Becoming a Hospitable Parish (Part 1)

The "why" before the "how."

“Hospitality.” “Welcoming.” In many ways these are terms on a short list of buzzwords we hear so much these days in any conversation about what the local parish should be doing. Added to that list, words such as: “accompaniment,” “discipleship,” and of course, “evangelization.” Yet, just as Inigo Montoya reminds us in The Princess Bride, we keep using t…