Catholic Founders: Guild Recordings

CF Guild Recording: Investing Outside of the Stock Market

Silas Mähner — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:56:17 GMT

Last week, the Guild gathered to discuss Investing Outside the Stock Market. The group was reminded that we were given our financial resources and entrepreneurial talents to care for those around us, build up local communities, and trust in Divine Providence. We were not called to be stewards of capital just so we could chase fast profits. Unfortunately, all too often, we allow our capital to sit passively in distant financial markets or we use it only for our own selfish gain and short-term efficiency.

All of us must reject that temptation and apply our capital intentionally—investing in tangible assets like land, supporting local businesses, and empowering our employees with financial literacy. True Catholic stewardship is about putting your money to work where it creates real, lasting impact.

If you’re committed to being a better steward and leaning into the resources God gave you, check out today’s recording (only available to paid members) to listen to the full discussion.

The topic call is a recurring monthly event where we discuss relevant topics about running the business. To join future events, become a member of the Catholic Founders Guild today.

One-Liner Takeaway

For those who aren’t paid members yet, here’s the quick one-liner takeaway:

The key to ‘Investing as Catholics’ is intention; Put your trust in God, know WHY you’re investing, and ideally, ensure your investments support your local community.

Investing in The Community

Instead of getting caught up in quick stock market gains, Catholic business owners are called to be thoughtful stewards of their money. This means putting faith in God's providence rather than greed, and some ways can be putting capital into things like local real estate, land, and businesses owned by friends. By investing locally, supporting employees with financial education, and focusing on long-term stewardship, you help strengthen the people and community directly around you.

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How to Make America Catholic: CF Guild Call Recording

Silas Mähner — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:28:41 GMT

On July 1st, the CF Guild gathered to discuss How to Make America Catholic through our businesses. At the end of the day, we were not called to be entrepreneurs just so we could get rich or become famous. We were given these gifts to care for those around us and to bring others to know Christ.

Unfortunately, all too often, we allow those gifts to go to waste or we use them only for our own selfish desires.

All of us must reject that tempatation and apply these skills to care for our local communities. Most of our followers are in America, hence the disucssion. But it applies to your own country as well.

If you’re committed to doing this, and leaning into the skills God gave you, check out today’s recording (only available to paid members). You can also listen to our America 250 episode which also just came out today and is basically my ‘sermon’ to American Catholic business owners.

The topic call is a recurring monthly event where we discuss relevant topics about running the business. To join future events, become a member of the Catholic Founders Guild today.

One-Liner Takeaway

For those who aren’t paid members yet, here’s the quick one-liner takeaway:

Transforming a nation requires Catholic founders to move beyond passive belief and build enterprises that unapologetically institutionalize the Faith.

The Call to Stewardship

This session established a concrete, hard-hitting execution strategies to build the Catholic economy and reshape the American landscape.

Keeping in mind that we were born here, at this exact moment in history, with our Catholic faith for a definitive reason. The true Catholic founder must realize we are merely stewards—not masters—and a rigorous judgment awaits how we deploy the special talents given to us.

If we truly believe the Faith is true, we possess a non-negotiable duty to evangelize and share it; staying silent or blending in is nothing less than a sin of omission.

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CF Guild Recording: Decoding Your Working Genius - Christina Rossini

Silas Mähner — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:03:05 GMT

Decoding Your Working Genius - Christina Rossini

Our latest Catholic Founders Guild Expert Call on June 10, 2026, featured Christina Rossini of Floreat Consulting, who broke down Patrick Lencioni’s Working Genius framework.

She cut through the noise of standard corporate personality tests, showing us how to map our actual energy zones—not just our behavioral styles—to build healthier, more effective teams. More than a productivity tool, Christina reminded us that identifying our areas of genius and frustration helps us honor the dignity of the person and steward the gifts God has entrusted to each of us.

You can find the full recording and transcript here: Recording and Transcript.

One-Liner Takeaway

For those who aren’t paid members yet, here’s the quick one-liner takeaway:

Using the Working Genius framework allows us to practice virtuous leadership, transforming our daily tasks into a way to act as conduits of God’s love and light.

The Working Genius framework fosters virtuous leadership by grounding you in self-knowledge, helping you identify and leverage your unique, God-given talents.

By leaning into these specific strengths, you transform your daily tasks from mere obligations into a purposeful expression of your gifts. This shift allows you to act as a conduit for God’s love and light by serving others through the work you were uniquely designed to perform.

Ready to stop going solo? Join the Catholic Founders Guild to surround yourself with fellow Catholic entrepreneurs building their businesses in Christ. As a paid member, you gain access to the resources and community needed to grow your business.

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Recording of the Catholic Founders Guild Discussion of Magnifica Humanitas

Silas Mähner — Sat, 30 May 2026 14:48:42 GMT

On May 27, 2026, the Catholic Founders Guild held a Topic Call where we dove into Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. This document is all about Catholic social teaching in the age of AI. The big idea? Our tech and business work needs to be aimed at God's glory, not just our own success, recognizing that salvation and mercy are available in the AI age.

The topic call is a recurring monthly event where we discuss relevant topics about running the business. To join future events, become a member of the Catholic Founders Guild today.

One-Liner Takeaway

For those who aren’t paid members yet, here’s the quick one-liner takeaway:

“The era of AI calls Catholic founders to active engagement, using technology as a God-given talent to build a civilization of love and ensure human flourishing.”

The key idea is simple: Tech (including AI) is one of the talents that we, in our time, have been given. We are called to use it and steward it well, not just to make money, but to bring more souls with us to heaven. This means our wealth and talents, both professional and financial, are meant to be multiplied for God’s kingdom (the Parable of the Talents). As entrepreneurs, we do a lot of good by creating value and employing people—this is a powerful form of service that is sometimes better than just giving the money away. Ultimately, this is the success that we can “take with us” when we die: the souls we helped bring to heaven.

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Catholic Founders Guild | Topic Call - Sales & Growth Mastermind Session

Silas Mähner — Sat, 16 May 2026 15:25:43 GMT

On May 12th, the CF Guild discussed how to aggressively scale their businesses by overcoming financial limiting beliefs and implementing tenacious, systematic sales strategies. A key theme was that the decision to grow is not a secular calculation but a spiritual calling to magnanimity, requiring the bold faith to crush the internal resistance to charging for one's professional gifts.

The topic call is a recurring monthly event where we discuss relevant topics about running the business. To join future events, become a member of the Catholic Founders Guild today.

One-Liner Takeaway

For those who aren’t paid members yet, here’s the quick one-liner takeaway:

Business growth for Catholics demands discernment, persistence, and discipline.

The Call to Magnanimity

The most significant barrier to scaling is not a lack of sales skill, but the internal, paralyzing "limiting belief" that charging a premium for your God-given professional talents is somehow un-Christian. The true Catholic founder must crush this mindset, recognizing that enterprise-building is somehow a way of answering the spiritual call to magnanimity and also a means to generate capital for maximum generosity and cultural transformation. This mandate requires prayerful discernment: Is the Lord calling you to remain a "solopreneur" (focused only on paying the bills) or to build an enterprise that hires others and maximizes impact? Executing this high calling is non-negotiable; it demands systematic discipline, accountability, and the professional persistence to understand that a close often requires seven or more attempts across multiple platforms over several months.

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CF Guild Recording: Marketing for Market Challengers - Marcellino D' Ambrosio

Silas Mähner — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:49:48 GMT

Marketing for Market Challengers - Marcellino D'Ambrosio

Our latest Catholic Founders Guild Expert Call (Apr 28, 2026) featured Marcellino D’Ambrosio of Sherwood Fellows, delivering an essential strategy for Marketing for Market Challengers.

Marcellino introduced the four Ps of marketing, emphasizing that true marketing problems usually stem from issues with positioning or the offer itself. The core theme was that brand building is the most powerful “competitive moat” against AI and feature theft, achieved by establishing a distinctive aesthetic and articulating a unique value proposition aligned with fundamental human needs.

You can find the full recording and transcript here: Recording and Transcript.

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One-Liner Takeaway

For those who aren’t paid members yet, here’s the quick one-liner takeaway:

The only competitive moat you can build today is a distinctive brand aesthetic that AI cannot replicate.

When features can be stolen and AI can automate execution, the relational and personal touch of the founder’s brand, manifested through a distinctive aesthetic, is the only thing that creates long-term, sustainable value and protects your company's ethos and identity in the marketplace. If you want to stop competing on price and promotion, you need to look and sound completely different from everyone else.

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Catholic Founders Guild | Topic Call - Taking The Leap: What Caused Us To Pull the Trigger On Starting Our Business

Silas Mähner — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:01:25 GMT

On Apr 14, 2026, the CF Guild discussed how we all decided to start our businesses and some of the things we wish we had done differently.

A key theme was that the decision to start a business often comes down to finding the confidence and consistency to take action, especially after weighing the risk and establishing a financial cushion. We generally agreed that focusing intensely on one venture for the long term, rather than constantly seeking new ones, is key to achieving exponential results.

The topic call is a recurring monthly event where we discuss relevant topics about running the business. To join future events, become a member of the Catholic Founders Guild today.

One-Liner Takeaway

For those who aren’t paid members yet, here’s the quick one-liner takeaway:

The leap into entrepreneurship requires overcoming risk aversion, establishing a financial cushion, and ultimately, trusting God’s guidance.

The Leap

Starting out usually comes from a drive for independence and high agency — that feeling of wanting to steer your own destiny. Whether you start young or pivot later, the biggest hurdles are always procrastination and fear of risk. But, as Catholics, if we believe we are called to something, we should send it and trust in God.

If we just want to start a business for freedom, then we must use our God-given faculties to take that leap wisely — and with proper planning. In general, I usually suggest ppl to have a clear idea of how they will make enough to get to their monthly income goal, and then have 9 months of savings. This way, you have 6 months to give it your all, and 3 months to find a new job if it doesn’t work out.

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