For Parish Priests

A formation picture of your flock

KeenCatholic gives every parishioner a personalised Faith Plan rooted in Church teaching. You get the aggregate picture to guide your pastoral decisions in a Parish Plan. Free for clergy.

Parish community gathering
The Pastoral Reality

Every parish carries a hidden formation gap

Your parishioners are at every stage of faith. Most have no clear picture of where they stand or what to prioritise next. One-to-one accompaniment at scale is not possible.

As parishioners complete their Faith Plans, your Parish Plan comes to life. It surfaces the formation gaps your community shares and points to the courses that will serve them most. Parish growth becomes visible, measurable, and actionable.

Endorsements

This could revitalise our parishes

Joanna Bogle

KeenCatholic was a challenge – and a revelation! It opened up new avenues of thought in my relationship with God, and with the Church. This could revitalise our parishes. Being a Catholic isn't carrying a label – it's about our bond with Christ, our walk with Him through life and into eternity. Renewal of the Church means personal renewal. I warmly recommend KeenCatholic – pass on the news to friends and colleagues!

Joanna Bogle DSG

Catholic EWTN broadcaster · Journalist · Author · Lecturer

She was honoured by the Pope as Dame of St Gregory for her services to the Church. She has written for the Catholic Herald, Catholic Times and National Catholic Register, and has published books on Catholic history, saints, customs and the liturgical year, including St John Paul II: Man of Prayer and English Catholic Heroines. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary's University, Twickenham; an Associate Lecturer at the Maryvale Institute; and a former governor of The London Oratory School. She lives in London with her husband, a barrister, and leads Catholic History Walks around the city.

What You Get

Three tools. No cost. No obligation.

Parish Plan Dashboard

An aggregate formation picture across your whole parish. See how parishioners are distributed across the five stages, which practice areas show the greatest gaps, and which courses your community needs most.

Aggregate data only – individual Faith Plans are never shared with the priest.

25 Lay-Led Parish Courses

Ready-to-run courses built for trained parishioners to lead, in the same model as Alpha or Sycamore. A typical two-hour evening needs no preparation beyond familiarity with the material. You guide; they run it.

Full facilitator kit included: training videos, session plans, and discussion guides.

Free Access and Memberships

Your clergy account is free, with full access to the Parish Plan and all course materials. Each year you receive free KeenCatholic memberships to give to parishioners who would benefit but are in financial hardship.

Register today for access to your parish priest account.

Parish Plan

Know your parish more deeply

You already have a pastoral sense of your parish. The Parish Plan adds a formation layer to that picture – showing patterns across your whole community that are hard to see one conversation at a time.

It shows which formation stages your community is collectively strong or weak in and surfaces the courses that would serve your parish most. Use it to confirm your instincts, spot what you might be missing, and plan your formation calendar with confidence.

Every three months, KeenCatholic records a formation picture of your parish – aligned with the seasons of the Church's year. Over time this builds into a record of your community's growth, showing where progress is being made and where focus is still needed.

Personally identifiable information is never shared. You see aggregate patterns, not individual records.

Parish Plan – Example

47 Members

Formation Level Distribution

EExploring
12
DGrowing
18
CEstablished
14
BCommitted
3
ADevoted
0

Parish Growth by Stage

1. Divine Life
42%
2. Sacramental
38%
3. Moral Formation
29%
4. Ecclesial Communion
19%
5. Apostolic Mission
22%

Suggested Courses for Your Parish

1
Cardinal VirtuesStage 3
2
BeatitudesStage 3
3
Works of MercyStage 4

Illustrative – your Parish Plan builds as parishioners complete their Faith Plans

Parish Courses

Formation your parishioners can run themselves

KeenCatholic's 25 parish courses are drawn from the Katechon – our catalogue of 164 practices across every area of Catholic life. Each course is built for a trained parishioner to lead, in the same model as Alpha or Sycamore.

A typical two-hour evening includes video talks from Catholic clergy and theologians, followed by structured group discussion. No theological expertise is required from the leader. KeenCatholic provides a full facilitator kit: training, session plans, and discussion guides.

Which courses to run is not guesswork. The Parish Plan surfaces the areas where your community shows the greatest gaps. Those become the priority courses for your parish calendar.

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A Typical Course Evening

15 min

Opening over tea

Informal welcome – no preparation needed

25 min

First practice

2–3 video talks from Catholic clergy and theologians

25 min

Group discussion

Structured questions on the practice

25 min

Second practice

2–3 video talks from Catholic clergy and theologians

25 min

Group discussion

Structured questions on the practice

5 min

Closing prayer

Together to close the evening

Two hours total – no preparation beyond familiarity with the material

Every practice in KeenCatholic is sourced from the Church's own teaching – Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Canon Law, and the documents of the Second Vatican Council. All practices include source references. KeenCatholic is proud to be in alignment with the teachings of the Catholic Church and welcomes partnership to support the parish priest's role.

Ready to see your parish's formation picture?

Your Parish Plan builds as your parishioners complete their Faith Plans and will be activated by 10 or more parishioner memberships.

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