Rebuilt Parish Books
Awakening the Faithful ~ Reaching the Lost ~ Making Church Matter
Discover the Rebuilt Book Series
Our parish wasn’t working. That’s what Fr. Michael White and his lay associate Tom Corcoran realized at Church of the Nativity in Maryland in 2012. We were struggling—attendance was shrinking, engagement was low, and we didn’t know how to turn things around. But we refused to accept decline as inevitable.
Drawing wisdom from thriving Christian churches, innovative leaders, and the Eucharistic center of our Catholic faith, we discovered a new path forward. The Rebuilt book series tells that story—the journey from a struggling parish to a thriving, disciple-making church—and provides practical tools to help other parishes do the same.
Where to Begin?
- Start with Rebuilt:Â This is where our story begins. If you want to understand what led to our transformation and how it can happen in your parish, this is the place to start.
- Ready to take action? Tools for Rebuilding is your guide to practical steps for implementing the Rebuilt model in your parish.
- Looking to deepen discipleship? The Transformative Power of Small Groups unpacks why small groups are essential and how they help parishioners grow in faith. Then, Seriously, God? and Rebuilt Faith are perfect for use in small groups, especially during Lent—but they work any time of year.
- Need help with key parish challenges? If you’re tackling parish finances, ChurchMoney is essential. If you want to communicate more effectively, Rebuilding Your Message helps priests and leaders improve their preaching and messaging.
No matter where your parish is today, these books will help you take your next steps toward renewal. Dive in and start rebuilding!
Rebuilt Parish Books
By Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran
Rebuilt: The Story of a Catholic Parish
Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter.Â
This a story of stopping everything and changing focus. Fr. Michael & Tom invite all Catholic leaders to share the vision, borrow their strategies, and rebuild your own parishes. This book offers a wealth of guidance for anyone with the courage to listen!
Transformative Power of Small Groups
A 7-Step Guide for Building Vibrant Catholic Communities. Â
Fr. Michael & Tom show you how to foster faith-based friendships, which result in vibrant communities that not only sustain Christian love and service but also change the world. Small groups can become the backbone of your parish’s pastoral care, discipleship, and evangelization efforts!
Rebuilt Faith
A Handbook for Skeptical Catholics. Invest in yourself by taking your faith to the next level and allowing God to help you come to know his grace, favor, and loving kindness in a new and personal way.Â
Ideal for reading within Small Groups -Â Discussion videos & question guides available from Ave Maria Press. [View Companion Kit]
Seriously, God?
Making Sense of Life Not Making Sense.  Explore the denial, doubt, and betrayal we experience when we face hardship, pain, and grief, and then find the encouragement to lean into our feelings and take each circumstance as a chance to learn more about God.
Ideal for reading within Small Groups -Â Discussion videos & question guides available from Ave Maria Press. [View Companion Kit]
Tools for Rebuilding
75 Really, Really Practical Ways to Make Your Parish Better. Fr. Michael & Tom both know the difficulty comes when we reach down into the details and get to work.
In this book, they share 75 foundational tactics that helped rejuvenate their parish. Their candid, hands-on advice gives a clear way forward - one that will make Church matter to the people in the pews, and that anyone working in parish ministry can implement.
The Rebuilt Field Guide
10 Steps for Getting Started.  Fr. Michael and Tom lead you and your leadership team through assessment and goal-setting exercises and provide meeting templates that include prayer, scripture reflection, storytelling, and “rally cries” that become reminders of the change the team is striving toward.
This workbook offers practical steps that will help your team set change in motion with hands-on tools to accompany the rest of the Rebuilt series!
ChurchMoney
Rebuilding the Way We Fund Our Mission. There is a secret formula to help convince parishioners to give financially to your church. It’s pretty simple: Just ask them. And when you do, make sure it’s not about the money.
Fr. Michael and Tom share stories of success and failure; they tell you what they learned to meet the real financial challenges of their mission.
Learn the basic skills you need to discover that true success in raising funds comes from the incredibly freeing approach that connects giving to discipleship.
Rebuilding Your Message
Practical Tools to Strengthen Your Preaching and Teaching. A parish doesn't just communicate its mission from the pulpit: teaching and preaching also happen in small groups, bulletins, website and social media, and through volunteers who welcome visitors through its doors.
Fr. Michael and Tom share their carefully honed communication practices to help priests, staff, volunteers, and parishioners better proclaim the irresistible and life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ at every level.