, and opportunities that we all use every day and leveraging them for evangelization and the Church.

In this episode, Andrew visits with Father Meinrad Miller of St. Benedict's Abbey and Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Andrew and Fr. Meinrad discuss St. Benedict of Nursia's life and about the Rule of St. Benedict. They discuss how generosity can lead to temperance, one of the Cardinal virtues and the main one that Andrew has come to associate with Benedict’s life and legacy. 

We wish you a wonderful New Year and pray that we can all be healthier, wealthier, wiser and more generous in 2021. God bless and enjoy this episode with Fr. Meinrad Miller on St. Benedict of Nursia.

This episode is the first of our Holy Donor series, and Andrew visits with Greg and Julie Stevens. Greg and Julie live in Lincoln, Nebraska and both attended at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and were very involved at St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center. This young couple has an approach to tithing and charity that is remarkable and a little counter-cultural, even among faithful Catholics. Through this conversation, Andrew was inspired to evaluate his attitude towards giving, even with over 15 years in the development industry. Hopefully, you will walk away inspired as well.

In this episode, Andrew visits with JoAnn Shull, director of development at St. Thomas More Newman Center at the University of Missouri. JoAnn reflects on her transition from campus minister to director of development, and she emphasizes the importance of communication and design work in fundraising. They also discuss the challenges you can face when you combine family life with working in development, stressing the need to surround yourself with a tribe to support you.

In this episode, Andrew visits with Deacon Charlie Echeverry, an ordained deacon for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as well as the founder and managing director of Black/Brown, a strategic advisory firm that helps leaders and organizations turn diversity into a revenue stream. Andrew and Dcn. Charlie examine the current and changing population in the Catholic Church, and they discuss opportunities to engage diverse populations in development by investing time and intentionality in building a diverse workforce and donor-centric fundraising.

In this episode, Andrew visits with Gregory Perrin, Associate Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. They discuss how Gregory ended up in development and his different roles over the past 25 years. Gregory also highlights the differences in raising money for a large public university and a small private school, and he reflects on what fundraising for higher education has been like in the midst of a pandemic. Gregory has some great stories and solid advice for anyone in development.

In this episode, Andrew visits with Caitlyn Kano, executive director of Compass Catholic. They discuss how we can be generous to our specific capacity and not a perceived capacity of giving. They talk about how even though 10% tithing is a fantastic goal, we are still called be to be stewards of the other 90%. Once we unite our financials and our faith, we can answer yes to what God calls us to without hesitation.

In this second "Covid Solutions" episode, Andrew visits with Brian Russell, Campaign Manager at Caruso Catholic Center at University of Southern California.  Andrew and Brian talk about pivoting from a long-standing gala to a new virtual event. They discuss the initial steps they took to make the change, the monetary success of the event, and the pros and cons of such a change. They also talk about the long-term viability of these types of events.