Resource File Downloads Below you will find many useful educational tools related to the INSPIRE Project which are available for download.   INSPIRE Project Brochure 2009 This full-color, four-page brochure includes a description of the INSPIRE Project and participants.   INSPIRE Sustainability Proposal 2008 This document was submitted to the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Program (SPE) on September 1, 2008 for the continuation of the work and mission of INSPIRE. The proposal was accepted and a sustaining grant awarded to INSPIRE in November 2008.   Six Habits of a Healthy Pastoral Team Presentation by INSPIRE Direcor Dan Gast and Parish Consultant Dominic Perri at the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Festival of Faith on October 16, 2009. Highlights learning that INSPIRE has garnered in its first five years about productive Pastoral Leadership Teams.   Change Isn't What It Used To Be Presentation by Carol Walters, Director of Lay Ecclesial Ministry at the Archdiocese of Chicago, and INSPIRE Director Dan Gast at the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Festival of Faith on October 17, 2009. Carol addresses the welcoming of international priests into Chicago parishes and Dan speaks to the work being done to study and ease pastor transitions in general.   INSPIRE FAQ The mostly commonly asked questions about the INSPIRE Project are answered here in this one-page download.   INSPIRE Reflection This two-page document, entitled INSPIRE, Parish Leadership, and Ecclesial Ministries, addresses the stresses and difficulties faced by contemporary Roman Catholic parishes and how the INSPIRE Project is facing these challenges in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago.   John Haughey, S.J., "No Them There" This eight-page document is a transcription of a presentation given by John Haughey, S.J. at the First INSPIRE Project Convocation, September 9, 2004.